Charlotte Hornets at Cleveland Cavaliers
Regular seasonFinal
Charlotte Hornets 132, Cleveland Cavaliers 139
Rocket Arena · Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Charlotte Hornets 139-132 on December 22, 2025 at Rocket Arena. Donovan Mitchell led the Cleveland Cavaliers with 30 points; LaMelo Ball scored 23 for the Charlotte Hornets.
Keel projection
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CHA 32%CLE 68%
- Expected margin
- CLE by 6.7
- Result: CLE by 7
- The projection called it.
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 Charlotte Hornets | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3P | FT | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kon KnueppelG-F | 31 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 6-11 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -19 |
| Miles BridgesF | 30 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 6-14 | 0-3 | 5-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -11 |
| Brandon MillerF | 27 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 8-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -18 |
| LaMelo BallG | 24 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 8-16 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -7 |
| Mason PlumleeF-C | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -10 |
| Moussa DiabateF | 28 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | +8 |
| Tidjane SalaunF | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -11 |
| Sion JamesG | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 |
| Josh GreenG | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 |
| Tre MannG | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +12 |
| Pat ConnaughtonG | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 |
| Liam McNeeleyF | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 |
| Team | 241 | 132 | 44 | 29 | 46-94 | 21-42 | 19-25 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 18 |
DNP: Collin Sexton, Grant Williams, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Drew Peterson, Antonio Reeves, K.J. Simpson
 Cleveland Cavaliers | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3P | FT | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius GarlandG | 30 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 9-15 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | +13 |
| Donovan MitchellG | 29 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 10-18 | 6-11 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | +10 |
| Dean WadeF | 28 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4-7 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +18 |
| Jarrett AllenC | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 |
| Jaylon TysonG-F | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -11 |
| De'Andre HunterF | 26 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 9-13 | 4-5 | 5-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +9 |
| Sam MerrillG | 26 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 |
| Lonzo BallG | 24 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +11 |
| Thomas BryantC | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -13 |
| Nae'Qwan TomlinF | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Craig PorterG | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -7 |
| Tyrese ProctorG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| Team | 241 | 139 | 30 | 36 | 48-87 | 24-44 | 19-19 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 20 |
DNP: Larry Nance Jr., Max Strus, Evan Mobley, Luke Travers, Chris Livingston
Season series
CHA 1, CLE 3- Dec 14Charlotte Hornets 119, Cleveland Cavaliers 111
- Dec 22 · this gameCharlotte Hornets 132, Cleveland Cavaliers 139
- Jan 21Cleveland Cavaliers 94, Charlotte Hornets 87
- Feb 20Cleveland Cavaliers 118, Charlotte Hornets 113