94 - 87

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Spectrum Center

Officials: JB DeRosa, Sean Wright, and Mousa Dagher

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Cleveland Cavaliers	33	23	20	18	94
Charlotte Hornets	20	12	32	23	87

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Cleveland Cavaliers	94	34-87	39.1%	8-40	20.0%	18-24	75.0%	17	71	20	21	6	20	8
Charlotte Hornets	87	33-98	33.7%	8-47	17.0%	13-18	72.2%	17	60	20	23	12	12	4

PLAYER STATS


Cleveland Cavaliers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Dean Wade^SF	27:07	4	1-3	0-2	2-2	1	8	9	4	1	1	1	1	11
Evan Mobley^PF	35:31	14	6-13	0-4	2-3	1	13	14	0	1	3	2	4	10
Jarrett Allen^C	34:37	13	4-8	0-0	5-6	1	8	9	0	0	2	1	1	-3
Jaylon Tyson^SG	30:38	14	6-17	1-9	1-2	2	5	7	4	1	0	2	3	14
Donovan Mitchell^PG	37:29	24	8-20	2-8	6-7	1	2	3	6	1	0	8	1	-3
Craig Porter Jr.	18:11	7	2-5	2-3	1-2	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	1	-5
De’Andre Hunter	13:17	4	1-6	1-6	1-2	2	2	4	1	1	0	4	3	-7
Nae’Qwan Tomlin	20:49	6	3-7	0-3	0-0	7	2	9	2	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Nance Jr.	12:35	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	3	14
Tyrese Proctor	09:45	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	4
Lonzo Ball	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Bryant	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darius Garland	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Livingston	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Merrill	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Strus	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Travers	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon Knueppel^SF	31:26	21	8-21	2-10	3-3	4	7	11	2	1	0	2	3	8
Miles Bridges^PF	26:00	11	5-13	1-5	0-1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-29
Moussa Diabaté^C	29:10	4	1-1	0-0	2-6	3	2	5	0	1	3	2	4	1
Brandon Miller^SG	33:59	24	8-20	3-11	5-5	0	4	4	2	2	0	3	1	-19
Sion James^PG	21:39	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	-11
LaMelo Ball	22:18	2	1-15	0-10	0-0	1	4	5	7	2	1	2	4	-16
Josh Green	19:19	7	2-3	1-2	2-2	5	4	9	2	1	0	1	1	12
Ryan Kalkbrenner	15:16	7	3-5	0-0	1-1	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	4	-3
Grant Williams	25:24	0	0-6	0-5	0-0	0	5	5	4	3	0	1	2	19
Collin Sexton	15:27	11	5-12	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	3
Pat Connaughton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tre Mann	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tidjane Salaün	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PJ Hall	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liam McNeeley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Plumlee	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Reeves	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KJ Simpson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The_MadStork | NYK

43 | 4 hours ago

¹⁄₁₅ =0.0667

I see you LaMelo

Less-Tax5637 | Knicks

15 | 4 hours ago

I fucking hate you

The1AndOnlyJZ | LAL

9 | 4 hours ago

Unfortunately ¹⁰⁄₁₅ would’ve also worked

rhymeswithtag | Knicks

3 | 3 hours ago

Have we EVER had an athlete throw up a tour date statline that was within the literal calendar week? Shooting 1-15 on 1/21/2026 is crazy

deemerritt | Hornets

43 | 4 hours ago

Sometimes an nba game is decided by what team shoots better. Sometimes both teams shoot like shit. That’s when the magic really happens

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

45 | 4 hours ago

Always feels good to beat our bitter rivals the Charlotte Hornets

sgtpepperslaststand | Cavaliers

16 | 4 hours ago

I feel they put the Cavs and hornets as rivals just because Lonzo and LaMelo are on each team

deemerritt | Hornets

11 | 3 hours ago

Every year our national tv game is against whoever lonzo is playing for

OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

6 | 3 hours ago

I didn’t even realize that

scarrylary | CLE

1 | an hour ago

That’s 100% the reason. Theres no other possible reason.

Chardoggy1 | Hornets

2 | 3 hours ago

It’s because we’re the NBA version of the Browns

ilikeshrimpsss | Cavaliers

31 | 4 hours ago

I’m glad we could hang on against the Hornets 🫩

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

10 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, what’s going on with your team? I’m genuinely asking, I don’t watch much Cavs basketball, but they seem to have taken several steps back this year

sgtpepperslaststand | Cavaliers

9 | 4 hours ago

We have the worst perimeter defense in the league teams are shooting 39% on us from three. We have no replacement for Ty Jerome Lonzo can’t shoot at all and isn’t helping on defense like we thought. Mobley has regressed along with just injuries all around.

deemerritt | Hornets

7 | 3 hours ago

We couldn’t hit the ocean tonight

GeneralJMan | Cavaliers

4 | 3 hours ago

3 of top 4 guards are currently on the IR. Point guard depth chart is CPJ (decent role player), Proctor (2nd round rookie), Ball (washed, no knees). Donovan Mitchell cannot play point.

Cold_Library_9254

1 | 4 hours ago

Lmaooooo

StrikingBake321 | Celtics

21 | 4 hours ago

Not starting a point guard was certainly a choice

The1AndOnlyJZ | LAL

14 | 4 hours ago

Not sure if LaMelo starting would’ve helped that much considering how he played tonight

Reasonable_Height_67

1 | 39 minutes ago

His superb owl was against you guys, he’s done for the year, nothing left for him to achieve.

mcneillwi | Hornets

3 | 4 hours ago

agreed. I’m all for keeping Melo’s minutes down as a precaution, but Sion cannot be his primary replacement at the point. Team looked completely dazed in the first few minutes under the bright lights and not having a legitimate primary ball-handler on the floor made it look even worse. Basically handed the Cavs all the momentum right off rip

WaffleConeHat | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

See, the problem is that we don’t have a real backup point guard.

Sion is a rookie, and while he handles ball pressure pretty well his playmaking and advantage creation leave a lot to be desired. Also his rim finishing is horrible (still love him though).

Collin Sexton is a very undersized shooting guard with tunnel vision.

Tre Mann is also an undersized shooting guard with tunnel vision except he’s worse in every way and has been cut from the rotation.

And Kon isn’t a point guard.

mcneillwi | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

For sure man. Undoubtedly one of our primary needs in the offseason along with some muscle down low. If we don’t end up with a top four pick to draft Boozer/AJ/Wilson, I’d love a Kingston Flemings or Mikel Brown with our first pick.

As for tonight, i think you have to start Collin despite his lack of playmaking. At least we’d then have someone who could take the ball and make something happen. Those first 5-6 possessions had no semblance of purpose or initiative. Just a bunch of passing around the perimeter until the shot clock hit five and we had to chuck up a three

StrikingBake321 | Celtics

-2 | 4 hours ago

I’m convinced Charles Lee is one of the worst coaches of all time or he’s being told to subtly tank rotations and OOB plays by front office. Either way he is an arrogant asshole and needs to be fired

Voxityy | Hornets

5 | 4 hours ago

fwiw it was an adjustment he made to restrict lamelo’s minutes whilst also allowing him to be able to play in clutch time

StrikingBake321 | Celtics

-1 | 3 hours ago

I am aware. I watch every game. I saw the hate he got for Lamelo coming in the 4th quarter of the raps game with under 2 min left.

With that said. It was also done to tank the team or out of sheer stupidity. Limit his minutes elsewhere on the margins or don’t let him play back to backs. But try to win basketball games

Him off the bench lost the game tonight and the game versus the pacers. Didn’t help vs Golden State.

Certainly doesn’t help Melo’s psyche

And if you don’t start him. AT LEAST START SEXTON

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

1 | 2 hours ago

I agree with you. Just sit him if you aren’t going to start him. Playin him off the bench fucks up his rhythm and the team’s rhythm/rotations. It doesn’t make any sense.

lordnorinaga | Timberwolves Bandwagon

2 | 3 hours ago

Its a tank move. They don’t even have a backup point guard which is only explained by tanking considering their starting point guard is on a permanent minutes restriction and needs to come off the bench in back to backs.

Basic_Commercial_806

1 | 4 hours ago

“The Cavs will never see it coming!”

GeneralJMan | Cavaliers

15 | 4 hours ago

That one rim must’ve been fucked. Neither team could hit a shot on it.

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

5 | 4 hours ago

That’s actually a good point. We need that rims splits lmao. I know hornets were 26/13/75 on it in the first half. Only gave up 70 points all game. Player of the game.

willspring | Cavaliers

1 | 3 hours ago

they should have got the levels out like yesterday

mcneillwi | Hornets

14 | 4 hours ago

If you told me we we were gonna shoot 34% from the field and 17% from 3 I would have expected a lot worse than a seven-point loss.

Props to the Cavs defense — our entire team was looking over their shoulders for Mobley and Allen all night. Despite our pretty lackluster front court, I can’t remember this team being thoroughly dominated inside like that all season.

DankMemesNQuickNuts | Charlotte Bobcats

3 | 3 hours ago

They bullied us so badly on the glass in that first half I haven’t seen us get done like that on the boards really at all this season

mcneillwi | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

Ya man. I swear I was back in a time capsule in that first half. We came out soft, tentative, and completely unprepared for their physicality down low. Huge indictment on this coaching staff for not having these guys ready for the moment. It was men vs boys.

WaffleConeHat | Hornets

11 | 4 hours ago

Everyone’s gonna talk about Lamelo shooting 1-15 in a loss, which is fair, but nobody’s gonna talk about Donovan Mitchell having 8 turnovers and shooting 40% from the field.

What an ugly game.

scarrylary | CLE

1 | an hour ago

Alright let’s talk about it. He still scored 24 and won the game while playing out of position for about 70% of it. Melo had a missed shot for every 1.3 minute he was on the court.

SquidwardLover48 | Cavaliers

5 | 4 hours ago

Evan Mobley will enter the second half with like 12 points and then end with 14. Every game. Lol

Steve-5

6 | 4 hours ago

I’m still wondering why the NBA picked Cavs vs Hornets for Rivals Week.

mcneillwi | Hornets

14 | 4 hours ago

literally just the Ball brothers. One of whom shot ¹⁄₁₅ and the other was a DNP-CD.

ESPN’s not coming back to Charlotte for another decade after that debacle lol

scarrylary | CLE

3 | an hour ago

People keep saying “maybe it’s the brothers”.

It’s 100% the brothers. There not one other thing that would remotely make us rivals.

devinbookersuncle | Hornets

5 | 4 hours ago

Survived is more accurate than saying defeated.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

3 | 4 hours ago

Rough game for LaMelo damnn

Reinerthebraun | Thunder

4 | 4 hours ago

wtf happened to the cavs?? They’ve lost more games already than last season

sgtpepperslaststand | Cavaliers

1 | 4 hours ago

Injuries, no Ty Jerome replacement, allowing teams to shoot a league high 39% from three, Lonzo is abysmal can’t even stay on the court for Defense, coach Ott was probably the reason we played well on offense. Mobley hasn’t taken any step if anything probably a step backwards. Allen is unplayable in the 4th quarter, can’t hit free throws.

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

3 | 4 hours ago

Cavs need a refresh

Reinhardtisawesom | Hornets

3 | 4 hours ago

Lost the glass battle, shot like garbage, Melo couldn’t throw a rock into the ocean, and somehow we made it close fairs CeeLee

JackDangerUSPIS | Knicks

2 | 4 hours ago

This was certainly, one of the basketball games of all time.

jeckles96 | Cavaliers

2 | 4 hours ago

Both teams shot terrible from the perimeter and Cavs dominated inside. That was pretty much the game flow an it was very ugly.

yelsamarani | Cavaliers

2 | 2 hours ago

Mobley doesn’t give a fuck on one end of the court again. We’re fucked.

If he suddenly has a personality change to the exact opposite of his version of “doesn’t give a shit, namaste my job is done”, we’re gonna win the title. Unfortunately not gonna happen.

DankMemesNQuickNuts | Charlotte Bobcats

2 | 3 hours ago

Gotta give us some serious credit for clawing back to make this one respectable we were done 27 at one point

here_for_the_lols | Thunder

-5 | 4 hours ago

Pretty fucking awesome that the hornets put up 87 points on the day they were proclaimed as the up and coming “offensive juggernauts of the east”

Cold_Library_9254

19 | 4 hours ago

They sure knew they were juggernauts when the put belt to ass to the OKC a couple weeks back

here_for_the_lols | Thunder

-7 | 4 hours ago

You can hold on to that one deep into June if you like

Cold_Library_9254

14 | 4 hours ago

I can and I will cornball

Licit_x64 | Hornets

9 | 4 hours ago

Couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn. Left all our makes in Utah and OKC.

The Cleveland Cavaliers (25-20) defeat the Charlotte Hornets (16-28), 94-87.