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Washington Wizards vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

December 12, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Wizards 130-126 on 2025-12-12 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started CJ McCollum, Marvin Bagley III, Justin Champagnie, Bub Carrington, and Kyshawn George. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, De'Andre Hunter, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 19 points (7/9) in his matchups, with Jamir Watkins as his primary defender. Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards) scored 8 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS

Washington Wizards 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bub Carrington GS	41:28	27	6	8	1	0	3	2	10-20	5-13	2-4	+7
CJ McCollum GS	36:40	27	4	6	1	0	1	3	9-20	3-9	6-9	-1
Marvin Bagley III GS	33:16	15	13	4	0	0	2	1	6-10	1-1	2-2	+12
Kyshawn George GS	26:21	15	2	3	1	1	2	5	5-10	3-8	2-2	-2
Justin Champagnie GS	17:54	3	7	1	1	0	0	4	1-4	1-3	0-0	0
Jamir Watkins	29:28	15	8	1	0	2	2	4	6-7	3-4	0-0	-6
Will Riley	23:25	7	3	4	1	2	2	3	1-2	0-1	5-5	-3
Tre Johnson	16:44	3	1	1	1	0	1	2	1-6	0-3	1-2	-11
Tristan Vukcevic	14:44	14	5	1	0	1	3	3	3-7	0-2	8-8	-16
Totals		126	49	29	6	6	16	27	42-86	16-44	26-32

Did not play: Sharife Cooper (DNP - Coach's Decision), Anthony Gill (DNP - Coach's Decision), AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Whitmore (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley GS	36:14	23	13	6	0	0	0	4	7-17	2-6	7-9	0
Darius Garland GS	35:19	18	3	6	2	0	2	2	6-17	0-11	6-7	-5
Donovan Mitchell GS	35:13	48	4	4	2	0	3	1	17-31	8-15	6-6	+9
Jaylon Tyson GS	30:54	13	6	3	0	0	0	2	3-5	1-3	6-6	-10
De'Andre Hunter GS	27:07	15	4	0	0	0	0	1	4-14	3-10	4-4	-17
Lonzo Ball	24:04	5	3	2	3	1	0	0	1-6	1-5	2-2	+26
Dean Wade	22:41	2	5	2	2	0	0	3	0-2	0-2	2-2	+11
Craig Porter Jr.	10:48	4	5	4	2	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+6
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	10:05	0	3	1	0	0	0	6	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Thomas Bryant	7:35	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		130	48	28	11	1	7	20	41-97	15-53	33-36

Did not play: Chris Livingston (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CJ McCollum · Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George Starter 8.9 min
CJ McCollum · Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Bub Carrington · Jamir Watkins 6.4 min
CJ McCollum · Marvin Bagley III · Bub Carrington · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley 5.3 min
CJ McCollum · Tristan Vukčević · Jamir Watkins · Tre Johnson · Will Riley 4.8 min
CJ McCollum · Marvin Bagley III · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson 3.5 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 12.3 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. 3.8 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley 3.6 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 3.4 min
De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Wizards defense

Donovan Mitchell 19 pts (7/9) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Jamir Watkins (24 %, 3 pts) · Justin Champagnie (15 %, 0 pts) · Kyshawn George (13 %, 3 pts)
Darius Garland 7 pts (2/5) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Bub Carrington (39 %, 4 pts) · Jamir Watkins (12 %, 3 pts) · Kyshawn George (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bub Carrington	Darius Garland: 29 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Jaylon Tyson: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
CJ McCollum	Jaylon Tyson: 23 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Dean Wade: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Marvin Bagley III	Evan Mobley: 39 poss., 11 pts (5/9) · Jaylon Tyson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jamir Watkins	Donovan Mitchell: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Darius Garland: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kyshawn George	Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Darius Garland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Riley	Darius Garland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Justin Champagnie	De'Andre Hunter: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Johnson	Donovan Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dean Wade: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tristan Vukcevic	Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Thomas Bryant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Cavaliers defense

Tristan Vukcevic 8 pts (3/9) in 31 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (31 %, 1 pts) · Thomas Bryant (22 %, 0 pts) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin (12 %, 0 pts)
CJ McCollum 5 pts (0/6) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (33 %, 0 pts) · Lonzo Ball (19 %, 2 pts) · Dean Wade (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Evan Mobley	Marvin Bagley III: 43 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Tristan Vukcevic: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Donovan Mitchell	Jamir Watkins: 25 poss., 13 pts (4/5) · Justin Champagnie: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Darius Garland	Bub Carrington: 34 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jamir Watkins: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jaylon Tyson	CJ McCollum: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bub Carrington: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
De'Andre Hunter	Kyshawn George: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Will Riley: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Dean Wade	CJ McCollum: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lonzo Ball	CJ McCollum: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Bub Carrington: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Craig Porter Jr.	Bub Carrington: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyshawn George: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Will Riley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tristan Vukcevic: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Thomas Bryant	Tristan Vukcevic: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marvin Bagley III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)