National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 123,
Cleveland 104
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, December 21, 2023
Where: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #39 Tyler Ford, #91 Cheryl Flores
Attendance: 19432
Where: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #39 Tyler Ford, #91 Cheryl Flores
Attendance: 19432
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 36 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 123 |
| Cleveland | 28 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 104 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| CJ McCollum - G | 33:32 | 7-15 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Herbert Jones - G | 29:30 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 28:22 | 6-12 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Trey Murphy III - F | 28:15 | 10-16 | 6-10 | 2-2 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 27:59 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Naji Marshall | 22:21 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 5-7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Dyson Daniels | 20:10 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 20:01 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jose Alvarado | 17:46 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan Hawkins | 12:04 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Zion Williamson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Cody Zeller | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 47-86 | 15-35 | 14-16 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 123 | |
| 54.7% | 42.9% | 87.5% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Cleveland Cavaliers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Max Strus - G | 33:20 | 4-16 | 2-12 | 3-5 | -15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Craig Porter Jr. - G | 29:04 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Isaac Okoro - F | 32:11 | 7-10 | 2-5 | 0-1 | -19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Dean Wade - F | 26:15 | 7-11 | 6-8 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Jarrett Allen - C | 26:55 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Caris LeVert | 22:37 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Tristan Thompson | 20:51 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Georges Niang | 19:08 | 4-8 | 3-7 | 0-0 | -13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Sam Merrill | 12:27 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emoni Bates | 8:52 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Damian Jones | 4:10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaiah Mobley | 4:10 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-87 | 17-44 | 5-8 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 104 | |
| 47.1% | 38.6% | 62.5% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| CLE | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Cleveland | ||
| Fast Break Points | 24 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
| Points in the Paint | 52 | Points in the Paint | 44 |
| Biggest Lead | 24 | Biggest Lead | 3 |