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Golden State Warriors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

April 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Warriors 118-111 on 2026-04-02 on the road against the Warriors. The Warriors started Draymond Green, Kristaps Porziņģis, De'Anthony Melton, Gui Santos, and Brandin Podziemski. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Max Strus, and Evan Mobley. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 4 points (1/9) in his matchups, with De'Anthony Melton as his primary defender. Kristaps Porziņģis (Warriors) scored 21 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

GSW

Golden State Warriors 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandin Podziemski GS	35:12	25	4	4	2	0	1	2	9-15	2-5	5-6	-11
Draymond Green GS	35:11	8	9	9	1	3	2	4	3-11	2-8	0-0	+6
Gui Santos GS	31:11	25	4	4	2	0	3	5	9-14	2-6	5-6	+5
Kristaps Porziņģis GS	27:57	16	7	1	0	1	2	5	6-13	0-5	4-4	-16
De'Anthony Melton GS	25:50	5	6	3	3	0	2	2	2-12	1-5	0-0	-15
Gary Payton II	27:29	8	12	2	2	1	1	0	4-9	0-2	0-0	+8
LJ Cryer	24:44	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	3-9	3-7	3-4	-1
Will Richard	16:50	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-8
Pat Spencer	15:38	12	1	2	0	0	1	0	5-8	2-4	0-0	-3
Totals		111	46	25	11	5	12	20	41-94	12-44	17-20

Did not play: Seth Curry (DND - Injury/Illness), Malevy Leons (DNP - Coach's Decision), Quinten Post (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nate Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Omer Yurtseven (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	36:44	19	2	5	0	0	4	1	7-11	3-6	2-2	+1
Donovan Mitchell GS	34:23	25	6	3	2	1	5	2	7-14	4-7	7-7	+1
Evan Mobley GS	32:20	12	10	5	1	0	0	0	6-11	0-2	0-2	+3
Max Strus GS	27:53	24	5	2	0	0	2	3	9-14	6-10	0-0	+17
Jarrett Allen GS	23:52	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	5-10	0-0	6-12	+12
Sam Merrill	28:13	3	2	5	1	0	2	1	1-6	1-6	0-0	+12
Keon Ellis	22:09	4	3	2	1	0	0	2	2-7	0-2	0-0	-6
Dennis Schröder	20:18	12	2	6	1	0	2	3	4-7	1-2	3-3	-8
Thomas Bryant	14:09	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1-2	1-1	0-0	+3
Totals		118	46	28	7	1	15	14	42-82	16-36	18-26

Did not play: Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Craig Porter Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

GSW

Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Draymond Green · Kristaps Porziņģis · De'Anthony Melton · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski Starter 6.0 min
Draymond Green · Gary Payton II · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski · LJ Cryer 9.1 min
Kristaps Porziņģis · Gary Payton II · De'Anthony Melton · Pat Spencer · Will Richard 4.9 min
Draymond Green · Kristaps Porziņģis · Gary Payton II · De'Anthony Melton · Brandin Podziemski 4.2 min
Kristaps Porziņģis · De'Anthony Melton · Pat Spencer · Brandin Podziemski · Will Richard 4.2 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Max Strus · Evan Mobley Starter 14.6 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Sam Merrill · Keon Ellis 6.6 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 4.8 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 4.2 min
James Harden · Max Strus · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Warriors defense

Donovan Mitchell 4 pts (1/9) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: De'Anthony Melton (22 %, 0 pts) · Gary Payton II (16 %, 2 pts) · LJ Cryer (14 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 7 pts (3/6) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Gui Santos (20 %, 0 pts) · Gary Payton II (19 %, 0 pts) · Kristaps Porziņģis (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Draymond Green	Jarrett Allen: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Evan Mobley: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Brandin Podziemski	Max Strus: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Keon Ellis: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Gui Santos	James Harden: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Kristaps Porziņģis	Evan Mobley: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · James Harden: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Payton II	James Harden: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
De'Anthony Melton	Donovan Mitchell: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · James Harden: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
LJ Cryer	Dennis Schröder: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Will Richard	Sam Merrill: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Spencer	Sam Merrill: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Dennis Schröder: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)

Cavaliers defense

Kristaps Porziņģis 21 pts (7/14) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (34 %, 4 pts) · Jarrett Allen (26 %, 6 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (10 %, 7 pts)
De'Anthony Melton 15 pts (5/10) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Donovan Mitchell (34 %, 7 pts) · James Harden (28 %, 0 pts) · Max Strus (11 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Gary Payton II: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · De'Anthony Melton: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donovan Mitchell	De'Anthony Melton: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Gary Payton II: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Evan Mobley	Draymond Green: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Max Strus	Brandin Podziemski: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Gui Santos: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Merrill	LJ Cryer: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pat Spencer: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jarrett Allen	Draymond Green: 23 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Keon Ellis	Brandin Podziemski: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dennis Schröder	LJ Cryer: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Pat Spencer: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Thomas Bryant	Draymond Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)