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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

October 31, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Cavaliers beat the Bucks 136-111 on 2026-10-31 on the road against the Bucks. The Bucks started Myles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, Tyler Herro, Ryan Rollins, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Peyton Watson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 15 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Ryan Rollins as his primary defender. Tyler Herro (Bucks) scored 10 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Tyler Herro GS 27:28 15 3 2 1 0 2 0 5-18 4-11 1-1 -19
Ryan Rollins GS 25:51 9 3 7 0 0 0 3 4-11 1-5 0-0 +4
Myles Turner GS 23:49 10 7 2 1 2 0 1 4-10 1-4 1-2 -11
Jaime Jaquez Jr. GS 23:06 8 7 5 0 0 2 1 3-8 1-2 1-2 -15
Kyle Kuzma GS 22:38 14 3 3 1 0 1 0 6-12 2-7 0-2 -16
Kel'el Ware 24:11 19 10 3 1 2 4 2 6-16 3-8 4-5 -14
Kasparas Jakučionis 21:15 5 3 3 0 0 2 3 2-7 1-4 0-0 -18
Brayden Burries 20:44 14 3 1 1 0 0 1 4-7 1-4 5-6 -19
AJ Green 20:27 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -14
Nate Ament 19:00 14 1 2 0 0 1 0 6-8 2-3 0-0 -11
Gary Trent Jr. 5:46 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 +4
Ousmane Dieng 5:46 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +4
Totals 111 45 33 5 4 13 13 41-100 17-51 12-18

Did not play: Caris LeVert (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bogoljub Marković (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jericho Sims (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 136

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
James Harden GS 25:44 13 6 7 1 0 2 0 4-8 3-4 2-2 +17
Evan Mobley GS 24:35 27 5 3 1 0 0 1 11-16 3-5 2-3 +6
Donovan Mitchell GS 24:28 15 4 3 0 0 2 5 5-7 2-4 3-3 +31
Jarrett Allen GS 24:01 25 11 4 1 0 2 1 12-16 0-1 1-4 +24
Peyton Watson GS 22:26 5 2 6 1 2 1 1 2-6 1-3 0-0 +11
Meleek Thomas 22:49 13 1 2 1 1 1 1 5-12 3-6 0-0 +11
Mario Hezonja 20:17 8 11 4 0 0 2 2 3-6 1-3 1-2 +15
Sam Merrill 19:15 6 4 3 1 0 0 1 2-4 1-3 1-2 +24
Tyrese Proctor 18:10 9 4 5 1 0 0 2 3-9 3-5 0-0 +3
Craig Porter Jr. 15:55 2 2 4 0 0 1 2 1-3 0-2 0-0 0
Thomas Bryant 10:50 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 3-7 3-6 2-2 -9
Riley Minix 5:46 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 -4
Tristan Enaruna 5:46 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 -4
Totals 136 56 41 8 4 11 17 52-100 20-46 12-18

Lineups

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
Tyler Herro Peyton Watson: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · James Harden: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. James Harden: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kel'el Ware Jarrett Allen: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/4) · Thomas Bryant: 13 poss., 13 pts (5/7)
Ryan Rollins Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Meleek Thomas: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Kuzma James Harden: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Myles Turner Jarrett Allen: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Kasparas Jakučionis Meleek Thomas: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · James Harden: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
AJ Green Sam Merrill: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mario Hezonja: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brayden Burries Meleek Thomas: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Nate Ament Mario Hezonja: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ousmane Dieng Thomas Bryant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Proctor: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Trent Jr. Riley Minix: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Proctor: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
James Harden Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Tyler Herro: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jarrett Allen Myles Turner: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Kel'el Ware: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Donovan Mitchell Ryan Rollins: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Evan Mobley Kyle Kuzma: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Myles Turner: 12 poss., 10 pts (4/4)
Meleek Thomas Brayden Burries: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 7 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Peyton Watson Tyler Herro: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mario Hezonja Nate Ament: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · AJ Green: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Sam Merrill AJ Green: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyler Herro: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor Ryan Rollins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gary Trent Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr. Kasparas Jakučionis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brayden Burries: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Thomas Bryant Kel'el Ware: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Brayden Burries: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tristan Enaruna Ousmane Dieng: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Gary Trent Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Riley Minix Nate Ament: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gary Trent Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)