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Charlotte Hornets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

January 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Hornets 94-87 on 2026-01-21 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 13 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 8 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Craig Porter Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 87

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	33:59	24	4	2	2	0	3	1	8-20	3-11	5-5	-19
Kon Knueppel GS	31:26	21	11	2	1	0	2	3	8-21	2-10	3-3	+8
Moussa Diabaté GS	29:10	4	5	0	1	3	2	4	1-1	0-0	2-6	+1
Miles Bridges GS	26:00	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	5-13	1-5	0-1	-29
Sion James GS	21:40	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	-11
Grant Williams	25:24	0	5	4	3	0	1	2	0-6	0-5	0-0	+19
LaMelo Ball	22:18	2	5	7	2	1	2	4	1-15	0-10	0-0	-16
Josh Green	19:20	7	9	2	1	0	1	1	2-3	1-2	2-2	+12
Collin Sexton	15:27	11	2	0	1	0	0	1	5-12	1-4	0-0	+3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	15:16	7	4	1	0	0	1	4	3-5	0-0	1-1	-3
Totals		87	47	20	12	4	12	23	33-98	8-47	13-18

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tre Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tidjane Salaün (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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Cleveland Cavaliers 94

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	37:29	24	3	6	1	0	8	1	8-20	2-8	6-7	-3
Evan Mobley GS	35:31	14	14	0	1	3	2	4	6-13	0-4	2-3	+10
Jarrett Allen GS	34:37	13	9	0	0	2	1	1	4-8	0-0	5-6	-3
Jaylon Tyson GS	30:39	14	7	4	1	0	2	3	6-17	1-9	1-2	+14
Dean Wade GS	27:07	4	9	4	1	1	1	1	1-3	0-2	2-2	+11
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	20:50	6	9	2	0	0	0	1	3-7	0-3	0-0	0
Craig Porter Jr.	18:11	7	1	2	0	2	2	1	2-5	2-3	1-2	-5
De'Andre Hunter	13:17	4	4	1	1	0	4	3	1-6	1-6	1-2	-7
Larry Nance Jr.	12:35	5	2	1	1	0	0	3	2-3	1-1	0-0	+14
Tyrese Proctor	9:45	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	+4
Totals		94	60	20	6	8	20	21	34-87	8-40	18-24

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

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James Starter 6.6 min
Collin Sexton · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 5.1 min
Collin Sexton · Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 4.6 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 4.2 min
Miles Bridges · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.3 min

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 17.5 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 8.9 min
De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 3.5 min
Larry Nance Jr. · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 2.9 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 2.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Donovan Mitchell 13 pts (5/10) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (23 %, 0 pts) · Josh Green (14 %, 0 pts) · Sion James (12 %, 0 pts)
Evan Mobley 17 pts (5/17) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (35 %, 0 pts) · Grant Williams (15 %, 0 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (15 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Donovan Mitchell: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/6)
Moussa Diabaté	Jarrett Allen: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Evan Mobley: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Kon Knueppel	Dean Wade: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Grant Williams	Evan Mobley: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarrett Allen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges	Evan Mobley: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Dean Wade: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball	Craig Porter Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Josh Green	Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Andre Hunter: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Jaylon Tyson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Sexton	Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Jarrett Allen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

LaMelo Ball 8 pts (3/5) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: Craig Porter Jr. (26 %, 0 pts) · Dean Wade (17 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (16 %, 3 pts)
Brandon Miller 22 pts (10/17) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (25 %, 9 pts) · Dean Wade (24 %, 2 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (17 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Sion James: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/4)
Evan Mobley	Miles Bridges: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Grant Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarrett Allen	Moussa Diabaté: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Grant Williams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylon Tyson	Kon Knueppel: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/5) · Brandon Miller: 16 poss., 9 pts (4/6)
Dean Wade	Brandon Miller: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	LaMelo Ball: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Grant Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Andre Hunter	Josh Green: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Brandon Miller: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Larry Nance Jr.	Moussa Diabaté: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Miles Bridges: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Collin Sexton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)