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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Milwaukee Bucks

October 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Bucks 118-113 on 2025-10-26 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, De'Andre Hunter, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner, Gary Trent Jr., Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 20 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 3 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Taurean Prince as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Evan Mobley GS 34:02 23 8 6 3 2 2 4 5-13 1-5 12-12 +16
Donovan Mitchell GS 33:24 24 3 4 1 0 5 0 9-20 1-8 5-8 +2
Sam Merrill GS 30:21 17 3 1 0 0 0 3 5-11 4-9 3-3 +17
De'Andre Hunter GS 26:42 16 4 2 0 0 1 4 6-13 1-4 3-5 +3
Jarrett Allen GS 26:10 8 11 1 1 0 1 2 3-6 0-0 2-2 +12
Lonzo Ball 23:08 11 6 5 1 0 3 1 4-7 2-4 1-3 -5
Dean Wade 23:00 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 1-5 0-4 2-2 -10
Craig Porter Jr. 16:21 5 3 1 3 0 2 1 2-5 1-3 0-0 +4
Jaylon Tyson 14:53 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 2-4 1-2 0-0 -13
Larry Nance Jr. 12:00 5 5 1 1 0 1 2 2-3 1-1 0-0 -1
Totals 118 44 23 10 2 16 23 39-87 12-40 28-35

Did not play: Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision), Luke Travers (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ryan Rollins GS 33:53 14 4 8 3 0 2 3 5-11 1-5 3-3 +7
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS 33:18 40 14 9 2 2 2 1 14-20 1-1 11-16 -5
Myles Turner GS 31:10 13 6 2 1 2 3 4 5-12 2-6 1-2 +1
AJ Green GS 30:57 20 2 2 0 0 3 4 6-9 4-7 4-5 +3
Gary Trent Jr. GS 28:23 6 0 2 2 0 1 5 2-9 1-7 1-2 -23
Taurean Prince 31:13 8 3 1 3 1 1 5 3-6 2-3 0-0 +5
Bobby Portis 22:50 10 8 1 0 0 4 3 4-10 2-4 0-0 0
Jericho Sims 7:56 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -6
Amir Coffey 7:49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Mark Sears 7:23 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -5
Andre Jackson Jr. 5:09 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 113 37 25 12 6 17 26 40-79 13-33 20-28

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gary Harris (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pete Nance (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

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.

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell Ryan Rollins: 24 poss., 5 pts (1/5) · Taurean Prince: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Evan Mobley Giannis Antetokounmpo: 28 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Myles Turner: 10 poss., 8 pts (1/1)
Sam Merrill AJ Green: 28 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Gary Trent Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
De'Andre Hunter Taurean Prince: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Gary Trent Jr.: 12 poss., 4 pts (0/1)
Jarrett Allen Myles Turner: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dean Wade Gary Trent Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Taurean Prince: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Lonzo Ball Ryan Rollins: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · AJ Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylon Tyson Taurean Prince: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr. Taurean Prince: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amir Coffey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Larry Nance Jr. Bobby Portis Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
Giannis Antetokounmpo Evan Mobley: 26 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Jarrett Allen: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
AJ Green Sam Merrill: 31 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Lonzo Ball: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Rollins Donovan Mitchell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Merrill: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Myles Turner Evan Mobley: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jarrett Allen: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Taurean Prince Donovan Mitchell: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Andre Hunter: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Gary Trent Jr. De'Andre Hunter: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Dean Wade: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bobby Portis Jr. Larry Nance Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Amir Coffey Craig Porter Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sam Merrill: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mark Sears Craig Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jericho Sims Evan Mobley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarrett Allen: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Andre Jackson Jr. Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dean Wade: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)