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San Antonio Spurs vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

December 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Spurs 113-101 on 2025-12-29 on the road against the Spurs. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, and Evan Mobley. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 9 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Julian Champagnie as his primary defender. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 15 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Stephon Castle GS 34:17 15 4 8 1 0 5 5 5-13 0-3 5-6 -17
De'Aaron Fox GS 32:13 14 2 3 1 0 2 2 4-13 1-6 5-6 -13
Devin Vassell GS 29:31 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 3-10 1-6 0-0 -2
Victor Wembanyama GS 27:19 26 14 3 1 1 2 1 7-16 2-6 10-12 -17
Harrison Barnes GS 26:56 3 4 3 1 0 1 0 1-7 1-5 0-0 -12
Julian Champagnie 24:14 7 6 0 1 0 1 4 2-4 1-3 2-2 +2
Luke Kornet 23:03 10 9 3 1 1 0 3 3-4 0-0 4-4 +9
Keldon Johnson 17:47 8 3 0 0 0 2 1 2-3 0-0 4-4 -6
Dylan Harper 17:23 11 4 1 1 0 4 1 5-11 1-2 0-2 -3
Carter Bryant 7:17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 101 52 21 7 2 18 17 32-83 7-31 30-36

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Donovan Mitchell GS 35:17 10 2 7 3 0 3 3 3-12 2-9 2-2 +15
Darius Garland GS 31:22 15 5 11 1 0 3 2 5-13 1-5 4-4 +3
Evan Mobley GS 28:38 16 7 2 0 3 1 4 7-13 0-2 2-2 +11
Jarrett Allen GS 28:05 27 10 0 2 0 2 4 11-21 0-1 5-7 +9
Dean Wade GS 24:39 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 4-7 2-5 0-0 -6
Sam Merrill 25:50 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 1-6 1-6 2-2 -4
De'Andre Hunter 24:00 11 9 2 2 0 1 3 4-9 2-5 1-1 +14
Jaylon Tyson 21:31 11 3 2 3 0 1 4 4-8 3-4 0-0 +5
Craig Porter Jr. 15:17 2 6 4 0 1 0 1 0-2 0-1 2-2 +12
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 5:21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-5 2-4 0-0 +1
Totals 113 47 29 12 4 12 24 41-96 13-42 18-20

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

Lineups

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
Stephon Castle Dean Wade: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Aaron Fox Darius Garland: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Devin Vassell Sam Merrill: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luke Kornet Jarrett Allen: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Dean Wade: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Victor Wembanyama Evan Mobley: 25 poss., 4 pts (0/3) · Jarrett Allen: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Harrison Barnes Jarrett Allen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Darius Garland: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Champagnie Donovan Mitchell: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Sam Merrill: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Dylan Harper De'Andre Hunter: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keldon Johnson Jaylon Tyson: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant De'Andre Hunter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell Stephon Castle: 28 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Julian Champagnie: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Darius Garland De'Aaron Fox: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Stephon Castle: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Evan Mobley Victor Wembanyama: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Harrison Barnes: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jarrett Allen Luke Kornet: 27 poss., 10 pts (4/10) · Victor Wembanyama: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Sam Merrill Devin Vassell: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Champagnie: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/4)
Dean Wade Devin Vassell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Keldon Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Andre Hunter Keldon Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Harper: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jaylon Tyson Dylan Harper: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Vassell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr. De'Aaron Fox: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Harrison Barnes: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Victor Wembanyama: 3 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Harrison Barnes: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)