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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Charlotte Hornets

December 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Hornets 139-132 on 2025-12-22 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, and Jaylon Tyson. The Hornets started Mason Plumlee, Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 3 points (1/2) in his matchups, with Jaylon Tyson as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 23 points (8/9) in his matchups, with Kon Knueppel as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Cleveland Cavaliers 139

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland GS	30:24	27	4	10	2	0	3	4	9-15	5-6	4-4	+13
Donovan Mitchell GS	28:43	30	4	5	0	0	3	5	10-18	6-11	4-4	+10
Dean Wade GS	27:53	14	7	2	0	0	0	0	4-7	4-7	2-2	+18
Jaylon Tyson GS	20:03	0	1	3	3	0	2	1	0-6	0-1	0-0	-11
Jarrett Allen GS	19:48	12	5	2	1	2	2	4	4-4	0-0	4-4	+4
Sam Merrill	25:56	4	1	5	1	0	0	0	2-7	0-4	0-0	+6
De'Andre Hunter	25:40	27	5	1	1	0	2	3	9-13	4-5	5-5	+9
Lonzo Ball	23:49	6	2	7	1	0	1	1	2-5	2-4	0-0	+11
Thomas Bryant	19:39	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	4-5	2-3	0-0	-13
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	12:44	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-1
Craig Porter Jr.	2:55	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Tyrese Proctor	2:26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Totals		139	30	36	9	2	13	20	48-87	24-44	19-19

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Charlotte Hornets 132

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	30:49	20	1	2	0	0	3	2	6-11	5-9	3-3	-19
Miles Bridges GS	29:33	17	6	4	0	1	1	0	6-14	0-3	5-7	-11
Brandon Miller GS	26:44	20	1	3	2	1	3	3	8-13	2-4	2-3	-18
LaMelo Ball GS	24:23	23	4	9	0	0	3	1	8-16	6-10	1-1	-7
Mason Plumlee GS	10:00	5	5	0	0	0	3	2	2-4	0-0	1-1	-10
Moussa Diabaté	28:24	5	14	2	6	0	3	4	2-6	0-0	1-2	+8
Tidjane Salaün	21:29	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	-11
Sion James	20:43	7	1	3	0	0	1	2	2-5	0-2	3-4	-6
Josh Green	19:31	10	1	1	2	0	1	1	3-4	3-4	1-2	+3
Tre Mann	17:20	13	5	3	0	1	1	1	5-13	3-5	0-0	+12
Liam McNeeley	5:33	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	2-2	+12
Pat Connaughton	5:33	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+12
Totals		132	44	29	10	3	19	18	46-94	21-42	19-25

Lineups

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Jaylon Tyson Starter 6.9 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · De'Andre Hunter · Sam Merrill 8.1 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Dean Wade · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 5.3 min
Lonzo Ball · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill 3.7 min
Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson 3.4 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Mason Plumlee · Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 5.6 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 5.8 min
Pat Connaughton · Josh Green · Tre Mann · Tidjane Salaün · Liam McNeeley 5.6 min
Mason Plumlee · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel 4.5 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

LaMelo Ball 3 pts (1/2) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (32 %, 0 pts) · Darius Garland (14 %, 0 pts) · Lonzo Ball (13 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 24 pts (7/14) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Darius Garland (27 %, 10 pts) · Lonzo Ball (19 %, 3 pts) · Dean Wade (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Darius Garland	Brandon Miller: 15 poss., 10 pts (3/6) · Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Donovan Mitchell	Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Sion James: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dean Wade	Miles Bridges: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
De'Andre Hunter	Tidjane Salaün: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Miles Bridges: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Mann: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Lonzo Ball	Brandon Miller: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarrett Allen	Moussa Diabaté: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Mason Plumlee: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jaylon Tyson	LaMelo Ball: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Thomas Bryant	Moussa Diabaté: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Miles Bridges: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Tre Mann: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Liam McNeeley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Josh Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Liam McNeeley: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Hornets defense

Donovan Mitchell 23 pts (8/9) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (23 %, 6 pts) · Sion James (16 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (15 %, 5 pts)
Darius Garland 12 pts (2/10) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: LaMelo Ball (20 %, 4 pts) · Brandon Miller (18 %, 2 pts) · Sion James (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Jaylon Tyson: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Miles Bridges	Dean Wade: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Thomas Bryant: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jarrett Allen: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Brandon Miller	Darius Garland: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
LaMelo Ball	Darius Garland: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Sion James	Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Darius Garland: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	De'Andre Hunter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Lonzo Ball: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Green	Darius Garland: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Merrill: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tre Mann	Sam Merrill: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Darius Garland: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mason Plumlee	Jarrett Allen: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dean Wade: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton	Darius Garland: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarrett Allen: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Liam McNeeley	Darius Garland: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sam Merrill: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)