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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

November 4, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Thunder beat the Cavaliers 124-116 on 2026-11-04 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kenrich Williams, Ajay Mitchell, and Aday Mara. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Tyrese Proctor. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 13 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Ajay Mitchell as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 17 points (7/15) in his matchups, with Tyrese Proctor as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	35:04	42	4	8	0	1	4	2	11-26	5-11	15-19	+5
Ajay Mitchell GS	32:05	23	7	4	1	0	1	1	9-17	1-3	4-6	+2
Kenrich Williams GS	28:46	13	4	2	0	0	1	2	5-9	3-5	0-0	-4
Isaiah Hartenstein GS	25:34	3	12	4	2	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	1-2	+3
Aday Mara GS	24:58	9	5	2	0	3	0	2	4-6	0-0	1-2	+6
Micah Peavy	26:29	2	9	1	1	0	0	5	1-6	0-2	0-0	+5
Jared McCain	24:47	9	1	0	1	0	2	2	3-11	1-6	2-2	+2
Bennett Stirtz	21:56	16	1	1	2	0	0	1	6-9	4-7	0-0	+5
Alex Caruso	20:02	7	4	3	0	0	1	1	1-3	1-2	4-4	+16
Josh Dix	0:19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		124	47	25	7	4	9	18	41-89	15-36	27-35

Did not play: Brooks Barnhizer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalen Terry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	35:16	19	9	6	1	2	3	1	5-16	3-8	6-6	0
Donovan Mitchell GS	33:07	27	3	6	1	0	2	5	10-17	5-10	2-2	+1
Evan Mobley GS	32:45	16	10	3	0	2	2	3	7-15	1-5	1-2	-1
Tyrese Proctor GS	21:46	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	4-7	2-3	1-1	-2
Jarrett Allen GS	7:08	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Sam Merrill	26:33	10	7	1	1	1	0	5	3-7	2-4	2-2	-5
Mario Hezonja	22:51	12	8	1	0	0	2	2	5-10	2-6	0-0	-8
Meleek Thomas	18:09	9	1	0	1	0	2	6	3-9	3-7	0-0	-9
Tristan Enaruna	15:59	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2-7	0-3	0-0	-1
Craig Porter Jr.	13:38	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Thomas Bryant	12:49	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1-4	1-3	5-6	-5
Totals		116	45	19	5	6	12	29	40-93	19-49	17-19

Did not play: Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Ajay Mitchell · Aday Mara Starter 4.7 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Ajay Mitchell · Bennett Stirtz 6.1 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Kenrich Williams · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell · Micah Peavy 4.0 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Jared McCain · Micah Peavy · Aday Mara 3.7 min
Alex Caruso · Isaiah Hartenstein · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell · Micah Peavy 3.4 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Evan Mobley · Tyrese Proctor Starter 4.7 min
Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Craig Porter Jr. · Meleek Thomas 5.3 min
James Harden · Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Tyrese Proctor 4.7 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Tristan Enaruna 3.6 min
James Harden · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Tristan Enaruna · Meleek Thomas 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Donovan Mitchell 13 pts (3/9) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Ajay Mitchell (23 %, 4 pts) · Alex Caruso (22 %, 0 pts) · Micah Peavy (17 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 23 pts (9/14) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Kenrich Williams (38 %, 5 pts) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (16 %, 9 pts) · Micah Peavy (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Tyrese Proctor: 17 poss., 13 pts (5/5) · James Harden: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Ajay Mitchell	Donovan Mitchell: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Mario Hezonja: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kenrich Williams	James Harden: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Mario Hezonja: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aday Mara	Evan Mobley: 22 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Micah Peavy	James Harden: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jared McCain	Sam Merrill: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Craig Porter Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Hartenstein	Evan Mobley: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Thomas Bryant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bennett Stirtz	Sam Merrill: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Caruso	Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sam Merrill: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Dix

Cavaliers defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 17 pts (7/15) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Tyrese Proctor (21 %, 7 pts) · Tristan Enaruna (17 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (14 %, 0 pts)
Ajay Mitchell 18 pts (7/10) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Donovan Mitchell (38 %, 12 pts) · Tyrese Proctor (12 %, 3 pts) · Meleek Thomas (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Kenrich Williams: 35 poss., 13 pts (4/10) · Micah Peavy: 14 poss., 6 pts (1/3)
Donovan Mitchell	Ajay Mitchell: 24 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Alex Caruso: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Evan Mobley	Isaiah Hartenstein: 23 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Aday Mara: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Sam Merrill	Bennett Stirtz: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jared McCain: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mario Hezonja	Micah Peavy: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kenrich Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tyrese Proctor	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Bennett Stirtz: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Meleek Thomas	Jared McCain: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Ajay Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tristan Enaruna	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jared McCain: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Jared McCain: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Isaiah Hartenstein: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Aday Mara: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Jarrett Allen	Aday Mara: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)