Atlanta Hawks at Cleveland Cavaliers
Regular seasonFinal
Atlanta Hawks 116, Cleveland Cavaliers 122
Rocket Arena · Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Atlanta Hawks 122-116 on April 8, 2026 at Rocket Arena. Donovan Mitchell led the Cleveland Cavaliers with 31 points; Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 25 for the Atlanta Hawks.
Keel projection
How the projections do →Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.
ATL 40%CLE 60%
- Expected margin
- CLE by 3.5
- Roster strength tonight
- ATL 0.0 · CLE 0.0
- Result: CLE by 6
- The projection called it.
| Net rating so far this season | +1.9 pts |
|---|---|
| Home court | +1.6 pts |
 Atlanta Hawks | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3P | FT | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickeil Alexander-WalkerG | 39 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 10-19 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -13 |
| Jalen JohnsonF | 34 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4-16 | 0-5 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -10 |
| Onyeka OkongwuF-C | 33 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 7-10 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -33 |
| Dyson DanielsG | 33 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| CJ McCollumG | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6-16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -4 |
| Jonathan KumingaF | 31 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 11-20 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +9 |
| Mouhamed GueyeF | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +25 |
| Gabe VincentG | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Corey KispertF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 |
| Team | 240 | 116 | 43 | 23 | 47-98 | 12-34 | 10-15 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
DNP: Christian Koloko, Buddy Hield, Keaton Wallace, Zaccharie Risacher, Asa Newell, Jock Landale, RayJ Dennis, Tony Bradley, Keshon Gilbert
 Cleveland Cavaliers | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3P | FT | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan MobleyF-C | 36 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 8-15 | 0-3 | 6-10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +20 |
| Donovan MitchellG | 35 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 12-19 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +20 |
| James HardenG | 34 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 6-23 | 4-10 | 5-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 |
| Jarrett AllenC | 29 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 8-11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Dean WadeF | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +12 |
| Sam MerrillG | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Keon EllisG | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| Max StrusG | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
| Dennis SchroderG | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -22 |
| Team | 240 | 122 | 47 | 22 | 41-88 | 12-33 | 28-35 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
DNP: Larry Nance Jr., Thomas Bryant, Nae'Qwan Tomlin, Craig Porter, Jaylon Tyson, Tyrese Proctor, Riley Minix, Tristan Enaruna, Olivier Sarr
Season series
ATL 2, CLE 2- Nov 2Atlanta Hawks 109, Cleveland Cavaliers 117
- Nov 28Cleveland Cavaliers 123, Atlanta Hawks 130
- Apr 8 · this gameAtlanta Hawks 116, Cleveland Cavaliers 122
- Apr 10Cleveland Cavaliers 102, Atlanta Hawks 124