New Orleans Pelicans vs Cleveland Cavaliers: player stats (Dec 23, 2025)
Regular seasonFinal
New Orleans Pelicans 118, Cleveland Cavaliers 141
Rocket Arena · Cleveland, OH
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On December 23, 2025 at Rocket Arena, the Cleveland Cavaliers ran away from the New Orleans Pelicans, 141-118. Donovan Mitchell scored 27 to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Zion Williamson had 26 for the New Orleans Pelicans.
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| Bryce McGowensG | 31:00 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −13 |
| Jeremiah FearsG | 27:00 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3-11 | 1-3 | 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −7 |
| Saddiq BeyF | 26:00 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 |
| Trey Murphy IIIF | 26:00 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6-12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −16 |
| Derik QueenC | 25:00 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | −11 |
| Jose AlvaradoG | 25:00 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | −18 |
| Jordan HawkinsG | 22:00 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −7 |
| Zion WilliamsonF | 21:00 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | −17 |
| Micah PeavyG-F | 14:00 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 |
| Yves MissiC | 13:00 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | −1 |
| Karlo MatkovicF-C | 10:00 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −11 |
| Team | 240 | 118 | 43 | 26 | 43-94 | 11-26 | 21-25 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
DNP: Kevon Looney, Dejounte Murray, Jordan Poole, Herbert Jones, Hunter Dickinson, Trey Alexander, DeAndre Jordan
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| Donovan MitchellG | 30:00 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | +19 |
| Darius GarlandG | 28:00 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +14 |
| Jarrett AllenC | 26:00 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +15 |
| Sam MerrillG | 26:00 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 7-12 | 6-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +18 |
| Dean WadeF | 25:00 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +9 |
| Jaylon TysonG-F | 25:00 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 8-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +15 |
| De'Andre HunterF | 24:00 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5-13 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +23 |
| Thomas BryantC | 22:00 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +8 |
| Craig PorterG | 22:00 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +5 |
| Tyrese ProctorG | 8:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | −8 |
| Nae'Qwan TomlinF | 4:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −3 |
| Team | 240 | 141 | 49 | 40 | 56-105 | 20-49 | 9-11 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
DNP: Larry Nance Jr., Lonzo Ball, Max Strus, Evan Mobley, Luke Travers, Chris Livingston
Keel projection
How the projections do →Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.
NOP 30%CLE 71%
- Expected margin
- CLE by 6.7
- Result: CLE by 23
- The projection called it.
Season series
NOP 0, CLE 2- Dec 23 · this gameNew Orleans Pelicans 118, Cleveland Cavaliers 141
- Mar 21Cleveland Cavaliers 111, New Orleans Pelicans 106
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