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Charlotte Hornets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

November 9, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Hornets beat the Cavaliers 124-112 on 2026-11-09 at home. The Hornets started Grayson Allen, Coby White, Naz Reid, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Sion James. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Peyton Watson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 8 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Grayson Allen as his primary defender. Naz Reid (Hornets) scored 16 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	34:31	8	15	3	1	3	2	3	4-7	0-0	0-0	+20
Grayson Allen GS	33:32	27	4	6	2	0	3	2	8-14	6-12	5-6	-1
Sion James GS	32:47	11	4	4	2	0	0	0	4-9	3-6	0-0	+18
Naz Reid GS	32:29	25	13	4	2	0	3	3	10-26	4-9	1-2	+16
Coby White GS	20:21	10	2	9	0	0	3	2	3-12	0-4	4-5	-6
Royce O'Neale	23:08	10	3	1	1	0	0	2	4-8	2-5	0-0	+12
Tidjane Salaün	17:40	14	3	0	1	0	0	2	4-6	3-4	3-3	-3
Christian Anderson	16:12	9	1	1	0	0	2	1	3-5	3-4	0-0	+6
Liam McNeeley	15:56	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3-3	2-2	0-0	+4
Hannes Steinbach	13:25	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-6
Totals		124	49	29	9	3	14	16	44-93	23-46	13-16

Did not play: Michael Ajayi (DNP - Coach's Decision), PJ Hall (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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Cleveland Cavaliers 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	24:49	11	3	5	1	0	4	2	3-9	2-7	3-3	-22
Evan Mobley GS	24:12	9	2	3	2	1	4	0	3-5	2-2	1-2	-24
Donovan Mitchell GS	22:52	11	2	4	1	0	0	1	4-11	1-3	2-2	-3
Peyton Watson GS	20:33	13	2	1	0	0	2	3	5-9	2-4	1-2	-10
Jarrett Allen GS	19:29	12	7	1	0	1	1	0	5-5	1-1	1-2	-9
Meleek Thomas	26:40	18	3	3	2	2	0	1	7-12	4-6	0-0	-1
Tyrese Proctor	22:51	6	1	4	1	0	1	3	2-4	0-1	2-3	-20
Mario Hezonja	17:25	10	3	0	0	1	0	1	5-11	0-3	0-0	-16
Craig Porter Jr.	17:16	9	2	4	1	0	1	1	4-6	0-1	1-1	+7
Riley Minix	16:39	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	+5
Thomas Bryant	15:14	11	2	0	1	1	0	1	3-5	2-3	3-3	+18
Norchad Omier	12:00	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	+15
Totals		112	32	27	9	6	13	16	42-82	14-35	14-18

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Grayson Allen · Coby White · Naz Reid · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James Starter 10.3 min
Grayson Allen · Coby White · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · Liam McNeeley 5.3 min
Royce O'Neale · Grayson Allen · Naz Reid · Hannes Steinbach · Christian Anderson 3.6 min
Royce O'Neale · Grayson Allen · Naz Reid · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 3.5 min
Royce O'Neale · Grayson Allen · Tidjane Salaün · Hannes Steinbach · Christian Anderson 3.2 min

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson Starter 9.3 min
Thomas Bryant · Norchad Omier · Craig Porter Jr. · Riley Minix · Meleek Thomas 9.2 min
James Harden · Jarrett Allen · Peyton Watson · Craig Porter Jr. · Tyrese Proctor 5.0 min
Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Riley Minix · Meleek Thomas 4.3 min
James Harden · Mario Hezonja · Evan Mobley · Tyrese Proctor · Meleek Thomas 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Donovan Mitchell 8 pts (2/8) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Grayson Allen (25 %, 2 pts) · Royce O'Neale (23 %, 3 pts) · Sion James (16 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 24 pts (9/15) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (33 %, 2 pts) · Grayson Allen (17 %, 8 pts) · Naz Reid (13 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Jarrett Allen: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Evan Mobley: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Grayson Allen	Meleek Thomas: 13 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Sion James	James Harden: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Craig Porter Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Naz Reid	Evan Mobley: 15 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · James Harden: 6 poss., 7 pts (3/7)
Royce O'Neale	Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · James Harden: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Christian Anderson	Tyrese Proctor: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Meleek Thomas: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tidjane Salaün	Mario Hezonja: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Meleek Thomas: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Liam McNeeley	Riley Minix: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyrese Proctor: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hannes Steinbach	Jarrett Allen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Thomas Bryant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Naz Reid 16 pts (6/12) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (33 %, 0 pts) · Meleek Thomas (10 %, 6 pts) · Peyton Watson (9 %, 0 pts)
Christian Anderson 4 pts (1/4) in 33 possessions

Guarded by: Tyrese Proctor (58 %, 2 pts) · Meleek Thomas (18 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (8 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Meleek Thomas	Grayson Allen: 15 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Sion James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Evan Mobley	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
James Harden	Sion James: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Grayson Allen: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Christian Anderson: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Liam McNeeley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donovan Mitchell	Sion James: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Royce O'Neale: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Peyton Watson	Coby White: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Grayson Allen: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarrett Allen	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Hannes Steinbach: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Riley Minix	Liam McNeeley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Coby White: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Craig Porter Jr.	Sion James: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Thomas Bryant	Hannes Steinbach: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Norchad Omier	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mario Hezonja	Naz Reid: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tidjane Salaün: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)