The Cavaliers look to build on Saturday’s impressive performance.
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Utah Jazz come into Monday’s game from polar opposite perspectives.
The Cavs are coming off arguably their best win of the season on Saturday. They showed how good of an offense they can be when they handily defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 146-134.
The Jazz, on the other hand, are coming off their most lopsided loss since they moved to Salt Lake City. The Charlotte Hornets defeated them 155-95 on Saturday. Utah didn’t have Lauri Markannen, and he’s expected to play on Monday. That should help. But you can’t say a team is in a good place when they lose by 55 points to the Hornets at home.
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Who: Cleveland Cavaliers (22-18) at Utah Jazz (13-25)
Where: Rocket Arena – Cleveland, OH
When: Monday, Jan. 12 at 7 PM
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, FanDuel Sports Network App, NBA League Pass
Point spread: Not yet set
Cavs injury report: Dean Wade – OUT (knee), Max Strus – OUT (foot), Chris Livingston – OUT (G League), Luke Travers – OUT (G League)
Jazz injury report: Ace Bailey – QUESTIONABLE (hip), Elijah Harkless – OUT (G League), Walker Kessler – OUT (shoulder), Georges Niang – OUT (foot), Jusuf Nurkic – PROBABLE (foot), John Tonje – OUT (G League), Oscar Tshiebwe – OUT (G League)
Cavs expectedstarting lineup: Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen
Jazz expected starting lineup: Keyonte George, Brice Sensabaugh, Cody Williams, Taylor Hendricks, Lauri Markannen
Previous matchup: The Cavs completed their fourth straight win over the Jazz last March with a 120-91 road victory.
Here’s a look at both teams’ impact stats via Cleaning the Glass.
| Offensive Rating | Defensive Rating | Net Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavs | 117.6 (7th) | 115.2 (14th) | +2.5 (11th) |
| Jazz | 114.5 (22nd) | 123.2 (30th) | -8.7 (28th) |
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