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Utah Jazz
1-7 · 0-3 on the road
2026-12-20
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4-4 · 3-1 at home

Biggest mismatches

CLE's offense ranks 8th in scoring efficiency, and UTA ranks 22nd defending it.

Team vs team

Season before this game (UTA 8 games, CLE 8). Small text is the league rank; ✓ marks the better number. Hover a stat for what it means.

UTACLE
Scoring
107.827th · Bottom 5
Points per game
NBA avg 113.4
119.25th · Top 5
119.024th · Below avg
Points allowed
NBA avg 113.6
117.123rd · Below avg
-11.227th · Bottom 5
Point margin
NBA avg -0.2
+2.115th · Average
Efficiency
103.728th · Bottom 5
Offensive rating
NBA avg 110.8
114.38th · Above avg
113.322nd · Below avg
Defensive rating
NBA avg 110.9
111.419th · Average
-9.726th · Bottom 5
Net rating
NBA avg -0.1
+2.913th · Average
104.55th
Pace
NBA avg 102.4
104.74th
Shooting
49.5%28th · Bottom 5
Effective FG%
NBA avg 53.2%
54.9%7th · Above avg
53.8%27th · Bottom 5
True shooting %
NBA avg 57.1%
58.4%8th · Above avg
11.623rd · Below avg
Threes made
NBA avg 13.1
15.63rd · Top 5
31.5%27th · Bottom 5
Three-point %
NBA avg 34.6%
37.2%9th · Above avg
0.3012th · Average
Free-throw rate
NBA avg 0.29
0.2819th · Average
Defense
52.6%13th · Average
Opponent eFG%
NBA avg 53.2%
52.1%11th · Average
6.828th · Bottom 5
Steals
NBA avg 8.5
7.224th · Below avg
6.63rd · Top 5
Blocks
NBA avg 5.0
6.05th · Top 5
Possessions
16.2%25th · Below avg
Turnover rate
NBA avg 14.8%
12.9%4th · Top 5
26.8%17th · Average
Off. rebound rate
NBA avg 27.3%
25.2%20th · Average
46.69th · Above avg
Rebounds
NBA avg 44.2
47.56th · Above avg
24.626th · Bottom 5
Assists
NBA avg 26.2
27.85th · Top 5

Recent form

Utah Jazz
LLLLL

Last 5: average margin -12.4 (season -11.2). Streak L6.

Cleveland Cavaliers
WLWLL

Last 5: average margin +3.8 (season +2.1). Streak L2.

Key players

Utah Jazz
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Keyonte GeorgeG 22.04.05.957.4
Lauri MarkkanenF 17.16.62.156.0
Jaren Jackson Jr.F-C 16.25.02.061.0
Darryn PetersonG 12.64.03.846.5
Cleveland Cavaliers
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Donovan MitchellG 22.55.05.561.8
Evan MobleyF-C 18.88.23.565.5
James HardenG 16.65.26.254.9
Jarrett AllenC 13.27.81.266.2

Injury report

Utah Jazz
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C · back ~2026-12-14 Out
Jusuf Nurkic C · back ~2026-11-13 Out
Trey Alexander G · back ~2026-11-06 Out
Cleveland Cavaliers
Jaylon Tyson G-F · back ~2026-11-06 Out
Jarrett Allen C · back ~2026-11-06 Day-To-Day
Peyton Watson G · back ~2026-11-06 Day-To-Day
Tyrese Proctor G · back ~2026-11-06 Day-To-Day

Team numbers are computed from every box score this season; ratings use the standard possession estimate. Data from balldontlie; this isn't official NBA data.

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