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Sacramento Kings vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

February 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Kings 132-126 on 2026-02-07 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Daeqwon Plowden, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Sam Merrill, and Jaylon Tyson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 14 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Daeqwon Plowden as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 18 points (8/12) in his matchups, with James Harden as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nique Clifford GS	39:50	30	4	4	2	2	2	3	12-19	5-9	1-2	+5
Daeqwon Plowden GS	39:27	16	6	4	1	0	2	4	6-11	2-7	2-2	+7
Russell Westbrook GS	31:56	21	5	9	0	0	7	2	8-14	5-10	0-2	-6
DeMar DeRozan GS	29:38	13	2	3	0	1	0	1	4-16	2-4	3-3	-8
Maxime Raynaud GS	22:45	14	7	0	2	0	2	1	5-8	0-0	4-4	+1
Devin Carter	27:14	18	4	4	1	1	1	3	6-13	2-5	4-5	-4
Dylan Cardwell	25:15	12	11	4	1	1	1	4	6-9	0-0	0-0	-7
Precious Achiuwa	15:45	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	1-3	0-1	0-2	-7
Doug McDermott	8:10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-11
Totals		126	42	30	9	5	15	21	48-94	16-37	14-20

Did not play: Drew Eubanks (DNP - Coach's Decision), Domantas Sabonis (DND - Injury/Illness)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 132

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	34:39	35	2	4	2	2	3	4	13-24	2-8	7-7	+12
Jarrett Allen GS	32:43	29	10	1	0	0	1	0	11-12	0-0	7-8	-18
James Harden GS	32:11	23	2	8	1	0	3	1	7-13	5-8	4-4	-14
Jaylon Tyson GS	27:17	10	6	0	0	0	3	1	3-8	0-1	4-4	-27
Sam Merrill GS	23:54	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	0-6	0-5	2-2	-8
Craig Porter Jr.	22:48	4	3	4	2	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	2-4	+3
Keon Ellis	17:22	6	3	3	3	1	0	1	2-4	2-4	0-0	+20
Dennis Schröder	17:00	7	3	4	0	0	0	1	3-9	0-4	1-1	+22
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	16:49	6	5	2	0	0	0	2	3-4	0-0	0-0	+16
Thomas Bryant	15:17	10	3	2	1	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	2-2	+24
Totals		132	38	30	9	3	11	14	46-88	11-35	29-32

Did not play: Tristan Enaruna (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Daeqwon Plowden · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud Starter 14.4 min
Precious Achiuwa · Daeqwon Plowden · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 6.6 min
Russell Westbrook · Daeqwon Plowden · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 6.5 min
DeMar DeRozan · Daeqwon Plowden · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 4.2 min
DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 3.1 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson Starter 13.5 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 7.5 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 6.9 min
James Harden · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 6.7 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Keon Ellis 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Kings defense

Donovan Mitchell 14 pts (5/11) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Daeqwon Plowden (30 %, 5 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (18 %, 0 pts) · Russell Westbrook (16 %, 6 pts)
James Harden 24 pts (9/15) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Daeqwon Plowden (35 %, 4 pts) · Russell Westbrook (16 %, 5 pts) · Nique Clifford (14 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nique Clifford	Sam Merrill: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · James Harden: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Daeqwon Plowden	James Harden: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Russell Westbrook	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · James Harden: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
DeMar DeRozan	Jaylon Tyson: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · James Harden: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Dylan Cardwell	Jarrett Allen: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Thomas Bryant: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Devin Carter	Craig Porter Jr.: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Maxime Raynaud	Jarrett Allen: 23 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Thomas Bryant: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Precious Achiuwa	Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Doug McDermott	Keon Ellis: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Cavaliers defense

Russell Westbrook 18 pts (8/12) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (23 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (15 %, 8 pts) · Craig Porter Jr. (11 %, 0 pts)
Devin Carter 17 pts (5/12) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Craig Porter Jr. (26 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (14 %, 5 pts) · Dennis Schröder (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Daeqwon Plowden: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Nique Clifford: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Jarrett Allen	Maxime Raynaud: 24 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Dylan Cardwell: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
James Harden	Daeqwon Plowden: 23 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Russell Westbrook: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylon Tyson	DeMar DeRozan: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Daeqwon Plowden: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Nique Clifford: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Daeqwon Plowden: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Devin Carter: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nique Clifford: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dennis Schröder	Devin Carter: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Keon Ellis	Nique Clifford: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Russell Westbrook: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Dylan Cardwell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Maxime Raynaud: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)