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Philadelphia 76ers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

October 22, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The 76ers beat the Cavaliers 114-106 on 2026-10-22 at home. The 76ers started LeBron James, Joel Embiid, Jaylen Brown, Tyrese Maxey, and VJ Edgecombe. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Peyton Watson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 17 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as his primary defender. Joel Embiid (76ers) scored 28 points (11/23) in his matchups, with Jarrett Allen as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyrese Maxey GS	41:39	32	3	6	2	0	2	4	12-23	2-7	6-8	+19
Jaylen Brown GS	37:43	21	8	4	1	0	4	4	10-20	1-3	0-0	+17
Joel Embiid GS	34:23	24	7	1	0	0	1	3	8-16	1-4	7-9	+18
LeBron James GS	33:22	17	10	5	3	1	5	3	5-14	1-4	6-7	+7
VJ Edgecombe GS	33:13	11	7	6	3	0	1	2	4-11	1-4	2-3	+19
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	24:55	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4
Anfernee Simons	16:42	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0-4	0-4	2-3	-24
Adem Bona	13:37	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	1-2	0-1	0-0	-10
Jabari Walker	4:26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		114	44	24	10	2	16	23	42-92	7-28	23-30

Did not play: Dominick Barlow (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Justin Edwards (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tacko Fall (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Ariel Hukporti (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Caleb Love (DNP - Coach's Decision), Labaron Philon Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rayan Rupert (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dean Wade (Inactive - Injury/Illness)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	35:11	32	10	3	2	1	5	3	11-19	2-4	8-11	-6
Evan Mobley GS	34:00	18	8	2	0	0	1	4	7-13	1-4	3-3	-15
James Harden GS	32:55	16	3	5	1	0	6	2	5-12	3-6	3-4	-17
Peyton Watson GS	30:27	8	1	2	2	1	5	2	2-7	0-3	4-4	-19
Jarrett Allen GS	28:13	14	7	0	0	2	1	1	6-10	0-0	2-4	-2
Sam Merrill	24:16	5	5	2	1	0	0	3	2-5	1-3	0-0	+5
Jaylon Tyson	23:59	3	6	2	1	2	2	4	1-6	0-4	1-2	+5
Mario Hezonja	18:38	10	3	2	2	1	0	2	5-13	0-5	0-0	+1
Craig Porter Jr.	7:30	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Tyrese Proctor	4:51	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Totals		106	46	18	10	7	21	23	39-87	7-29	21-28

Did not play: Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khalifa Diop (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Tristan Enaruna (DNP - Coach's Decision), Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Meleek Thomas (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Ernest Udeh, Jr. (Inactive - G League - Two-Way)

Lineups

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Joel Embiid · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · VJ Edgecombe Starter 16.7 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Tyrese Maxey · Adem Bona 7.3 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Adem Bona · VJ Edgecombe 3.0 min
LeBron James · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Joel Embiid · Tyrese Maxey · VJ Edgecombe 2.9 min
LeBron James · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Joel Embiid · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey 2.8 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson Starter 14.2 min
Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson 7.9 min
Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 7.2 min
James Harden · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson · Jaylon Tyson 4.4 min
James Harden · Jarrett Allen · Peyton Watson · Craig Porter Jr. · Tyrese Proctor 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

76ers defense

Donovan Mitchell 17 pts (6/9) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (32 %, 3 pts) · VJ Edgecombe (28 %, 3 pts) · Jaylen Brown (14 %, 2 pts)
James Harden 13 pts (6/14) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (27 %, 0 pts) · Jaylen Brown (23 %, 2 pts) · VJ Edgecombe (18 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tyrese Maxey	Peyton Watson: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Sam Merrill: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/7)
Jaylen Brown	James Harden: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jaylon Tyson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Joel Embiid	Evan Mobley: 23 poss., 12 pts (3/7) · Jarrett Allen: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/6)
LeBron James	James Harden: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Evan Mobley: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
VJ Edgecombe	Donovan Mitchell: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · James Harden: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Donovan Mitchell: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons	Sam Merrill: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Proctor: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adem Bona	Jarrett Allen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jabari Walker	Craig Porter Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Cavaliers defense

Joel Embiid 28 pts (11/23) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Jarrett Allen (26 %, 8 pts) · Evan Mobley (26 %, 10 pts) · Peyton Watson (18 %, 4 pts)
Tyrese Maxey 14 pts (6/12) in 86 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (24 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (18 %, 0 pts) · Sam Merrill (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	VJ Edgecombe: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
James Harden	Tyrese Maxey: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · VJ Edgecombe: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Evan Mobley	Joel Embiid: 18 poss., 10 pts (4/7) · LeBron James: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Peyton Watson	Tyrese Maxey: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joel Embiid: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jarrett Allen	Joel Embiid: 19 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Adem Bona: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylon Tyson	Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Sam Merrill	Tyrese Maxey: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Anfernee Simons: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mario Hezonja	LeBron James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Craig Porter Jr.	Joel Embiid: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · VJ Edgecombe: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Maxey: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)