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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Phoenix Suns

December 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Suns 129-113 on 2025-12-31 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, and Evan Mobley. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 10 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Dean Wade as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 12 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	29:52	34	10	7	2	1	4	4	10-18	4-7	10-12	+17
Darius Garland GS	28:59	19	1	6	1	0	3	1	7-13	2-7	3-3	+15
Evan Mobley GS	28:40	16	10	5	1	5	2	3	7-10	0-1	2-3	+15
Jarrett Allen GS	26:36	16	11	3	0	0	2	0	7-12	0-0	2-2	+18
Dean Wade GS	23:24	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	+4
Jaylon Tyson	31:13	18	2	3	0	0	1	2	7-16	3-6	1-2	+12
Craig Porter Jr.	28:32	2	9	2	1	1	0	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	+8
Sam Merrill	22:47	16	1	1	0	0	2	4	6-14	4-9	0-0	+14
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	12:36	0	4	1	0	2	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Tyrese Proctor	3:41	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-8
Thomas Bryant	3:40	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-8
Totals		129	54	31	7	9	14	17	48-96	15-38	18-22

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dillon Brooks GS	34:29	20	3	3	3	0	1	4	7-15	2-4	4-4	-13
Devin Booker GS	32:43	32	2	4	1	1	1	5	13-25	2-4	4-4	-12
Collin Gillespie GS	27:15	17	6	5	2	1	2	2	6-15	5-11	0-0	-17
Royce O'Neale GS	27:08	9	2	1	1	0	4	0	4-10	1-6	0-1	-16
Mark Williams GS	23:42	2	9	2	0	1	1	1	0-3	0-0	2-2	-12
Jordan Goodwin	22:22	4	15	2	1	0	1	3	1-11	0-2	2-3	-11
Oso Ighodaro	20:37	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0-4	0-0	0-0	-12
Ryan Dunn	19:23	6	5	0	0	0	1	2	2-7	2-4	0-0	-11
Jamaree Bouyea	15:17	18	3	4	0	0	0	0	7-12	2-3	2-2	-4
Isaiah Livers	6:01	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Khaman Maluach	3:41	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8
Rasheer Fleming	3:41	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+8
Nigel Hayes-Davis	3:41	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	2-2	1-1	0-0	+8
Totals		113	52	23	8	5	13	20	42-105	15-36	14-16

Did not play: Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley Starter 7.3 min
Donovan Mitchell · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 7.7 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 5.0 min
Donovan Mitchell · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 4.5 min
Thomas Bryant · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson · Tyrese Proctor 3.7 min

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie Starter 9.1 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 9.5 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Mark Williams 5.8 min
Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Mark Williams · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie 4.3 min
Nigel Hayes-Davis · Isaiah Livers · Jamaree Bouyea · Rasheer Fleming · Khaman Maluach 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Devin Booker 10 pts (4/8) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Dean Wade (23 %, 0 pts) · Sam Merrill (22 %, 2 pts) · Darius Garland (14 %, 5 pts)
Dillon Brooks 24 pts (8/12) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Donovan Mitchell (28 %, 7 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (17 %, 11 pts) · Dean Wade (16 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Dillon Brooks: 21 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Jordan Goodwin: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/2)
Evan Mobley	Oso Ighodaro: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Royce O'Neale: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jaylon Tyson	Dillon Brooks: 12 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Collin Gillespie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Darius Garland	Collin Gillespie: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jordan Goodwin: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	Collin Gillespie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarrett Allen	Mark Williams: 34 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Oso Ighodaro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dean Wade	Devin Booker: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Sam Merrill	Devin Booker: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ryan Dunn: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Dillon Brooks: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Jamaree Bouyea: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Livers: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Thomas Bryant	Khaman Maluach: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nigel Hayes-Davis: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Donovan Mitchell 12 pts (5/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Royce O'Neale (23 %, 5 pts) · Dillon Brooks (21 %, 4 pts) · Collin Gillespie (14 %, 0 pts)
Darius Garland 24 pts (9/12) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Gillespie (28 %, 6 pts) · Jordan Goodwin (16 %, 0 pts) · Dillon Brooks (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Dillon Brooks	Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Evan Mobley: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Devin Booker	Dean Wade: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Sam Merrill: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Collin Gillespie	Darius Garland: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Craig Porter Jr.: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Royce O'Neale	Donovan Mitchell: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Mark Williams	Jarrett Allen: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Goodwin	Darius Garland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Oso Ighodaro	Evan Mobley: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn	Sam Merrill: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jamaree Bouyea	Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Craig Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Isaiah Livers	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Proctor: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nigel Hayes-Davis	Jaylon Tyson: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Craig Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Khaman Maluach	Thomas Bryant: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)