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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New Orleans Pelicans

December 23, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Pelicans 141-118 on 2025-12-23 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, and Sam Merrill. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Bryce McGowens, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 3 points (1/4) in his matchups, with De'Andre Hunter as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 14 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Bryce McGowens as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 141

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	29:40	27	4	4	1	0	3	4	11-16	2-6	3-4	+19
Darius Garland GS	28:34	10	1	8	0	0	3	0	4-9	2-6	0-0	+14
Jarrett Allen GS	26:17	14	9	3	0	0	1	4	6-9	1-1	1-2	+15
Sam Merrill GS	25:43	22	6	7	1	0	1	2	7-12	6-10	2-2	+18
Dean Wade GS	24:53	11	5	4	0	0	1	2	4-10	3-8	0-0	+9
Jaylon Tyson	24:39	18	6	2	0	1	0	4	8-13	2-4	0-0	+15
De'Andre Hunter	24:07	10	2	1	2	1	1	1	5-13	0-4	0-0	+23
Craig Porter Jr.	22:17	12	8	8	2	1	1	0	4-8	2-4	2-2	+5
Thomas Bryant	21:43	15	7	1	0	2	0	3	6-8	2-2	1-1	+8
Tyrese Proctor	8:18	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	0-5	0-3	0-0	-8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	3:49	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Totals		141	49	40	8	6	13	21	56-105	20-49	9-11

Did not play: Lonzo Ball (DND - Rest)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bryce McGowens GS	30:36	8	7	3	3	0	1	3	3-7	1-3	1-2	-13
Jeremiah Fears GS	27:13	11	4	5	1	0	3	0	3-11	1-3	4-5	-7
Trey Murphy III GS	26:26	14	3	5	1	0	2	2	6-12	2-5	0-0	-16
Saddiq Bey GS	26:08	11	3	2	0	0	0	0	5-13	1-5	0-0	-5
Derik Queen GS	25:11	21	7	5	1	0	1	2	7-14	2-3	5-6	-11
Jose Alvarado	25:24	6	2	2	1	0	2	3	2-4	2-3	0-0	-18
Jordan Hawkins	21:34	7	3	1	0	0	2	2	2-5	1-2	2-2	-7
Zion Williamson	20:55	26	5	1	1	0	3	2	9-15	0-0	8-9	-17
Micah Peavy	13:44	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-9
Yves Missi	12:48	7	2	2	1	2	1	1	3-3	0-0	1-1	-1
Karlo Matković	10:01	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	1-6	0-0	0-0	-11
Totals		118	43	26	10	2	16	16	43-94	11-26	21-25

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dejounte Murray (NWT - Not With Team)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill Starter 10.4 min
Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · De'Andre Hunter · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 8.5 min
Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Dean Wade · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 5.0 min
Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill 4.8 min
Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson 4.5 min

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New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 10.4 min
Zion Williamson · Jose Alvarado · Bryce McGowens · Jordan Hawkins · Derik Queen 7.1 min
Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Micah Peavy 4.6 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 4.5 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Zion Williamson 3 pts (1/4) in 40 possessions

Guarded by: De'Andre Hunter (25 %, 0 pts) · Dean Wade (17 %, 0 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (15 %, 2 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 13 pts (5/12) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Darius Garland (30 %, 3 pts) · Sam Merrill (19 %, 6 pts) · Jarrett Allen (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Bryce McGowens: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Darius Garland	Jeremiah Fears: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Bryce McGowens: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarrett Allen	Derik Queen: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Yves Missi: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Merrill	Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jaylon Tyson	Jordan Hawkins: 10 poss., 8 pts (4/4) · Jose Alvarado: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Dean Wade	Saddiq Bey: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Derik Queen: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
De'Andre Hunter	Zion Williamson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Craig Porter Jr.	Jose Alvarado: 16 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · Jordan Hawkins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Thomas Bryant	Derik Queen: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Karlo Matković: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Jeremiah Fears: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Micah Peavy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Donovan Mitchell 14 pts (4/9) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Bryce McGowens (26 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (15 %, 4 pts) · Micah Peavy (14 %, 0 pts)
Darius Garland 6 pts (3/5) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (38 %, 2 pts) · Bryce McGowens (23 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (13 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bryce McGowens	Donovan Mitchell: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Darius Garland: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Darius Garland: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Trey Murphy III	Sam Merrill: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jaylon Tyson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Saddiq Bey	Dean Wade: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Derik Queen	Jarrett Allen: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Dean Wade: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jose Alvarado	Craig Porter Jr.: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zion Williamson	Thomas Bryant: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Dean Wade: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Jordan Hawkins	Jaylon Tyson: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · De'Andre Hunter: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Andre Hunter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Jarrett Allen: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Thomas Bryant: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jarrett Allen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)