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Utah Jazz vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction, 12/20/2023 Preview and Pick
Game: Utah Jazz vs Cleveland Cavaliers
Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Location: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH
TV: Bally Sports Ohio
The Cleveland Cavaliers (15-12) host the Utah Jazz (10-17) at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Wednesday.
The Jazz faced off with the Nets and notched a win by a score of 125-108 in their last contest. Utah ended the game having earned a 49.5% field goal percentage (45 out of 91) and knocked down 14 out of their 34 shots from distance. From the free throw line, the Jazz buried 21 of their 24 shots for a percentage of 87.5%. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they compiled 51 with 12 of them being offensive. They also doled out 30 assists for this contest in addition to forcing 13 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In the matter of the defense, Utah allowed their opponent to shoot 43.3% from the floor on 39 out of 90 shooting. Brooklyn totaled 25 assists and had 4 steals for the contest. In addition, Brooklyn snagged 36 rebounds (11 offensive, 25 defensive) and had 8 blocks. Brooklyn walked away from this one shooting 70.0% from the charity stripe by knocking down 14 of 20 attempts. They knocked down 16 of 39 attempts from 3-point range. In the matter of personal fouls, the Jazz ended up finishing with 20 and the Nets had 17 personal fouls.
Talen Horton-Tucker is a player who played a role for this contest. He accumulated 27 points on 11 out of 19 shooting. He played 31 minutes and also collected 3 rebounds. Horton finished shooting 57.9% from the floor and also recorded 6 dimes.
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Utah will enter this contest with a win-loss record of 10-17 on the season. They average 112.2 pts per game (22nd in the NBA) while hitting 45.1% from the floor. The Jazz are shooting 35.1% on shots beyond the perimeter (356 of 1,015) and 81.1% from the charity stripe. As a team, Utah is grabbing 46.5 boards per game and is sitting with 725 assists so far this year, which ranks 5th in basketball in terms of passing. They turn it over 17.0 times per contest and as a unit they commit 19.7 fouls per contest.
Defensively, the Jazz are forcing their opponents into 12.9 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 19.1 fouls. They are ranked 28th in the NBA in allowing assists with 758 surrendered for the year. The Jazz defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 48.4% (1,194 of 2,468) and they relinquish 42.5 rebounds per contest as a unit. They relinquish 37.6% on shots from beyond the arc and they are ranked 24th in the league in points per game allowed (119.5).
For their last game, the Cavaliers went home victorious with a score of 135-130 when they faced the Rockets. The Cavaliers earned 24 defensive rebounds and 14 offensive boards for a total of 38 in the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 11 times, while recording 7 steals for the matchup. The Rockets had 32 fouls in this game which took the Cavaliers to the free throw line for 34 shots. They were able to knock down 22 of those for a rate of 64.7%. When talking about shooting from beyond the arc, Cleveland made 19 of 48 tries (39.6%). Overall, the Cavaliers went 47 for 97 from the floor which gave them a rate of 48.5%. The Cavaliers permitted the Rockets to make 47 of their 102 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 46.1% for the game. They shot 36.4% from 3-point land by shooting 12 of 33 and finished the game at 24 out of 27 at the free throw line (88.9%). When talking about how they attacked the glass, Cleveland allowed Houston to snag 47 in all (15 on the offensive side).
Donovan Mitchell pitched in for the Cavaliers for the matchup. Mitchell had 37 points in his 45 minutes of playing time and accounted for 6 assists in this game. He knocked down 14 of 27 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 51.9%, and accounted for 1 rebound.
Cleveland has a record of 15-12 so far this year. The Cavaliers are committing 19.5 fouls per game and they hit 77.3% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 25.3 times per game (23rd in the NBA) and they are losing possession via turnover 14.3 times per contest. Cleveland has 3,024 points this season (112.0 per contest) and they average 44.1 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Cavaliers are hitting on 47.5% from the floor, which ranks them 12th in the league.
The Cavaliers on defense are ranked 9th in the league in PPG allowed with 111.9. They have forced 14.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 45.7% from the field (8th in basketball). The Cleveland defense allows 36.3% from downtown (332 of 915) and opponents are converting on 79.1% of their foul shots. They have relinquished 24.7 assists and 43.4 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 6th and 13th in the NBA.
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Tony Sink’s Pick: Take Utah
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Guardians bolstered their bullpen with a pair of fresh arms ahead of Sunday’s series finale against Baltimore, recalling right-hander Eli Morgan from Triple-A Columbus and selecting righty Connor Gillispie from the Clippers.
Lefty starter Joey Cantillo, who allowed three runs in four innings during Saturday’s 7-4 loss to the Orioles, and righty Xzavion Curry, who surrendered four runs in three relief innings, were optioned to the minors to make room on the active roster.
Gillispie, 26, was selected by the Guardians in December as part of the minor league phase of the 2023 Rule 5 draft. Prior to joining Cleveland’s organization, Gillispie made 87 appearances (40 starts), going 19-17 with a 4.00 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and eight saves in 11 opportunities as part of Baltimore’s farm system. He was a ninth-round pick of the Orioles in the 2019 MLB draft.
This season, Gillispie has started 11 games and worked out of the bullpen in nine for the Clippers, compiling a 3-7 record and 4.01 ERA in 89 2/3 innings. He has posted a 23.3% strikeout rate and a 10.5% walk rate while surrendering 19 home runs.
Pitching coach Carl Willis said Gillispie has started and worked out of the bullpen this season and brings a five-pitch mix to the mound. After using righty Pedro Avila on back-to-back nights against Baltimore, the Guardians felt Gillispie was best positioned to help the bullpen in the short term.
“We needed some length, and just from a strike-throwing perspective and the pitch mix, we felt like he was our best option to come up and give us some length here (Sunday),” Willis said.
Morgan, 28, is 1-0 with a 1.98 ERA in 13 appearances for Cleveland this season, including 10 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings. He spent two stints on the major league injured list before being optioned to Columbus on July 4.
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As Baltimore Ravens defensive end Brent Urban prepares for his 11th NFL season, it’s just as important as ever for him to remember where he came from.
A Mississauga, Ontario native, Urban suffered a torn ACL during his 2010 freshman season at Virginia, but rebounded to eventually become a starting defensive lineman. Then once he got to the NFL, he suffered three season-ending injuries – a torn ACL in 2014, a torn bicep in 2015 and a Lisfranc foot injury in 2017 – all in his first four seasons. As a result, he played just 25 games across those four seasons, 16 of them coming in 2016.
Urban, now in his second stint with the Ravens, has certainly been through the wringer throughout his career, but his perserverance to get where he is now is extremely impressive. As such, head coach John Harbaugh is using Urban’s story as inspiration for his younger teammates.
“I’m going to start using [Brent Urban] as an example for those guys, because it’s a perfect point,” Harbaugh told reporters. “I can remember him right over there, we were doing an inside-run drill against the [San Francisco] 49ers when we had the joint practices all of those years ago, and he tore his ACL right at the end of practice. It was like, ‘Oh.’ It was so heartbreaking, and [he] missed that whole year.
“We had high hopes for him coming out, we thought he was an odd-front defensive end in the Pittsburgh Steeler kind of realm, like the Brett Keisels of the world, and he’s turned out to be just that. He’s just that kind of player; he plays so well. But those first couple of years were tough, and here he is now. He’s got a testimony as a result of all the tests he’s been through.”
After his first stint with the Ravens came to an end in 2019, Urban has played for the Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys. He then returned to Baltimore in 2022, and last season, he set a career high with three sacks.
Now the veteran on the Ravens’ defensive line, Urban is happy to be a mentor to the younger players at his position group.
“Just being in the league is privilege,” Urban said. “Every single day, you’ve just got to relish it, because you see so many guys in and out, and just even looking at my class now, nobody’s still around; so just finding your own role, just appreciating it. As I get older, I’ve started to be able to take a seat back and really just appreciate how thankful I am to be here.”
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