CLE @ UTA — The Matchups

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Cleveland Cavaliers

4-4 · 1-3 on the road

Mon 2/1

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Utah Jazz

1-7 · 1-4 at home

Matchup insights

JazzOffense

CavaliersDefense

The Jazz rank 28th in the NBA in offensive rating (103.7), and the Cavaliers rank 20th in defensive rating (111.4). The offense needs to find something against an average defense.

League average is 110.8, so the Jazz are 7.1 below it. Keyonte George leads them with 22.0 points a game on 57.4% true shooting.

2/12026-27 regular season

Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores

Donovan MitchellTop scorer · CLE

Keyonte GeorgeTop scorer · UTA

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2/12026-27 regular season

Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores

Cavaliers4-4

Jazz1-7

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2/12026-27 regular season

Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores

Team vs team

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

CLEUTA

Scoring

119.25th · Top 5

Points per game

NBA avg 113.4

107.827th · Bottom 5

117.123rd · Below avg

Points allowed

NBA avg 113.5

119.024th · Below avg

+2.115th · Average

Point margin

NBA avg -0.1

-11.227th · Bottom 5

Efficiency

114.38th · Above avg

Offensive rating

NBA avg 110.8

103.728th · Bottom 5

111.420th · Average

Defensive rating

NBA avg 110.8

113.322nd · Below avg

+2.913th · Average

Net rating

NBA avg +0.0

-9.726th · Bottom 5

104.74th

Pace

NBA avg 102.4

104.55th

Shooting

54.9%8th · Above avg

Effective FG%

NBA avg 53.3%

49.5%28th · Bottom 5

58.4%8th · Above avg

True shooting %

NBA avg 57.2%

53.8%27th · Bottom 5

15.63rd · Top 5

Threes made

NBA avg 13.1

11.623rd · Below avg

37.2%9th · Above avg

Three-point %

NBA avg 34.7%

31.5%27th · Bottom 5

0.2819th · Average

Free-throw rate

NBA avg 0.29

0.3012th · Average

Defense

52.1%11th · Average

Opponent eFG%

NBA avg 53.3%

52.6%13th · Average

7.224th · Below avg

Steals

NBA avg 8.5

6.828th · Bottom 5

6.05th · Top 5

Blocks

NBA avg 5.0

6.63rd · Top 5

Possessions

12.9%4th · Top 5

Turnover rate

NBA avg 14.9%

16.2%25th · Below avg

25.2%20th · Average

Off. rebound rate

NBA avg 27.3%

26.8%16th · Average

47.56th · Above avg

Rebounds

NBA avg 44.2

46.69th · Above avg

27.86th · Above avg

Assists

NBA avg 26.2

24.626th · Bottom 5

Recent form

Cleveland Cavaliers

WLWLL

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

Utah Jazz

LLLLL

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

Key players

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	PTS	REB	AST	TS%
Donovan MitchellG	22.5	5.0	5.5	61.8
Evan MobleyF-C	18.8	8.2	3.5	65.5
James HardenG	16.6	5.2	6.2	54.9
Jarrett AllenC	13.2	7.8	1.2	66.2

Utah Jazz

Player	PTS	REB	AST	TS%
Keyonte GeorgeG	22.0	4.0	5.9	57.4
Lauri MarkkanenF	17.1	6.6	2.1	56.0
Jaren Jackson Jr.F-C	16.2	5.0	2.0	61.0
Darryn PetersonG	12.6	4.0	3.8	46.5

Injury report

Cleveland Cavaliers

Jaylon Tyson G-F · Right Ankle Sprain · back ~11/7 Out

Nae'Qwan Tomlin F · Low Back Stress Reaction Out

Jarrett Allen C · Right Knee Contusion · back ~11/6 Questionable

Peyton Watson G · Right Hamstring Injury Management · back ~11/6 Questionable

Utah Jazz

Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C · Right MCL Tear · back ~12/14 Out

Jusuf Nurkic C · Right 2nd Plantar Plate Tear · back ~11/20 Out

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.