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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Charlotte Hornets

December 14, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Cavaliers 119-111 on 2025-12-14 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, De'Andre Hunter, Darius Garland, and Dean Wade. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. Brandon Miller (Hornets) scored 24 points (9/14) in his matchups, with Darius Garland as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 15 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Cleveland Cavaliers 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland GS	39:25	26	2	9	1	1	4	2	8-19	3-7	7-8	-8
Donovan Mitchell GS	37:55	17	2	7	2	1	2	4	6-24	1-11	4-5	-12
Dean Wade GS	31:33	14	8	2	1	0	0	2	5-9	3-6	1-2	-11
De'Andre Hunter GS	26:32	4	4	0	0	0	1	3	1-7	0-3	2-2	-4
Jarrett Allen GS	22:54	9	3	1	0	0	1	2	3-8	0-0	3-5	-5
Jaylon Tyson	35:29	16	13	1	1	0	1	5	6-13	2-4	2-2	-4
Lonzo Ball	31:54	8	5	4	5	0	2	0	3-8	1-5	1-2	-1
Thomas Bryant	14:13	10	6	1	0	1	1	3	3-4	1-1	3-3	+6
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	14:10	7	3	0	0	0	0	2	3-3	1-1	0-0	0
Tyrese Proctor	6:32	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Craig Porter Jr.	4:23	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Totals		111	46	27	10	3	14	24	38-95	12-38	23-29

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Charlotte Hornets 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	43:50	29	4	3	1	1	2	5	11-19	3-7	4-4	+10
Miles Bridges GS	39:26	20	10	6	1	0	2	1	7-19	3-8	3-4	+10
Brandon Miller GS	38:56	25	13	6	1	0	4	5	8-23	5-10	4-4	+1
Sion James GS	37:09	9	7	3	0	1	1	4	3-9	3-6	0-0	+12
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	20:30	7	3	0	1	3	2	1	3-4	0-0	1-2	+1
Moussa Diabaté	21:51	5	6	0	1	1	1	5	2-3	0-0	1-1	-6
KJ Simpson	19:04	6	0	4	2	0	3	1	2-9	1-6	1-2	-9
Josh Green	14:57	8	2	0	1	0	0	1	3-6	2-5	0-0	+8
Tidjane Salaün	13:57	6	2	2	0	1	1	1	2-3	0-1	2-4	+2
Mason Plumlee	10:27	4	4	4	1	0	0	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	+9
Drew Peterson	4:53	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Totals		119	53	28	9	7	16	26	43-98	17-44	16-21

Did not play: Grant Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Dean Wade Starter 10.6 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Jaylon Tyson 10.5 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson 6.8 min
Lonzo Ball · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Jaylon Tyson 3.1 min
Lonzo Ball · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Jaylon Tyson 3.0 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James Starter 11.8 min
Miles Bridges · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 9.0 min
Mason Plumlee · Brandon Miller · Drew Peterson · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 3.6 min
Mason Plumlee · Miles Bridges · Josh Green · KJ Simpson · Kon Knueppel 3.0 min
Miles Bridges · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · KJ Simpson · Kon Knueppel 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Brandon Miller 24 pts (9/14) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Darius Garland (29 %, 10 pts) · Lonzo Ball (23 %, 2 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (13 %, 7 pts)
Miles Bridges 12 pts (4/13) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Dean Wade (23 %, 6 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (20 %, 0 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Darius Garland	Brandon Miller: 20 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Donovan Mitchell	Sion James: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylon Tyson	Kon Knueppel: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Miles Bridges: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dean Wade	Miles Bridges: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Moussa Diabaté: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Lonzo Ball	Brandon Miller: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · KJ Simpson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
De'Andre Hunter	Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Miles Bridges: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarrett Allen	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 28 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Kon Knueppel: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Thomas Bryant	Moussa Diabaté: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Mason Plumlee: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tyrese Proctor	KJ Simpson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	Sion James: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Peterson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Donovan Mitchell 15 pts (5/9) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (23 %, 2 pts) · Sion James (17 %, 3 pts) · Kon Knueppel (17 %, 4 pts)
Darius Garland 14 pts (5/16) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (30 %, 6 pts) · Brandon Miller (17 %, 3 pts) · Kon Knueppel (16 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Jaylon Tyson: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Dean Wade: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Miles Bridges	Donovan Mitchell: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Dean Wade: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Sion James	Darius Garland: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brandon Miller	Lonzo Ball: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Darius Garland: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/7)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Jarrett Allen: 32 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Dean Wade: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Thomas Bryant: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Dean Wade: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
KJ Simpson	Jaylon Tyson: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Lonzo Ball: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Green	Darius Garland: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · De'Andre Hunter: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mason Plumlee	Thomas Bryant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Peterson	Donovan Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Andre Hunter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)