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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors

December 6, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Warriors beat the Cavaliers 99-94 on 2025-12-06 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, De'Andre Hunter, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. The Warriors started Buddy Hield, Jonathan Kuminga, Pat Spencer, Quinten Post, and Will Richard. Jonathan Kuminga (Warriors) scored 0 points (0/2) in his matchups, with Jaylon Tyson as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 9 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Gary Payton II as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Cleveland Cavaliers 94

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	37:10	29	4	3	0	1	2	2	11-26	7-14	0-0	+8
Evan Mobley GS	35:08	18	10	1	1	1	1	1	8-19	0-5	2-2	-3
Jaylon Tyson GS	34:05	11	11	3	0	0	1	5	5-12	1-4	0-0	+6
De'Andre Hunter GS	33:17	6	3	3	1	0	2	4	2-9	0-4	2-3	-7
Darius Garland GS	31:59	17	5	4	2	0	3	0	6-15	1-6	4-5	-14
Dean Wade	19:22	3	4	0	1	0	0	1	1-5	1-3	0-0	-5
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	16:05	6	12	1	2	1	3	0	3-10	0-2	0-0	+1
Craig Porter Jr.	15:12	0	4	0	0	1	0	3	0-4	0-0	0-0	-6
Thomas Bryant	12:24	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	0-4	0-3	2-2	0
Luke Travers	5:18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-5
Totals		94	61	15	7	4	12	18	37-107	10-42	10-12

Did not play: Lonzo Ball (DND - Rest), Chris Livingston (DNP - Coach's Decision)

GSW

Golden State Warriors 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Quinten Post GS	31:55	12	9	3	0	3	2	4	5-14	2-6	0-0	-10
Pat Spencer GS	29:28	19	4	7	1	0	1	3	7-12	3-4	2-2	+9
Buddy Hield GS	26:26	13	7	3	0	1	1	2	4-9	3-6	2-2	-1
Jonathan Kuminga GS	21:30	4	7	3	0	1	1	2	1-10	0-3	2-2	+5
Will Richard GS	20:36	4	3	0	1	0	1	1	1-4	0-2	2-2	-1
Gary Payton II	26:40	6	3	1	3	0	3	4	3-9	0-4	0-0	+4
Gui Santos	26:30	14	3	3	0	1	2	0	3-8	2-4	6-8	0
Brandin Podziemski	21:07	10	3	2	1	0	1	1	4-9	2-3	0-0	-5
Moses Moody	19:43	9	2	2	1	1	1	1	2-5	1-3	4-5	+9
Trayce Jackson-Davis	16:05	8	5	1	1	1	0	1	3-6	0-0	2-2	+15
Totals		99	46	25	8	8	13	19	33-86	13-35	20-23

Did not play: Al Horford (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 16.0 min
Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Dean Wade · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 5.8 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 4.4 min
Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Luke Travers · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson 3.5 min
Thomas Bryant · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 3.2 min

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Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Buddy Hield · Jonathan Kuminga · Pat Spencer · Quinten Post · Will Richard Starter 14.0 min
Gary Payton II · Moses Moody · Gui Santos · Trayce Jackson-Davis · Brandin Podziemski 7.3 min
Gary Payton II · Moses Moody · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post 7.3 min
Buddy Hield · Gary Payton II · Pat Spencer · Gui Santos · Quinten Post 4.1 min
Gary Payton II · Pat Spencer · Moses Moody · Gui Santos · Trayce Jackson-Davis 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Jonathan Kuminga 0 pts (0/2) in 41 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (30 %, 0 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (21 %, 0 pts) · Evan Mobley (16 %, 0 pts)
Brandin Podziemski 2 pts (1/4) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (16 %, 0 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (15 %, 0 pts) · Darius Garland (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Gary Payton II: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Buddy Hield: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Jaylon Tyson	Jonathan Kuminga: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Evan Mobley	Quinten Post: 36 poss., 6 pts (3/12) · Jonathan Kuminga: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Darius Garland	Will Richard: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Gary Payton II: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
De'Andre Hunter	Pat Spencer: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jonathan Kuminga: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dean Wade	Gui Santos: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moses Moody: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Moses Moody: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Gui Santos: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moses Moody: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Thomas Bryant	Trayce Jackson-Davis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Gary Payton II: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Travers	Will Richard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Pat Spencer: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Warriors defense

Donovan Mitchell 9 pts (3/10) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Gary Payton II (20 %, 0 pts) · Gui Santos (16 %, 0 pts) · Buddy Hield (14 %, 3 pts)
Darius Garland 5 pts (2/9) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Buddy Hield (24 %, 3 pts) · Will Richard (18 %, 2 pts) · Gary Payton II (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pat Spencer	Jaylon Tyson: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · De'Andre Hunter: 10 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Quinten Post	Evan Mobley: 31 poss., 7 pts (3/9) · De'Andre Hunter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Buddy Hield	Jaylon Tyson: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Darius Garland: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Gary Payton II	Donovan Mitchell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Darius Garland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Gui Santos	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Jonathan Kuminga	De'Andre Hunter: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Will Richard	Darius Garland: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandin Podziemski	Jaylon Tyson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Moses Moody	Craig Porter Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Dean Wade: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Trayce Jackson-Davis	Thomas Bryant: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)