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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

March 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Bucks 123-116 on 2026-03-17 on the road against the Bucks. The Bucks started Taurean Prince, Kyle Kuzma, Kevin Porter Jr., Jericho Sims, and Ryan Rollins. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 8 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Ryan Rollins as his primary defender. Kevin Porter Jr. (Bucks) scored 16 points (5/14) in his matchups, with Donovan Mitchell as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ryan Rollins GS	33:51	19	3	4	0	1	1	5	6-13	3-7	4-4	-5
Kevin Porter Jr. GS	32:33	25	3	10	0	2	1	3	8-15	1-4	8-8	-9
Taurean Prince GS	22:37	8	2	1	0	0	1	3	3-7	2-4	0-0	-20
Kyle Kuzma GS	16:51	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-6
Jericho Sims GS	15:57	4	6	0	0	0	1	3	2-3	0-0	0-1	-18
Bobby Portis	32:44	19	9	4	1	0	1	0	8-19	3-7	0-0	+8
Ousmane Dieng	29:44	19	5	1	1	0	2	4	7-12	5-8	0-2	+2
Pete Nance	29:40	13	7	1	0	2	0	1	5-6	3-4	0-2	+7
AJ Green	26:03	6	4	1	1	0	1	2	2-7	2-7	0-0	+6
Totals		116	39	24	3	6	8	22	42-88	20-45	12-17

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gary Harris (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andre Jackson Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cormac Ryan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Thomas (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gary Trent Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	33:53	19	8	3	1	1	0	4	4-14	1-4	10-13	-15
James Harden GS	33:30	27	5	6	2	0	2	4	7-10	2-4	11-13	+17
Evan Mobley GS	32:58	27	15	2	0	3	0	2	12-21	0-2	3-5	+7
Sam Merrill GS	28:02	17	6	2	0	0	0	2	6-12	3-8	2-2	+22
Dean Wade GS	24:52	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	4-8	1-4	0-0	+13
Keon Ellis	24:17	8	3	1	0	0	0	1	3-4	2-2	0-0	+8
Max Strus	23:06	6	6	4	0	0	1	5	2-6	2-6	0-0	+1
Dennis Schröder	15:51	3	1	5	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	1-1	-8
Jaylon Tyson	13:12	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-5
Thomas Bryant	10:19	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	-5
Totals		123	46	27	3	4	6	20	42-86	12-36	27-34

Did not play: Tristan Enaruna (DNP - Coach's Decision), Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Taurean Prince · Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · Jericho Sims · Ryan Rollins Starter 9.9 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Ryan Rollins · Ousmane Dieng · Pete Nance · AJ Green 11.0 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ousmane Dieng · Pete Nance · AJ Green 5.3 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Taurean Prince · Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · Pete Nance 4.7 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · Ousmane Dieng · Pete Nance 3.1 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley Starter 9.9 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Max Strus · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 5.3 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 3.4 min
James Harden · Max Strus · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Keon Ellis 3.4 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Max Strus · Keon Ellis 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bucks defense

Donovan Mitchell 8 pts (4/7) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Rollins (18 %, 4 pts) · Kyle Kuzma (16 %, 0 pts) · Ousmane Dieng (15 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 17 pts (6/15) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Taurean Prince (23 %, 3 pts) · Ousmane Dieng (20 %, 8 pts) · Bobby Portis Jr. (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bobby Portis Jr.	Evan Mobley: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · James Harden: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Ryan Rollins	Sam Merrill: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kevin Porter Jr.	Sam Merrill: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Ousmane Dieng	James Harden: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Max Strus: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
AJ Green	Dennis Schröder: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pete Nance	Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Max Strus: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taurean Prince	James Harden: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jericho Sims	Evan Mobley: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Thomas Bryant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyle Kuzma	Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dean Wade: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Cavaliers defense

Kevin Porter Jr. 16 pts (5/14) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Donovan Mitchell (24 %, 4 pts) · James Harden (24 %, 4 pts) · Sam Merrill (11 %, 3 pts)
Ryan Rollins 14 pts (4/10) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Merrill (28 %, 5 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (23 %, 4 pts) · James Harden (13 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Ryan Rollins: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/5)
Evan Mobley	Bobby Portis Jr.: 23 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Pete Nance: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
James Harden	Kevin Porter Jr.: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Ousmane Dieng: 11 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Sam Merrill	Ryan Rollins: 18 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · AJ Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dean Wade	Taurean Prince: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jericho Sims: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Pete Nance: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Strus	AJ Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Dennis Schröder	Ousmane Dieng: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Green: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaylon Tyson	AJ Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Rollins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Thomas Bryant	Bobby Portis Jr.: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Ousmane Dieng: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)