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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Milwaukee Bucks

November 17, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Bucks 118-106 on 2025-11-17 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, De'Andre Hunter, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 6 points (2/4) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 17 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Gary Trent Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley GS	36:03	14	6	6	0	1	6	4	4-9	1-2	5-8	+5
Donovan Mitchell GS	35:45	37	5	7	1	0	2	4	14-22	4-8	5-7	+7
Sam Merrill GS	27:52	20	5	0	0	1	1	1	7-10	6-9	0-0	+4
De'Andre Hunter GS	25:35	11	5	1	0	0	2	3	5-11	1-4	0-0	-3
Jarrett Allen GS	24:46	12	6	2	0	1	2	0	4-7	0-0	4-4	0
Dean Wade	27:32	5	8	3	2	1	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+14
Lonzo Ball	23:04	6	5	5	2	0	1	4	2-8	1-6	1-2	+11
Craig Porter Jr.	20:08	11	1	0	2	0	1	0	5-6	1-2	0-0	+8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	12:11	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+9
Thomas Bryant	7:05	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+5
Totals		118	45	25	7	5	16	17	44-79	15-35	15-21

Did not play: Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
AJ Green GS	40:29	12	3	4	1	0	0	3	4-10	4-8	0-0	-10
Myles Turner GS	37:10	15	7	2	3	1	2	1	4-9	4-5	3-4	+1
Ryan Rollins GS	28:46	24	3	5	1	0	4	3	9-22	5-10	1-1	+1
Kyle Kuzma GS	24:09	10	5	2	1	0	0	4	4-12	1-3	1-1	+2
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS	13:00	14	5	4	1	0	4	2	6-10	0-0	2-3	0
Gary Trent Jr.	31:27	12	2	0	1	0	2	1	5-10	2-5	0-0	-18
Bobby Portis	26:43	11	6	0	1	0	0	0	3-7	1-3	4-6	-13
Cole Anthony	21:30	4	1	8	0	0	2	2	2-8	0-0	0-0	-11
Jericho Sims	11:31	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Gary Harris	5:15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-4
Totals		106	34	26	9	1	14	17	39-93	17-36	11-15

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amir Coffey (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andre Jackson Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pete Nance (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mark Sears (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley Starter 8.8 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Craig Porter Jr. 8.5 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 5.1 min
Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 4.0 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. 3.6 min

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Giannis Antetokounmpo · Myles Turner · Kyle Kuzma · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green Starter 4.8 min
Myles Turner · Kyle Kuzma · Gary Trent Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 7.6 min
Myles Turner · Bobby Portis Jr. · Gary Trent Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 5.8 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Gary Trent Jr. · Cole Anthony · Jericho Sims · AJ Green 5.6 min
Myles Turner · Kyle Kuzma · Jericho Sims · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 5.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Giannis Antetokounmpo 6 pts (2/4) in 24 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (51 %, 2 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (10 %, 0 pts) · Lonzo Ball (8 %, 0 pts)
Cole Anthony 8 pts (3/6) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Craig Porter Jr. (45 %, 5 pts) · Lonzo Ball (13 %, 0 pts) · Sam Merrill (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Ryan Rollins: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Gary Trent Jr.: 14 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Evan Mobley	Myles Turner: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Sam Merrill	AJ Green: 24 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Ryan Rollins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dean Wade	Bobby Portis Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Myles Turner: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jarrett Allen	Myles Turner: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kyle Kuzma: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
De'Andre Hunter	Kyle Kuzma: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Myles Turner: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Lonzo Ball	AJ Green: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Gary Trent Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Cole Anthony: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · AJ Green: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Gary Trent Jr.: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Bobby Portis Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bucks defense

Donovan Mitchell 17 pts (6/9) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Gary Trent Jr. (27 %, 5 pts) · Ryan Rollins (18 %, 6 pts) · AJ Green (17 %, 0 pts)
Evan Mobley 28 pts (10/18) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Myles Turner (33 %, 7 pts) · Bobby Portis Jr. (17 %, 0 pts) · Kyle Kuzma (15 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
AJ Green	Sam Merrill: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lonzo Ball: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Myles Turner	Evan Mobley: 24 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Jarrett Allen: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Gary Trent Jr.	Donovan Mitchell: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ryan Rollins	Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Lonzo Ball: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bobby Portis Jr.	Dean Wade: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Kuzma	De'Andre Hunter: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Cole Anthony	Craig Porter Jr.: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sam Merrill: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Evan Mobley: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jarrett Allen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jericho Sims	Jarrett Allen: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Harris	Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)