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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

February 25, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Bucks beat the Cavaliers 118-116 on 2026-02-25 at home. The Bucks started Myles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, Kevin Porter Jr., Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. The Cavaliers started Dennis Schröder, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and Jaylon Tyson. Dennis Schröder (Cavaliers) scored 16 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Kevin Porter Jr. as his primary defender. Cam Thomas (Bucks) scored 14 points (6/7) in his matchups, with Keon Ellis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. GS	37:52	20	8	5	5	1	3	2	10-16	0-2	0-0	+7
AJ Green GS	37:38	15	1	2	0	0	1	4	5-10	5-10	0-0	+15
Ryan Rollins GS	34:50	18	3	9	0	0	4	4	8-13	2-6	0-0	+12
Kyle Kuzma GS	26:15	17	4	5	1	0	0	2	6-14	5-10	0-0	+5
Myles Turner GS	24:08	15	3	0	1	1	0	2	6-9	3-5	0-1	+5
Jericho Sims	28:51	11	11	2	0	0	2	3	5-6	0-0	1-2	-5
Bobby Portis	21:06	10	5	1	0	0	0	2	4-8	2-4	0-0	-4
Cam Thomas	16:10	7	1	2	0	0	2	0	3-6	1-2	0-0	-13
Ousmane Dieng	13:10	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	1-6	1-6	2-2	-12
Totals		118	36	28	7	2	13	20	48-88	19-45	3-5

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gary Harris (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andre Jackson Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pete Nance (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gary Trent Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylon Tyson GS	35:08	14	10	3	2	0	0	3	5-16	1-6	3-3	-19
Dennis Schröder GS	34:34	26	2	5	1	0	3	1	8-14	3-6	7-9	-5
Sam Merrill GS	33:41	14	5	2	0	0	3	3	6-13	2-8	0-2	-2
Jarrett Allen GS	32:19	27	11	1	2	1	1	0	10-15	0-0	7-8	-10
Dean Wade GS	21:33	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0-4	0-3	0-2	+9
Keon Ellis	28:54	14	4	3	2	1	2	1	5-9	4-8	0-0	+6
Craig Porter Jr.	21:47	8	2	9	0	0	0	0	3-4	1-2	1-1	+5
Thomas Bryant	15:41	11	2	0	0	0	0	2	4-8	1-5	2-2	+8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	8:51	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-3
Larry Nance Jr.	7:32	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		116	44	28	7	2	11	10	42-87	12-40	20-27

Did not play: Evan Mobley (DND - Injury/Illness), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Myles Turner · Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green Starter 13.6 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. · Cam Thomas · Jericho Sims · Ousmane Dieng 8.4 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Cam Thomas · Jericho Sims · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 4.9 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. · Jericho Sims · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 4.6 min
Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · Jericho Sims · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 4.6 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dennis Schröder · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson Starter 13.6 min
Dennis Schröder · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Keon Ellis · Jaylon Tyson 7.9 min
Thomas Bryant · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Keon Ellis · Craig Porter Jr. 5.5 min
Larry Nance Jr. · Thomas Bryant · Sam Merrill · Keon Ellis · Craig Porter Jr. 3.6 min
Dennis Schröder · Jarrett Allen · Keon Ellis · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bucks defense

Dennis Schröder 16 pts (7/12) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Porter Jr. (29 %, 4 pts) · AJ Green (23 %, 3 pts) · Ryan Rollins (15 %, 0 pts)
Jarrett Allen 27 pts (11/18) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Kyle Kuzma (26 %, 8 pts) · Myles Turner (23 %, 6 pts) · Jericho Sims (23 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
AJ Green	Sam Merrill: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Kevin Porter Jr.	Dennis Schröder: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Craig Porter Jr.: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ryan Rollins	Jaylon Tyson: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Craig Porter Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jericho Sims	Thomas Bryant: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jarrett Allen: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kyle Kuzma	Jarrett Allen: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Jaylon Tyson: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Myles Turner	Jarrett Allen: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Dean Wade: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bobby Portis Jr.	Dean Wade: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cam Thomas	Keon Ellis: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng	Sam Merrill: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Larry Nance Jr.: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Cavaliers defense

Cam Thomas 14 pts (6/7) in 27 possessions

Guarded by: Keon Ellis (52 %, 5 pts) · Craig Porter Jr. (12 %, 0 pts) · Dennis Schröder (12 %, 0 pts)
Kevin Porter Jr. 13 pts (5/11) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Merrill (26 %, 5 pts) · Dennis Schröder (24 %, 0 pts) · Keon Ellis (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylon Tyson	AJ Green: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/8) · Kyle Kuzma: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dennis Schröder	Kevin Porter Jr.: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Rollins: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jarrett Allen	Myles Turner: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Kyle Kuzma: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Merrill	Kevin Porter Jr.: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · AJ Green: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Keon Ellis	Cam Thomas: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Ryan Rollins: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Craig Porter Jr.	Ryan Rollins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Dean Wade	Myles Turner: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ryan Rollins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Jericho Sims: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bobby Portis Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Myles Turner: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Larry Nance Jr.	Ousmane Dieng: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)