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Washington Wizards vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

November 7, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Wizards 148-115 on 2025-11-07 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, CJ McCollum, Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, and Tre Johnson. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, De'Andre Hunter, Darius Garland, and Evan Mobley. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 6 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Bub Carrington as his primary defender. Alex Sarr (Wizards) scored 21 points (9/17) in his matchups, with Jarrett Allen as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Alex Sarr GS 30:27 20 4 4 1 4 3 0 10-17 0-4 0-2 -23
Tre Johnson GS 28:49 19 3 1 0 0 2 4 7-11 3-4 2-3 -18
Bub Carrington GS 28:04 6 4 11 0 1 2 1 2-12 2-7 0-0 -22
CJ McCollum GS 27:53 25 2 3 1 0 3 4 8-16 6-13 3-4 -28
Khris Middleton GS 21:54 4 2 4 0 0 2 3 2-3 0-1 0-0 -16
Jamir Watkins 20:15 6 6 0 0 1 1 4 3-4 0-1 0-0 -7
Corey Kispert 20:13 16 3 4 1 0 1 2 5-8 2-4 4-4 -4
Justin Champagnie 18:56 6 11 2 2 0 1 0 1-6 0-3 4-4 -15
Marvin Bagley III 11:41 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0-4 0-0 2-2 -5
Will Riley 10:17 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0-3 0-0 0-0 -8
AJ Johnson 8:50 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 1-4 0-2 2-2 -5
Tristan Vukcevic 5:52 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 1-1 1-1 1-2 -5
Cam Whitmore 4:56 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Anthony Gill 1:53 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 -5
Totals 115 44 32 5 7 20 24 41-91 15-41 18-23

Did not play: Malaki Branham (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 148

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Darius Garland GS 28:20 20 2 9 1 0 2 0 7-16 4-9 2-2 +24
Evan Mobley GS 27:51 18 10 3 1 1 1 1 7-16 0-4 4-7 +20
Jarrett Allen GS 26:00 16 14 3 2 1 1 2 7-13 0-0 2-4 +27
Donovan Mitchell GS 25:37 24 5 5 4 1 2 0 8-20 4-10 4-4 +22
De'Andre Hunter GS 21:16 8 5 2 1 0 2 0 2-9 0-3 4-4 +16
Jaylon Tyson 23:24 10 4 2 1 0 0 4 3-7 2-3 2-2 +11
Tyrese Proctor 18:46 17 2 3 0 0 1 2 5-6 5-6 2-3 +7
Sam Merrill 18:21 14 2 2 1 0 0 2 5-6 4-5 0-0 +10
Craig Porter Jr. 15:55 2 5 2 0 0 1 3 1-4 0-1 0-0 +13
Larry Nance Jr. 14:15 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 2-3 1-2 0-0 +3
Luke Travers 8:31 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 1-3 0-0 2-2 +2
Thomas Bryant 5:52 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 2-3 0-1 0-1 +5
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 5:52 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2-4 0-1 2-2 +5
Totals 148 57 34 15 6 10 17 52-110 20-45 24-31

Lineups

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

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.

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
Tre Johnson De'Andre Hunter: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Darius Garland: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Alex Sarr Jarrett Allen: 26 poss., 12 pts (6/10) · Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Bub Carrington Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Darius Garland: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
CJ McCollum Darius Garland: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Khris Middleton Evan Mobley: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · De'Andre Hunter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamir Watkins Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Proctor: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Corey Kispert Jaylon Tyson: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Sam Merrill: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Justin Champagnie Sam Merrill: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Darius Garland: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Will Riley Luke Travers: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Craig Porter Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III Larry Nance Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
AJ Johnson Tyrese Proctor: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Craig Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tristan Vukcevic Thomas Bryant: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Whitmore Craig Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Andre Hunter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Gill Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Thomas Bryant: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Evan Mobley Khris Middleton: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Alex Sarr: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Darius Garland Bub Carrington: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · CJ McCollum: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Donovan Mitchell Jamir Watkins: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Bub Carrington: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jarrett Allen Alex Sarr: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Khris Middleton: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
De'Andre Hunter Tre Johnson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Khris Middleton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor Jamir Watkins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · AJ Johnson: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaylon Tyson Corey Kispert: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · CJ McCollum: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr. CJ McCollum: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Johnson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Larry Nance Jr. Corey Kispert: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marvin Bagley III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Merrill Justin Champagnie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bub Carrington: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Luke Travers AJ Johnson: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Will Riley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Anthony Gill: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Riley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant Tristan Vukcevic: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jamir Watkins: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)