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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Houston Rockets

November 19, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Cavaliers 114-104 on 2025-11-19 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, De'Andre Hunter, Evan Mobley, and Nae'Qwan Tomlin. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Steven Adams, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 5 points (1/8) in his matchups, with De'Andre Hunter as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 14 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley GS	35:41	18	6	0	0	0	3	2	7-13	0-3	4-10	-10
Donovan Mitchell GS	34:06	21	3	2	2	0	4	2	8-17	3-9	2-2	-18
De'Andre Hunter GS	30:32	25	4	2	0	0	3	3	6-11	5-8	8-8	-6
Jarrett Allen GS	28:16	8	7	3	1	0	1	3	4-9	0-0	0-0	-9
Nae'Qwan Tomlin GS	19:38	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	4-10	0-5	2-4	-1
Dean Wade	26:43	4	7	3	0	2	0	3	1-5	1-4	1-4	0
Craig Porter Jr.	25:47	9	7	5	0	2	1	2	4-6	1-2	0-0	-3
Lonzo Ball	25:00	7	2	2	1	1	0	1	2-8	2-8	1-2	+1
Tyrese Proctor	10:23	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	-3
Thomas Bryant	3:53	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		104	39	20	4	5	12	18	36-81	12-39	20-32

Did not play: Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Luke Travers (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	40:19	12	9	6	5	0	1	4	6-14	0-1	0-0	+8
Alperen Sengun GS	38:00	28	11	7	1	1	5	3	10-17	0-0	8-10	+2
Kevin Durant GS	36:31	20	3	3	0	0	4	2	6-18	1-6	7-8	+6
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	30:49	14	9	2	0	0	0	4	5-12	3-6	1-2	+10
Steven Adams GS	27:59	6	11	3	0	1	2	2	2-6	0-0	2-2	+6
Reed Sheppard	22:57	12	2	2	1	1	0	4	5-11	2-5	0-0	+7
Aaron Holiday	19:17	18	0	0	1	0	0	2	5-7	3-5	5-5	+6
Clint Capela	13:54	4	5	0	1	1	1	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	0
Josh Okogie	8:08	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+9
Jae'Sean Tate	2:07	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		114	51	23	9	4	13	23	41-90	9-24	23-27

Did not play: JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin Starter 9.3 min
Lonzo Ball · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 5.2 min
Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. · Tyrese Proctor 3.9 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. 3.4 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. 3.1 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 16.8 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 4.9 min
Steven Adams · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.6 min
Clint Capela · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.4 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Kevin Durant 5 pts (1/8) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: De'Andre Hunter (41 %, 2 pts) · Dean Wade (14 %, 0 pts) · Evan Mobley (9 %, 2 pts)
Alperen Sengun 18 pts (7/16) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (21 %, 1 pts) · Dean Wade (21 %, 0 pts) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Evan Mobley	Jabari Smith Jr.: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Donovan Mitchell	Amen Thompson: 36 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Aaron Holiday: 8 poss., 12 pts (4/6)
De'Andre Hunter	Kevin Durant: 27 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Craig Porter Jr.	Aaron Holiday: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dean Wade	Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jarrett Allen	Steven Adams: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Lonzo Ball	Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Holiday: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Alperen Sengun: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Clint Capela: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Steven Adams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Donovan Mitchell 14 pts (5/9) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (30 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (23 %, 3 pts) · Aaron Holiday (19 %, 5 pts)
Evan Mobley 28 pts (12/21) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (37 %, 18 pts) · Steven Adams (18 %, 0 pts) · Clint Capela (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	De'Andre Hunter: 29 poss., 10 pts (2/6) · Dean Wade: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Amen Thompson	Donovan Mitchell: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Craig Porter Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alperen Sengun	Evan Mobley: 26 poss., 18 pts (7/9) · Dean Wade: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Donovan Mitchell: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Steven Adams	Jarrett Allen: 27 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Reed Sheppard	Craig Porter Jr.: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Tyrese Proctor: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday	Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Craig Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Clint Capela	Jarrett Allen: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Okogie	Lonzo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dean Wade: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jae'Sean Tate	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)