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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Utah Jazz

January 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Jazz beat the Cavaliers 123-112 on 2026-01-12 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. The Jazz started Jusuf Nurkić, Lauri Markkanen, Svi Mykhailiuk, Keyonte George, and Cody Williams. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 9 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Darius Garland as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 9 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Cody Williams as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley GS	34:17	15	9	8	2	3	1	4	6-11	1-4	2-2	-11
Donovan Mitchell GS	33:59	21	3	2	1	0	0	2	7-18	4-9	3-3	-12
Darius Garland GS	33:35	23	2	8	3	1	3	2	7-17	5-9	4-4	-6
Jarrett Allen GS	32:24	8	4	3	1	0	2	1	3-7	0-0	2-2	-6
Sam Merrill GS	27:43	14	2	3	0	0	1	5	5-11	3-8	1-1	-10
Jaylon Tyson	25:29	11	4	2	2	0	2	3	4-9	2-5	1-1	+5
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	19:14	13	3	3	1	2	0	1	6-11	1-3	0-0	-3
De'Andre Hunter	17:40	2	0	3	0	0	3	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-2
Craig Porter Jr.	15:39	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	-10
Totals		112	30	33	10	6	13	19	41-92	17-41	13-13

Did not play: Lonzo Ball (DNP - Coach's Decision), Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision)

UTA

Utah Jazz 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen GS	36:18	28	12	2	1	1	1	0	8-16	3-8	9-12	+18
Keyonte George GS	33:33	32	5	9	1	0	4	0	8-16	4-8	12-12	+6
Jusuf Nurkić GS	30:10	11	17	3	3	2	1	1	4-9	1-1	2-2	+13
Svi Mykhailiuk GS	26:11	11	1	3	0	0	3	3	4-7	3-6	0-0	+18
Cody Williams GS	21:21	8	3	2	0	0	2	3	3-7	2-5	0-0	+7
Brice Sensabaugh	23:35	7	0	1	1	0	2	2	2-8	1-4	2-2	-5
Isaiah Collier	19:00	7	3	8	0	0	1	2	3-7	1-3	0-0	0
Kevin Love	17:50	11	3	2	0	0	2	1	4-6	3-5	0-0	-2
Kyle Filipowski	16:45	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	+1
Ace Bailey	15:17	4	3	2	0	1	0	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		123	50	32	7	4	16	14	40-83	18-41	25-28

Did not play: Kyle Anderson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Walter Clayton Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Taylor Hendricks (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley Starter 16.3 min
Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 4.6 min
Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 4.4 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson 4.2 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 3.5 min

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Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Keyonte George · Cody Williams Starter 12.4 min
Kevin Love · Lauri Markkanen · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski 5.5 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Ace Bailey 5.4 min
Kevin Love · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski 5.0 min
Kevin Love · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Cody Williams · Kyle Filipowski 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Keyonte George 9 pts (4/11) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Darius Garland (36 %, 2 pts) · Craig Porter Jr. (12 %, 0 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (11 %, 3 pts)
Lauri Markkanen 4 pts (2/8) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (30 %, 4 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (15 %, 0 pts) · Jarrett Allen (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Darius Garland	Keyonte George: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Svi Mykhailiuk: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jarrett Allen	Jusuf Nurkić: 36 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Lauri Markkanen: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donovan Mitchell	Cody Williams: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Isaiah Collier: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Evan Mobley	Lauri Markkanen: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Kevin Love: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jaylon Tyson	Brice Sensabaugh: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Keyonte George: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Sam Merrill	Svi Mykhailiuk: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Brice Sensabaugh: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
De'Andre Hunter	Lauri Markkanen: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kyle Filipowski: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Keyonte George: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lauri Markkanen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Kyle Filipowski: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ace Bailey: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/2)

Jazz defense

Donovan Mitchell 9 pts (3/8) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Cody Williams (26 %, 3 pts) · Brice Sensabaugh (18 %, 3 pts) · Svi Mykhailiuk (13 %, 0 pts)
Darius Garland 16 pts (5/10) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Keyonte George (26 %, 14 pts) · Svi Mykhailiuk (24 %, 0 pts) · Cody Williams (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Lauri Markkanen	Evan Mobley: 26 poss., 12 pts (3/5) · Sam Merrill: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Keyonte George	Darius Garland: 18 poss., 14 pts (4/6) · Sam Merrill: 13 poss., 9 pts (2/3)
Jusuf Nurkić	Jarrett Allen: 39 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Evan Mobley: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Svi Mykhailiuk	Darius Garland: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Merrill: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Cody Williams	Donovan Mitchell: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Darius Garland: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brice Sensabaugh	Donovan Mitchell: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Collier	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kevin Love	De'Andre Hunter: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Kyle Filipowski	Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ace Bailey	Darius Garland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)