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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards

October 28, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Cavaliers beat the Wizards 121-111 on 2026-10-28 at home. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Peyton Watson. The Wizards started Anthony Davis, Trae Young, Alex Sarr, Kyshawn George, and AJ Dybantsa. Anthony Davis (Wizards) scored 12 points (3/11) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 11 points (5/6) in his matchups, with Kyshawn George as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	33:42	16	2	6	1	0	2	2	5-18	2-10	4-4	+5
Evan Mobley GS	31:49	24	12	2	0	0	3	1	8-12	5-6	3-4	-1
Donovan Mitchell GS	31:17	19	5	7	2	0	5	2	6-13	2-5	5-5	+2
Jarrett Allen GS	30:28	8	12	2	1	3	0	1	3-6	0-0	2-2	+6
Peyton Watson GS	28:10	22	6	2	0	1	2	3	9-17	1-4	3-3	+4
Jaylon Tyson	20:42	7	1	2	1	0	1	1	3-5	1-2	0-0	+4
Meleek Thomas	20:27	10	4	1	1	0	0	3	4-7	0-1	2-2	+11
Sam Merrill	20:22	8	1	1	1	0	0	3	2-7	2-6	2-2	+8
Mario Hezonja	17:03	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	+10
Tyrese Proctor	6:00	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		121	47	26	7	4	13	16	43-91	14-38	21-22

Did not play: Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tristan Enaruna (DNP - Coach's Decision), Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Craig Porter Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

WAS

Washington Wizards 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyshawn George GS	38:06	8	2	11	0	1	0	2	4-10	0-4	0-0	-14
Anthony Davis GS	33:32	18	5	3	1	2	0	2	8-18	2-5	0-0	-11
Trae Young GS	33:30	14	5	8	0	0	4	1	3-12	1-7	7-7	+3
AJ Dybantsa GS	26:57	19	2	2	0	0	2	4	8-12	1-3	2-2	-3
Alex Sarr GS	25:52	18	4	2	4	1	1	3	7-11	2-5	2-3	-3
Bilal Coulibaly	26:53	17	2	0	2	2	0	2	8-9	1-2	0-0	-3
Khris Middleton	23:17	4	3	2	0	0	3	2	1-2	1-2	1-2	-6
Bub Carrington	20:16	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	0-4	0-4	3-3	-11
Deandre Ayton	11:38	10	3	0	0	0	0	1	5-5	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		111	27	31	7	6	10	19	44-83	8-32	15-17

Did not play: Anthony Gill (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tre Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tre Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision), Will Riley (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson Starter 14.3 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson · Meleek Thomas 6.7 min
James Harden · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson · Meleek Thomas 5.0 min
James Harden · Mario Hezonja · Jarrett Allen · Peyton Watson · Tyrese Proctor 4.6 min
James Harden · Mario Hezonja · Jarrett Allen · Peyton Watson · Meleek Thomas 3.9 min

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Anthony Davis · Trae Young · Alex Sarr · Kyshawn George · AJ Dybantsa Starter 15.1 min
Khris Middleton · Trae Young · Bilal Coulibaly · Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington 6.0 min
Anthony Davis · Khris Middleton · Bilal Coulibaly · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George 5.6 min
Anthony Davis · Trae Young · Bilal Coulibaly · Kyshawn George · AJ Dybantsa 4.2 min
Khris Middleton · Trae Young · Deandre Ayton · Bilal Coulibaly · Bub Carrington 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Anthony Davis 12 pts (3/11) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (46 %, 5 pts) · Jarrett Allen (17 %, 2 pts) · James Harden (11 %, 2 pts)
Trae Young 10 pts (4/11) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (33 %, 4 pts) · Meleek Thomas (18 %, 2 pts) · Sam Merrill (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Kyshawn George: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Bilal Coulibaly: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
James Harden	AJ Dybantsa: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Bilal Coulibaly: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarrett Allen	Alex Sarr: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Davis: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Evan Mobley	Anthony Davis: 28 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Deandre Ayton: 10 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Peyton Watson	Trae Young: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Kyshawn George: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Meleek Thomas	Trae Young: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bub Carrington: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jaylon Tyson	Khris Middleton: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kyshawn George: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Bub Carrington: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Trae Young: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mario Hezonja	Khris Middleton: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Davis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Bub Carrington: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Dybantsa: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Wizards defense

Donovan Mitchell 11 pts (5/6) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Kyshawn George (36 %, 0 pts) · Bilal Coulibaly (28 %, 4 pts) · AJ Dybantsa (8 %, 2 pts)
James Harden 20 pts (9/14) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: AJ Dybantsa (38 %, 9 pts) · Bilal Coulibaly (15 %, 5 pts) · Kyshawn George (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kyshawn George	Donovan Mitchell: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Trae Young	Peyton Watson: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Meleek Thomas: 8 poss., 5 pts (0/1)
Anthony Davis	Evan Mobley: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Jarrett Allen: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Bilal Coulibaly	Donovan Mitchell: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · James Harden: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
AJ Dybantsa	James Harden: 23 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Peyton Watson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bub Carrington	Sam Merrill: 14 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Meleek Thomas: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Sarr	Jarrett Allen: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton	Jaylon Tyson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mario Hezonja: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Evan Mobley: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Peyton Watson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)