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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
Cleveland Cavaliers 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Evan Mobley GS 38:40 27 14 4 0 0 1 1 11-17 3-6 2-2 +8
Donovan Mitchell GS 38:40 18 7 8 3 0 5 5 7-16 3-7 1-2 +8
Jaylon Tyson GS 34:08 17 5 1 2 2 0 3 6-18 5-12 0-0 +2
Darius Garland GS 31:25 21 3 8 0 0 4 1 7-16 4-9 3-5 -27
De'Andre Hunter GS 26:38 8 3 1 0 0 2 3 3-10 2-8 0-0 -31
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 22:22 7 2 0 1 0 0 4 3-5 0-2 1-2 +19
Dean Wade 20:19 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1-4 1-4 0-0 +7
Tyrese Proctor 11:01 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 3-4 2-3 0-0 +10
Craig Porter Jr. 10:46 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 2-3 0-1 0-0 -3
Thomas Bryant 6:01 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 2-2 -3
Totals 115 43 28 7 2 13 22 43-94 20-52 9-13

Did not play: Lonzo Ball (DND - Rest), Luke Travers (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jordan Walsh GS 38:04 14 11 1 2 1 4 5 4-7 1-3 5-6 -2
Jaylen Brown GS 37:40 19 12 11 1 0 6 3 3-13 1-4 12-16 +16
Sam Hauser GS 35:12 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 3-6 1-4 0-0 +19
Payton Pritchard GS 30:44 42 3 3 0 0 2 3 15-22 6-11 6-6 +10
Xavier Tillman GS 29:50 9 6 0 3 1 2 0 4-9 1-5 0-0 0
Anfernee Simons 27:04 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 8-14 2-7 0-1 -7
Baylor Scheierman 15:05 5 2 0 0 0 2 2 2-3 1-2 0-0 -9
Josh Minott 12:43 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0-5 0-2 0-0 -4
Hugo González 7:22 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 -9
Amari Williams 6:17 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 117 46 19 9 4 16 17 40-81 14-40 23-29

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
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

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 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

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)