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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Brooklyn Nets

October 24, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Cavaliers beat the Nets 125-121 on 2026-10-24 at home. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Peyton Watson. The Nets started Julius Randle, Michael Porter Jr., Day'Ron Sharpe, Keon Ellis, and Egor Dëmin. Julius Randle (Nets) scored 25 points (9/14) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 19 points (6/18) in his matchups, with Chaney Johnson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Cleveland Cavaliers 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	35:27	22	5	4	1	1	4	4	7-15	2-6	6-6	+5
Evan Mobley GS	35:25	20	10	4	2	3	1	2	7-12	2-3	4-7	-8
James Harden GS	33:28	12	8	7	0	2	4	2	1-8	1-6	9-11	-3
Peyton Watson GS	30:40	11	3	4	1	1	2	6	4-11	2-6	1-2	-7
Jarrett Allen GS	27:18	21	8	0	1	2	3	3	7-8	1-1	6-8	+3
Sam Merrill	21:07	7	2	3	0	0	0	3	2-4	1-3	2-2	+7
Jaylon Tyson	20:35	15	1	4	1	0	2	4	6-12	3-7	0-0	+7
Mario Hezonja	19:55	9	5	1	1	0	4	2	3-5	2-3	1-2	+8
Tyrese Proctor	11:00	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	+6
Craig Porter Jr.	5:05	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+2
Totals		125	45	31	8	10	23	28	40-79	16-38	29-38

Did not play: Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khalifa Diop (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Tristan Enaruna (DNP - Coach's Decision), Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Meleek Thomas (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Ernest Udeh, Jr. (Inactive - G League - Two-Way)

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Brooklyn Nets 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle GS	35:24	23	6	5	0	0	4	1	7-13	2-4	7-8	+6
Michael Porter Jr. GS	32:52	28	9	1	4	0	1	6	10-18	4-9	4-4	+5
Egor Dëmin GS	30:51	22	4	6	0	0	1	6	5-10	5-10	7-7	+7
Day'Ron Sharpe GS	22:40	7	8	1	1	0	3	6	3-10	1-2	0-0	+6
Keon Ellis GS	22:23	6	2	1	2	0	2	2	2-7	2-6	0-0	-16
Chaney Johnson	27:15	10	5	3	2	0	1	2	4-12	2-5	0-0	-7
Mikel Brown Jr.	20:03	8	2	5	2	0	2	3	3-10	2-6	0-0	0
Noah Clowney	19:39	4	4	0	0	1	1	1	1-6	1-3	1-2	+2
Moritz Wagner	14:22	6	4	1	0	0	1	2	1-6	1-2	3-4	-12
Josh Minott	9:15	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	-4
Nolan Traore	5:16	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	-7
Totals		121	48	23	11	1	18	30	39-98	20-49	23-27

Did not play: Tyler Bilodeau (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Joshua Jefferson (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Terance Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision), Grant Nelson (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Drake Powell (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ben Saraf (DNP - Coach's Decision), Danny Wolf (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson Starter 14.7 min
Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson 8.0 min
Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 6.6 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson · Tyrese Proctor 3.9 min
James Harden · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson · Jaylon Tyson 3.8 min

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Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Julius Randle · Michael Porter Jr. · Day'Ron Sharpe · Keon Ellis · Egor Dëmin Starter 14.6 min
Julius Randle · Michael Porter Jr. · Noah Clowney · Egor Dëmin · Chaney Johnson 4.3 min
Moritz Wagner · Josh Minott · Noah Clowney · Chaney Johnson · Mikel Brown Jr. 3.5 min
Moritz Wagner · Noah Clowney · Nolan Traore · Chaney Johnson · Mikel Brown Jr. 3.3 min
Julius Randle · Michael Porter Jr. · Keon Ellis · Egor Dëmin · Chaney Johnson 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Julius Randle 25 pts (9/14) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (37 %, 5 pts) · Mario Hezonja (16 %, 6 pts) · James Harden (11 %, 0 pts)
Michael Porter Jr. 25 pts (8/17) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (52 %, 7 pts) · Evan Mobley (10 %, 6 pts) · James Harden (9 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Chaney Johnson: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Egor Dëmin: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Evan Mobley	Julius Randle: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Day'Ron Sharpe: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
James Harden	Egor Dëmin: 24 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Keon Ellis: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson	Michael Porter Jr.: 37 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Egor Dëmin: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarrett Allen	Day'Ron Sharpe: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Chaney Johnson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Mikel Brown Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julius Randle: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mario Hezonja	Julius Randle: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Chaney Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylon Tyson	Noah Clowney: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Michael Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Keon Ellis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikel Brown Jr.: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Craig Porter Jr.	Egor Dëmin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julius Randle: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nets defense

Donovan Mitchell 19 pts (6/18) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Chaney Johnson (20 %, 5 pts) · Egor Dëmin (19 %, 2 pts) · Josh Minott (14 %, 2 pts)
James Harden 16 pts (6/15) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Egor Dëmin (21 %, 6 pts) · Keon Ellis (20 %, 0 pts) · Julius Randle (18 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Julius Randle	Evan Mobley: 28 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · James Harden: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Michael Porter Jr.	Peyton Watson: 37 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · James Harden: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Egor Dëmin	James Harden: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Chaney Johnson	Donovan Mitchell: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jarrett Allen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Day'Ron Sharpe	Evan Mobley: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarrett Allen: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Keon Ellis	James Harden: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mikel Brown Jr.	Sam Merrill: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tyrese Proctor: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Clowney	Jaylon Tyson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mario Hezonja: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Moritz Wagner	Jarrett Allen: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Josh Minott	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mario Hezonja: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nolan Traore	Jaylon Tyson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sam Merrill: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)