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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Atlanta Hawks

April 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Hawks 122-116 on 2026-04-08 at home. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, and Evan Mobley. The Hawks started CJ McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, and Dyson Daniels. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 19 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 14 points (5/16) in his matchups, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley GS	35:39	22	19	3	0	3	1	1	8-15	0-3	6-10	+20
Donovan Mitchell GS	34:42	31	7	4	0	1	2	2	12-19	1-4	6-6	+20
James Harden GS	33:51	21	5	4	2	0	2	2	6-23	4-10	5-5	+1
Jarrett Allen GS	29:07	16	8	0	2	0	3	0	4-9	0-0	8-11	+3
Dean Wade GS	21:15	8	4	2	1	1	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	+12
Sam Merrill	27:13	6	0	3	1	0	0	5	2-3	2-3	0-0	0
Keon Ellis	22:16	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	1-4	1-4	2-2	-2
Max Strus	21:14	8	2	2	0	0	1	1	3-7	2-5	0-0	-2
Dennis Schröder	14:43	5	1	3	0	0	2	2	2-4	0-1	1-1	-22
Totals		122	47	22	6	6	11	14	41-88	12-33	28-35

Did not play: Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Craig Porter Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision), Olivier Sarr (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	39:14	25	4	2	2	0	4	3	10-19	4-9	1-1	-13
Jalen Johnson GS	33:59	12	11	6	1	0	2	6	4-16	0-5	4-4	-10
Dyson Daniels GS	33:03	12	7	6	2	1	1	6	5-11	1-3	1-2	-5
Onyeka Okongwu GS	32:53	18	5	0	0	1	1	2	7-10	1-2	3-4	-33
CJ McCollum GS	32:05	12	4	4	2	2	2	2	6-16	0-3	0-0	-4
Jonathan Kuminga	30:29	24	6	3	0	0	1	2	11-20	2-7	0-1	+9
Mouhamed Gueye	16:26	3	5	1	1	2	0	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	+25
Gabe Vincent	14:35	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	3-3	3-3	1-3	0
Corey Kispert	7:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		116	43	23	8	6	11	25	47-98	12-34	10-15

Did not play: Tony Bradley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Buddy Hield (DNP - Coach's Decision), Christian Koloko (DNP - Coach's Decision), Asa Newell (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zaccharie Risacher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keaton Wallace (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley Starter 8.4 min
Donovan Mitchell · Max Strus · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 6.9 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 5.2 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 4.5 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Max Strus · Evan Mobley 3.4 min

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels Starter 14.7 min
Gabe Vincent · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jonathan Kuminga · Jalen Johnson 5.2 min
CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Jonathan Kuminga · Dyson Daniels · Mouhamed Gueye 2.8 min
Gabe Vincent · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Jonathan Kuminga · Jalen Johnson · Mouhamed Gueye 2.8 min
CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jonathan Kuminga · Dyson Daniels 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Jalen Johnson 19 pts (5/12) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (27 %, 3 pts) · Keon Ellis (18 %, 0 pts) · Max Strus (17 %, 3 pts)
CJ McCollum 15 pts (5/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Dean Wade (20 %, 3 pts) · Sam Merrill (19 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (15 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 32 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Dyson Daniels: 18 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Evan Mobley	Onyeka Okongwu: 23 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Jalen Johnson: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
James Harden	Dyson Daniels: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jarrett Allen	Onyeka Okongwu: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Mouhamed Gueye: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Gabe Vincent: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · CJ McCollum: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Jonathan Kuminga: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Johnson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Strus	Jalen Johnson: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dean Wade	CJ McCollum: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jalen Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Jonathan Kuminga: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Hawks defense

Donovan Mitchell 14 pts (5/16) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (29 %, 6 pts) · CJ McCollum (18 %, 0 pts) · Dyson Daniels (12 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 6 pts (1/7) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Onyeka Okongwu (29 %, 0 pts) · CJ McCollum (15 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Johnson (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Donovan Mitchell: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Sam Merrill: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jalen Johnson	Evan Mobley: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Max Strus: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Onyeka Okongwu	James Harden: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarrett Allen: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Dyson Daniels	Jarrett Allen: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Evan Mobley: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
CJ McCollum	Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dean Wade: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Jonathan Kuminga	Evan Mobley: 12 poss., 11 pts (5/7) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Mouhamed Gueye	Jarrett Allen: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gabe Vincent	Sam Merrill: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Corey Kispert	Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)