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Brooklyn Nets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

March 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Nets 106-102 on 2026-03-01 on the road against the Nets. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann, Day'Ron Sharpe, Noah Clowney, and Nolan Traore. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Jarrett Allen, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. James Harden (Cavaliers) scored 2 points (1/2) in his matchups, with Ziaire Williams as his primary defender. Michael Porter Jr. (Nets) scored 18 points (7/8) in his matchups, with Keon Ellis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BKN

Brooklyn Nets 102

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. GS	30:26	26	5	1	3	0	2	3	10-17	5-8	1-2	-8
Nolan Traore GS	29:40	17	1	2	1	0	3	4	7-15	1-6	2-2	-2
Day'Ron Sharpe GS	28:00	7	8	3	1	1	6	5	3-5	0-1	1-2	-7
Noah Clowney GS	22:37	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-4	0-0	-13
Terance Mann GS	14:26	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	-21
Ziaire Williams	32:49	4	0	5	1	0	0	3	2-2	0-0	0-0	+17
Danny Wolf	26:50	23	9	5	2	0	1	3	7-13	3-8	6-8	+7
Grant Nelson	20:02	11	4	1	1	3	2	4	4-7	0-0	3-4	+1
Ben Saraf	18:19	4	1	4	0	0	1	2	1-6	0-3	2-2	0
Josh Minott	16:51	5	2	1	1	0	2	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	+6
Totals		102	32	27	10	4	17	28	38-75	11-32	15-20

Did not play: Ochai Agbaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Wilson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	36:23	22	9	8	0	0	5	2	5-9	4-7	8-12	+3
Jarrett Allen GS	31:48	20	6	1	2	0	2	1	7-12	0-0	6-8	+5
Jaylon Tyson GS	27:49	9	1	2	0	0	3	1	3-7	3-6	0-0	+3
Sam Merrill GS	27:26	15	1	2	0	0	1	3	5-8	4-6	1-1	+20
Evan Mobley GS	26:53	17	13	2	0	1	2	2	6-12	0-2	5-10	+24
Keon Ellis	31:29	4	3	2	3	5	0	2	2-5	0-1	0-0	-5
Dennis Schröder	25:18	12	1	5	1	0	0	3	4-7	1-1	3-4	-8
Craig Porter Jr.	18:00	3	1	2	1	1	2	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	-10
Thomas Bryant	10:19	4	2	1	1	0	0	3	1-3	0-2	2-2	-8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	4:36	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		106	38	25	9	7	15	21	34-70	13-27	25-37

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

Lineups

BKN

Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Michael Porter Jr. · Terance Mann · Day'Ron Sharpe · Noah Clowney · Nolan Traore Starter 12.6 min
Ziaire Williams · Josh Minott · Grant Nelson · Danny Wolf · Ben Saraf 16.4 min
Michael Porter Jr. · Ziaire Williams · Day'Ron Sharpe · Noah Clowney · Nolan Traore 7.7 min
Michael Porter Jr. · Ziaire Williams · Day'Ron Sharpe · Nolan Traore · Danny Wolf 5.8 min
Michael Porter Jr. · Ziaire Williams · Grant Nelson · Nolan Traore · Danny Wolf 1.2 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 10.4 min
James Harden · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 6.6 min
Dennis Schröder · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 4.4 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Craig Porter Jr. 4.0 min
Dennis Schröder · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nets defense

James Harden 2 pts (1/2) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Ziaire Williams (20 %, 0 pts) · Terance Mann (18 %, 0 pts) · Noah Clowney (16 %, 0 pts)
Evan Mobley 15 pts (5/14) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Noah Clowney (34 %, 3 pts) · Day'Ron Sharpe (15 %, 0 pts) · Grant Nelson (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Michael Porter Jr.	Jaylon Tyson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Keon Ellis: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Ziaire Williams	James Harden: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Day'Ron Sharpe	Jarrett Allen: 37 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Evan Mobley: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nolan Traore	Sam Merrill: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Keon Ellis: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Danny Wolf	Keon Ellis: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Noah Clowney	Evan Mobley: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · James Harden: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Nelson	Thomas Bryant: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ben Saraf	Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Terance Mann	James Harden: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Merrill: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Minott	Keon Ellis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dennis Schröder: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Cavaliers defense

Michael Porter Jr. 18 pts (7/8) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Keon Ellis (26 %, 2 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (26 %, 0 pts) · Sam Merrill (17 %, 6 pts)
Nolan Traore 13 pts (4/7) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Merrill (27 %, 6 pts) · James Harden (17 %, 3 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Ziaire Williams: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nolan Traore: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Jarrett Allen	Day'Ron Sharpe: 31 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Noah Clowney: 8 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Keon Ellis	Michael Porter Jr.: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Josh Minott: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Merrill	Nolan Traore: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Michael Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Evan Mobley	Noah Clowney: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Danny Wolf: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Jaylon Tyson	Michael Porter Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nolan Traore: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dennis Schröder	Ziaire Williams: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ben Saraf: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	Danny Wolf: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Grant Nelson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ben Saraf: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Ziaire Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nolan Traore: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)