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Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

March 19, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Bulls 115-110 on 2026-03-19 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Collin Sexton, Tre Jones, Nick Richards, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. James Harden (Cavaliers) scored 22 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 14 points (5/11) in his matchups, with James Harden as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	36:41	9	6	19	1	2	5	5	4-11	1-5	0-0	-5
Matas Buzelis GS	32:59	13	5	0	3	3	2	0	5-13	2-9	1-2	-20
Tre Jones GS	31:53	20	4	3	3	0	2	3	6-12	2-4	6-8	+4
Nick Richards GS	29:58	16	8	0	0	0	1	3	7-11	1-2	1-4	+11
Collin Sexton GS	18:42	9	4	2	0	0	2	3	3-11	1-5	2-2	-12
Guerschon Yabusele	29:17	10	11	1	2	2	0	0	4-8	2-5	0-0	+3
Rob Dillingham	21:09	17	4	1	1	0	0	5	7-14	3-7	0-0	-9
Patrick Williams	20:10	6	1	1	1	0	2	4	2-5	2-4	0-0	+5
Leonard Miller	19:11	10	4	0	0	0	2	1	4-9	1-3	1-1	-2
Totals		110	47	27	11	7	16	24	42-94	15-44	11-17

Did not play: Isaac Okoro (DND - Injury/Illness), Lachlan Olbrich (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Smith (DND - Injury/Illness)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	36:30	36	7	9	2	1	5	5	10-23	7-13	9-11	+9
Evan Mobley GS	36:24	26	14	3	1	0	0	1	12-19	0-1	2-6	+11
Sam Merrill GS	31:13	13	1	3	1	2	0	3	5-12	3-8	0-0	+1
Jaylon Tyson GS	23:10	18	11	3	1	1	2	0	8-14	2-4	0-2	+1
Dean Wade GS	18:51	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+2
Keon Ellis	26:52	8	2	3	3	1	4	4	2-6	0-3	4-4	-6
Max Strus	23:58	0	6	1	2	0	1	1	0-5	0-5	0-0	-7
Dennis Schröder	16:01	9	2	3	1	0	2	3	1-4	1-3	6-6	+7
Thomas Bryant	15:56	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-2	0-2	+4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	11:05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		115	54	26	11	5	14	17	40-91	14-41	21-31

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

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Collin Sexton · Tre Jones · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 4.8 min
Patrick Williams · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis · Rob Dillingham 5.9 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Leonard Miller · Rob Dillingham 5.6 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Leonard Miller · Matas Buzelis 4.6 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Tre Jones · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.3 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 10.8 min
James Harden · Max Strus · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 13.1 min
Dennis Schröder · Thomas Bryant · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson 8.3 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Thomas Bryant · Max Strus · Keon Ellis 4.4 min
Dennis Schröder · Thomas Bryant · Max Strus · Keon Ellis · Jaylon Tyson 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

James Harden 22 pts (7/12) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (16 %, 1 pts) · Patrick Williams (15 %, 3 pts) · Guerschon Yabusele (14 %, 3 pts)
Evan Mobley 15 pts (6/16) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Nick Richards (40 %, 5 pts) · Matas Buzelis (13 %, 2 pts) · Guerschon Yabusele (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Jaylon Tyson: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Keon Ellis: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Matas Buzelis	James Harden: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Max Strus: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Tre Jones	Sam Merrill: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Nick Richards	Evan Mobley: 30 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · James Harden: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Guerschon Yabusele	James Harden: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Thomas Bryant: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rob Dillingham	Sam Merrill: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Keon Ellis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	James Harden: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Max Strus: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Leonard Miller	Thomas Bryant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 8 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Collin Sexton	James Harden: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)

Cavaliers defense

Collin Sexton 14 pts (5/11) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (51 %, 9 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (13 %, 2 pts) · Dennis Schröder (9 %, 0 pts)
Josh Giddey 6 pts (2/5) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Keon Ellis (24 %, 0 pts) · Dean Wade (22 %, 0 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (15 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Collin Sexton: 20 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Tre Jones: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Evan Mobley	Nick Richards: 31 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Guerschon Yabusele: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Sam Merrill	Tre Jones: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Rob Dillingham: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Keon Ellis	Josh Giddey: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Max Strus	Matas Buzelis: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Patrick Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylon Tyson	Matas Buzelis: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Josh Giddey: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Dean Wade	Josh Giddey: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Guerschon Yabusele: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Tre Jones: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Rob Dillingham: 6 poss., 4 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Guerschon Yabusele: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Giddey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Guerschon Yabusele: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)