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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics

March 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Cavaliers 109-98 on 2026-03-08 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, and Sam Hauser. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 20 points (5/9) in his matchups, with James Harden as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 4 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Sam Hauser as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Cleveland Cavaliers 98

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	38:20	19	4	10	0	0	0	0	6-16	3-8	4-7	-12
Donovan Mitchell GS	33:28	30	7	5	1	2	0	1	9-18	3-9	9-11	+8
Evan Mobley GS	31:05	24	8	1	0	3	2	0	10-19	2-6	2-3	-6
Sam Merrill GS	29:07	5	5	4	1	0	0	5	2-9	1-7	0-0	-1
Dean Wade GS	20:34	7	3	0	1	0	0	5	3-5	1-3	0-0	+1
Jaylon Tyson	25:20	8	6	1	0	0	1	2	3-8	2-6	0-0	-18
Keon Ellis	24:04	0	3	0	1	1	0	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	-15
Dennis Schröder	20:23	2	3	2	0	0	2	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	0
Thomas Bryant	13:37	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-8
Craig Porter Jr.	4:02	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		98	42	23	4	6	7	19	35-86	13-45	15-21

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	37:45	23	9	8	0	4	5	7-17	1-3	8-9	+17
Neemias Queta GS	35:52	4	11	1	0	0	4	2-7	0-0	0-0	+13
Derrick White GS	35:37	6	7	5	0	0	2	2-9	0-3	2-2	-6
Jayson Tatum GS	27:02	20	3	2	0	1	1	6-16	2-9	6-7	-3
Sam Hauser GS	24:25	15	4	0	0	1	0	5-10	5-10	0-0	+11
Payton Pritchard	34:48	18	3	7	1	2	2	7-12	2-6	2-2	+18
Baylor Scheierman	25:49	16	10	0	1	0	1	6-8	4-6	0-0	+10
Luka Garza	11:39	7	1	1	0	2	3	2-4	1-1	2-2	-4
Hugo González	7:04	0	1	1	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		109	49	25	2	10	20	37-84	15-38	20-22

Did not play: Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Walsh (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley Starter 10.7 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 5.6 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Jaylon Tyson 5.1 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 3.3 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Jaylon Tyson 3.1 min

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Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser Starter 10.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard 7.0 min
Jaylen Brown · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 4.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.3 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Jaylen Brown 20 pts (5/9) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (29 %, 6 pts) · Keon Ellis (24 %, 0 pts) · Sam Merrill (12 %, 0 pts)
Jayson Tatum 8 pts (3/9) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (23 %, 0 pts) · Dean Wade (23 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Jaylen Brown: 20 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Donovan Mitchell	Baylor Scheierman: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Sam Hauser: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Evan Mobley	Neemias Queta: 25 poss., 9 pts (3/8) · Luka Garza: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Sam Merrill	Derrick White: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Payton Pritchard: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jaylon Tyson	Baylor Scheierman: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jayson Tatum: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Jaylen Brown: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dennis Schröder	Payton Pritchard: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Baylor Scheierman: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dean Wade	Jayson Tatum: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Thomas Bryant	Neemias Queta: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Luka Garza: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Craig Porter Jr.	Payton Pritchard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Donovan Mitchell 4 pts (2/6) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Hauser (28 %, 0 pts) · Baylor Scheierman (19 %, 0 pts) · Jayson Tatum (13 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 7 pts (3/5) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Jayson Tatum (25 %, 0 pts) · Jaylen Brown (18 %, 0 pts) · Neemias Queta (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Dean Wade: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · James Harden: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick White	Sam Merrill: 30 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Evan Mobley: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Thomas Bryant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Payton Pritchard	Dennis Schröder: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jayson Tatum	James Harden: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Baylor Scheierman	Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Sam Hauser	Donovan Mitchell: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Luka Garza	Thomas Bryant: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Evan Mobley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)