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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. San Antonio Spurs

December 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Spurs 130-117 on 2025-12-05 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, De'Andre Hunter, Evan Mobley, Nae'Qwan Tomlin, and Jaylon Tyson. The Spurs started Bismack Biyombo, Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, and Julian Champagnie. De'Aaron Fox (Spurs) scored 7 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Jaylon Tyson as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 10 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Julian Champagnie as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 130

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylon Tyson GS 32:52 24 6 2 0 2 2 3 11-15 2-4 0-1 +16
Evan Mobley GS 32:18 17 10 5 0 2 2 2 7-12 0-0 3-4 +9
Donovan Mitchell GS 31:45 28 2 8 3 0 5 1 9-17 1-5 9-11 +18
De'Andre Hunter GS 20:33 11 3 0 1 0 1 4 5-9 1-4 0-0 -7
Nae'Qwan Tomlin GS 18:21 13 2 2 0 0 0 2 5-10 1-3 2-4 -7
Dean Wade 29:12 12 8 5 1 0 0 2 4-6 2-4 2-2 +16
Craig Porter Jr. 23:54 11 7 1 2 0 0 3 4-6 1-2 2-3 +20
Lonzo Ball 22:27 2 6 5 3 0 2 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 +1
Thomas Bryant 15:42 8 3 2 0 0 1 2 2-4 0-0 4-4 +4
Luke Travers 10:30 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 -1
Chris Livingston 2:26 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1-2 0-1 0-0 -4
Totals 130 48 32 10 4 14 22 50-86 8-26 22-29

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Julian Champagnie GS 34:38 11 4 1 3 0 0 0 4-8 2-5 1-1 -22
De'Aaron Fox GS 32:47 25 5 9 1 0 4 2 9-19 2-7 5-6 -19
Devin Vassell GS 29:56 28 3 3 0 1 2 4 8-16 7-13 5-6 -1
Harrison Barnes GS 28:39 7 4 3 1 0 1 1 3-7 1-3 0-0 -13
Bismack Biyombo GS 10:24 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2-2 0-0 0-0 -10
Jeremy Sochan 24:52 10 5 1 1 0 1 3 5-9 0-2 0-0 -8
Keldon Johnson 24:46 14 7 0 1 2 2 3 5-10 0-2 4-6 +5
Dylan Harper 23:15 3 4 6 0 0 2 2 1-11 0-5 1-4 +2
David Jones Garcia 9:55 9 0 4 1 0 0 2 3-5 2-3 1-1 -2
Carter Bryant 9:04 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1-4 0-1 0-0 -3
Lindy Waters III 5:57 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 -1
Kelly Olynyk 5:48 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 +7
Totals 117 38 28 9 3 14 22 42-93 15-43 18-26

Lineups

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

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 Devin Vassell: 23 poss., 12 pts (4/5) · Julian Champagnie: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaylon Tyson Julian Champagnie: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · De'Aaron Fox: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Evan Mobley Jeremy Sochan: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Harrison Barnes: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dean Wade Keldon Johnson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Julian Champagnie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr. De'Aaron Fox: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Keldon Johnson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Lonzo Ball Dylan Harper: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Champagnie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Andre Hunter Julian Champagnie: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Harrison Barnes: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Harrison Barnes: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kelly Olynyk: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant Jeremy Sochan: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Carter Bryant: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Luke Travers Dylan Harper: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lindy Waters III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Livingston Carter Bryant: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kelly Olynyk: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
De'Aaron Fox Dean Wade: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Julian Champagnie Donovan Mitchell: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Jaylon Tyson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Devin Vassell Dean Wade: 13 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Harrison Barnes De'Andre Hunter: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremy Sochan Evan Mobley: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Thomas Bryant: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Keldon Johnson Craig Porter Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Dylan Harper Lonzo Ball: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bismack Biyombo Evan Mobley: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
David Jones Garcia Craig Porter Jr.: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Carter Bryant Craig Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Lonzo Ball: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lindy Waters III Luke Travers: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chris Livingston: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kelly Olynyk Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)