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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Sacramento Kings

January 23, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Kings 123-118 on 2026-01-23 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Precious Achiuwa, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 12 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 10 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Malik Monk as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylon Tyson GS 35:49 17 7 4 0 0 3 3 6-14 3-5 2-3 +20
Evan Mobley GS 34:46 29 13 7 0 4 0 0 13-24 0-4 3-5 +17
Donovan Mitchell GS 34:11 33 5 8 1 0 1 3 11-25 5-12 6-7 +5
Jarrett Allen GS 33:38 15 9 0 2 1 0 2 3-6 0-0 9-10 +7
Dean Wade GS 28:00 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 2-4 2-4 0-0 +21
Craig Porter Jr. 21:21 5 5 3 0 0 1 1 2-5 1-3 0-0 -7
De'Andre Hunter 19:01 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 3-9 1-3 2-2 -12
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 15:14 4 1 0 1 1 0 4 2-4 0-1 0-0 -27
Larry Nance Jr. 13:40 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 1-4 0-3 0-0 +2
Tyrese Proctor 4:20 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 -1
Totals 123 48 23 6 6 6 17 44-96 13-36 22-27

Did not play: Lonzo Ball (DNP - Coach's Decision), Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
DeMar DeRozan GS 30:10 20 4 3 0 0 2 3 6-12 0-1 8-9 -24
Russell Westbrook GS 26:36 11 5 3 0 0 0 2 3-12 3-10 2-2 -18
Zach LaVine GS 22:31 10 0 0 1 0 1 2 4-8 2-5 0-0 -20
Precious Achiuwa GS 20:22 4 8 2 0 0 1 2 2-6 0-1 0-0 -22
Maxime Raynaud GS 9:11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 -6
Malik Monk 32:45 16 1 7 1 0 1 0 6-15 4-9 0-0 +17
Dennis Schröder 31:08 21 4 4 0 0 2 2 6-12 3-5 6-6 +19
Domantas Sabonis 30:43 24 16 6 1 0 4 5 9-14 1-1 5-5 +16
Dylan Cardwell 22:48 8 3 1 2 2 0 5 4-4 0-0 0-0 +10
Nique Clifford 13:46 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 2-4 0-1 0-0 +3
Totals 118 43 26 5 2 11 25 42-89 13-33 21-22

Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keon Ellis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Drew Eubanks (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell Dennis Schröder: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Russell Westbrook: 10 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Evan Mobley Domantas Sabonis: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dylan Cardwell: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/9)
Jaylon Tyson Malik Monk: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Zach LaVine: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Jarrett Allen Dylan Cardwell: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Domantas Sabonis: 15 poss., 6 pts (1/1)
Dean Wade DeMar DeRozan: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zach LaVine: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr. Dennis Schröder: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malik Monk: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Andre Hunter Malik Monk: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nique Clifford: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Domantas Sabonis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dylan Cardwell: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Larry Nance Jr. Russell Westbrook: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor Malik Monk: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Domantas Sabonis Jarrett Allen: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Evan Mobley: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/7)
Malik Monk Donovan Mitchell: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Jaylon Tyson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeMar DeRozan Dean Wade: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Dennis Schröder Craig Porter Jr.: 14 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 8 pts (2/4)
Russell Westbrook Donovan Mitchell: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Craig Porter Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dylan Cardwell Jarrett Allen: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach LaVine Jaylon Tyson: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Precious Achiuwa Jarrett Allen: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Evan Mobley: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nique Clifford De'Andre Hunter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Maxime Raynaud Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)