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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. LA Clippers

November 23, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Clippers 120-105 on 2025-11-23 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, De'Andre Hunter, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 15 points (4/9) in his matchups, with De'Andre Hunter as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 11 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Kobe Sanders as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley GS	34:21	18	10	2	2	2	1	3	9-12	0-2	0-4	+26
Donovan Mitchell GS	32:39	37	8	6	1	0	2	2	14-22	5-9	4-4	+26
Darius Garland GS	29:28	8	1	8	0	0	4	0	3-10	0-4	2-2	0
De'Andre Hunter GS	29:18	17	4	4	1	0	2	4	5-11	4-7	3-4	+4
Jaylon Tyson GS	22:46	7	4	0	0	0	0	4	3-6	1-3	0-0	+7
Dean Wade	22:35	5	5	3	3	0	1	3	2-6	1-5	0-0	+3
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	21:52	8	2	1	1	2	1	3	3-5	1-3	1-2	+12
Tyrese Proctor	17:05	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	3-7	2-5	3-4	0
Luke Travers	14:55	3	2	1	2	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	+3
Larry Nance Jr.	12:31	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1-3	1-2	0-0	-4
Thomas Bryant	2:30	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-2
Totals		120	41	28	10	4	12	22	45-87	17-45	13-20

LAC

LA Clippers 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ivica Zubac GS	32:55	33	18	4	0	0	2	3	15-22	0-0	3-3	+6
James Harden GS	31:42	19	2	6	1	0	3	2	5-16	0-8	9-10	-15
John Collins GS	29:53	5	3	0	0	2	0	1	1-6	0-1	3-4	-7
Kawhi Leonard GS	26:25	20	3	2	3	0	4	4	6-13	3-5	5-5	+3
Kris Dunn GS	23:54	9	4	2	1	0	1	2	3-5	1-1	2-2	+4
Kobe Sanders	27:43	5	1	1	1	0	1	2	2-4	1-2	0-0	-16
Nicolas Batum	25:06	6	3	1	0	0	1	1	2-5	2-5	0-0	-16
Chris Paul	17:01	2	1	5	0	0	2	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Brook Lopez	11:13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-24
Kobe Brown	3:32	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	0
Jahmyl Telfort	3:32	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	3:32	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Cam Christie	3:32	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	0
Totals		105	40	23	6	2	15	17	37-80	8-26	23-26

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 12.2 min
Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Tyrese Proctor 5.1 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Luke Travers 4.1 min
Larry Nance Jr. · Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Luke Travers 3.5 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Tyrese Proctor 3.2 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins Starter 11.8 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins 7.5 min
Chris Paul · Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Ivica Zubac · Kobe Sanders 7.3 min
Chris Paul · Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Kobe Sanders 4.8 min
Kobe Brown · Cam Christie · Kobe Sanders · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser · Jahmyl Telfort 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Kawhi Leonard 15 pts (4/9) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: De'Andre Hunter (24 %, 3 pts) · Darius Garland (23 %, 4 pts) · Evan Mobley (13 %, 2 pts)
James Harden 10 pts (3/7) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: De'Andre Hunter (23 %, 3 pts) · Dean Wade (16 %, 0 pts) · Darius Garland (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Evan Mobley	Ivica Zubac: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Donovan Mitchell	Kobe Sanders: 17 poss., 16 pts (7/9) · Kris Dunn: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Darius Garland	Kris Dunn: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
De'Andre Hunter	James Harden: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Jaylon Tyson	John Collins: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dean Wade	James Harden: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nicolas Batum: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Ivica Zubac: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Nicolas Batum: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Chris Paul: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · James Harden: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Luke Travers	Kobe Sanders: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Chris Paul: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Larry Nance Jr.	Nicolas Batum: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Sanders: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Donovan Mitchell 11 pts (3/6) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Kobe Sanders (34 %, 3 pts) · John Collins (19 %, 4 pts) · James Harden (12 %, 4 pts)
Darius Garland 9 pts (4/6) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (39 %, 4 pts) · Kobe Sanders (14 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Ivica Zubac	Evan Mobley: 28 poss., 10 pts (5/6) · De'Andre Hunter: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
James Harden	Dean Wade: 19 poss., 4 pts (0/3) · Jaylon Tyson: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
John Collins	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders	Donovan Mitchell: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Darius Garland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kawhi Leonard	De'Andre Hunter: 18 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Jaylon Tyson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Dunn	Darius Garland: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · De'Andre Hunter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chris Paul	Tyrese Proctor: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Travers: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez	Evan Mobley: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Larry Nance Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	Thomas Bryant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie	Tyrese Proctor: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Larry Nance Jr.: 1 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luke Travers: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jahmyl Telfort	Luke Travers: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Larry Nance Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)