Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics
November 30, 2025 · 2025-26 season
The Celtics beat the Cavaliers 117-115 on 2025-11-30 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, De'Andre Hunter, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard, Xavier Tillman, Sam Hauser, and Jordan Walsh. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 22 points (8/16) in his matchups, with De'Andre Hunter as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 12 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Jordan Walsh as his primary defender.
Box score
In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.
CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
115
Did not play: Lonzo Ball (DND - Rest), Luke Travers (DNP - Coach's Decision)
BOS
Boston Celtics
117
Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Luka Garza (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision)
Lineups
CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 15.5 min
- Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 4.4 min
- Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson 4.2 min
- Donovan Mitchell · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson 4.2 min
- Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson · Tyrese Proctor 3.7 min
BOS
Boston Celtics
Starting lineup
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Payton Pritchard
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Jaylen Brown
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Jordan Walsh
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Sam Hauser
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Xavier Tillman
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Xavier Tillman · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh Starter 18.4 min
- Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh · Amari Williams 5.1 min
- Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 3.1 min
- Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Xavier Tillman · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 2.5 min
- Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Josh Minott · Baylor Scheierman 2.3 min
Who guarded whom
Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.
Cavaliers defense
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Jaylen Brown 22 pts (8/16) in 68 possessions
Guarded by: De'Andre Hunter (44 %, 3 pts) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin (12 %, 2 pts) · Dean Wade (9 %, 3 pts)
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Anfernee Simons 6 pts (3/9) in 41 possessions
Guarded by: Darius Garland (18 %, 0 pts) · Dean Wade (15 %, 0 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (14 %, 0 pts)
| Defender | Guarded most |
|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | Jordan Walsh: 34 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · Hugo González: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Evan Mobley | Xavier Tillman: 29 poss., 13 pts (5/7) · Jordan Walsh: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Jaylon Tyson | Payton Pritchard: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Sam Hauser: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/4) |
| Darius Garland | Sam Hauser: 19 poss., 10 pts (4/7) · Payton Pritchard: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/2) |
| De'Andre Hunter | Jaylen Brown: 30 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Jordan Walsh: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Dean Wade | Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) |
| Nae'Qwan Tomlin | Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Baylor Scheierman: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) |
| Craig Porter Jr. | Payton Pritchard: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Anfernee Simons: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) |
| Tyrese Proctor | Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Sam Hauser: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) |
| Thomas Bryant | Jordan Walsh: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Xavier Tillman: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
Celtics defense
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Donovan Mitchell 12 pts (3/5) in 72 possessions
Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (38 %, 2 pts) · Sam Hauser (18 %, 0 pts) · Jaylen Brown (15 %, 1 pts)
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Darius Garland 15 pts (6/9) in 60 possessions
Guarded by: Sam Hauser (26 %, 2 pts) · Jordan Walsh (19 %, 3 pts) · Jaylen Brown (17 %, 2 pts)
| Defender | Guarded most |
|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | De'Andre Hunter: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) |
| Sam Hauser | Darius Garland: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) |
| Jordan Walsh | Donovan Mitchell: 27 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Darius Garland: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) |
| Payton Pritchard | Jaylon Tyson: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · De'Andre Hunter: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2) |
| Xavier Tillman | Evan Mobley: 35 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) |
| Anfernee Simons | Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Darius Garland: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) |
| Baylor Scheierman | Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) |
| Josh Minott | Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Hugo González | Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyrese Proctor: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) |
| Amari Williams | Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dean Wade: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |