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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

January 19, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Cavaliers 136-104 on 2026-01-19 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, Chet Holmgren, and Jaylin Williams. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 9 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Dean Wade as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 18 points (8/8) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 104

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Donovan Mitchell GS 35:01 19 4 3 3 0 1 1 5-18 1-9 8-11 -26
Jaylon Tyson GS 32:41 16 10 4 0 0 4 1 6-13 2-5 2-3 -26
Evan Mobley GS 31:07 16 7 5 1 1 2 3 7-14 0-2 2-3 -11
Jarrett Allen GS 28:33 16 9 1 0 3 1 0 4-8 0-0 8-10 -31
Dean Wade GS 16:30 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 -20
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 26:25 6 8 1 2 0 0 2 3-7 0-3 0-0 -10
De'Andre Hunter 25:31 16 9 1 1 0 5 2 3-13 2-6 8-8 -5
Craig Porter Jr. 21:28 9 5 3 1 1 3 4 4-9 1-3 0-0 -6
Tyrese Proctor 14:48 3 0 1 0 0 3 5 1-3 1-2 0-0 -15
Lonzo Ball 5:21 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1-4 1-4 0-0 -1
Thomas Bryant 2:35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -9
Totals 104 54 20 8 5 21 21 34-91 8-35 28-35

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 136

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 33:40 30 1 3 1 2 0 2 12-20 1-4 5-5 +17
Luguentz Dort GS 33:30 18 5 3 1 0 1 3 6-7 5-6 1-2 +34
Chet Holmgren GS 31:25 28 8 2 0 2 1 3 11-16 4-5 2-5 +34
Aaron Wiggins GS 30:39 12 6 3 5 1 2 4 4-7 2-5 2-2 +16
Jaylin Williams GS 7:33 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 2-4 2-2 0-0 +7
Ajay Mitchell 25:27 5 2 9 1 0 3 3 2-5 0-1 1-2 +17
Isaiah Joe 24:35 16 5 2 1 0 0 3 6-9 4-7 0-0 +20
Kenrich Williams 20:30 5 4 3 0 1 1 1 2-8 1-5 0-0 +6
Cason Wallace 18:02 4 2 2 0 0 3 4 1-3 1-3 1-2 -5
Alex Caruso 7:24 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0-5 0-4 1-2 +1
Ousmane Dieng 4:40 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2-4 1-3 0-0 +4
Chris Youngblood 2:35 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 2-2 0-0 +9
Totals 136 38 32 11 6 11 24 50-90 23-47 13-20

Lineups

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

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 Luguentz Dort: 37 poss., 8 pts (2/6) · Aaron Wiggins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylon Tyson Aaron Wiggins: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Evan Mobley Chet Holmgren: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Kenrich Williams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarrett Allen Chet Holmgren: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kenrich Williams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ajay Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Andre Hunter Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr. Isaiah Joe: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Dean Wade Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Joe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor Ajay Mitchell: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Isaiah Joe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lonzo Ball Luguentz Dort: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Aaron Wiggins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant Kenrich Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chris Youngblood: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Jaylon Tyson: 28 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Luguentz Dort Donovan Mitchell: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jarrett Allen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chet Holmgren Evan Mobley: 26 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Jarrett Allen: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Aaron Wiggins Jaylon Tyson: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ajay Mitchell Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Joe Craig Porter Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kenrich Williams Jarrett Allen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cason Wallace De'Andre Hunter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Caruso Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jarrett Allen: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylin Williams Jarrett Allen: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Dean Wade: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chris Youngblood Craig Porter Jr.: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Thomas Bryant: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)