Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Charlotte Hornets

Jan 21, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	33	23	20	18	94
CHA	20	12	32	23	87

Game Recap

Charlotte puts on a surge in the 4th quarter, but Cleveland holds on for a 94-87 win on AWS Rivalry Week.

Player Stats

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32Dean WadeSF	27	1-3	0-2	2-2	9	4	1	1	1	1	+11	4
4Evan MobleyPF	35	6-13	0-4	2-3	14	0	1	3	2	4	+10	14
31Jarrett AllenC	34	4-8	0-0	5-6	9	0	0	2	1	1	-3	13
20Jaylon TysonSG	30	6-17	1-9	1-2	7	4	1	0	2	3	+14	14
45Donovan MitchellPG	37	8-20	2-8	6-7	3	6	1	0	8	1	-3	24
9Craig Porter Jr.	18	2-5	2-3	1-2	1	2	0	2	2	1	-5	7
12De'Andre Hunter	13	1-6	1-6	1-2	4	1	1	0	4	3	-7	4
35Nae'Qwan Tomlin	20	3-7	0-3	0-0	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	6
22Larry Nance Jr.	12	2-3	1-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	3	+14	5
24Tyrese Proctor	9	1-5	1-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	3	+4	3
2Lonzo Ball	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Thomas Bryant	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	34-8739.1%	8-4020.0%	18-2475.0%	60	20	6	8	20	21	-	94

HORNETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Kon KnueppelSF	31	8-21	2-10	3-3	11	2	1	0	2	3	+8	21
0Miles BridgesPF	26	5-13	1-5	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-29	11
14Moussa DiabateC	29	1-1	0-0	2-6	5	0	1	3	2	4	+1	4
24Brandon MillerSG	33	8-20	3-11	5-5	4	2	2	0	3	1	-19	24
4Sion JamesPG	21	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	2	-11	0
1LaMelo Ball	22	1-15	0-10	0-0	5	7	2	1	2	4	-16	2
11Ryan Kalkbrenner	15	3-5	0-0	1-1	4	1	0	0	1	4	-3	7
10Josh Green	19	2-3	1-2	2-2	9	2	1	0	1	1	+12	7
2Grant Williams	25	0-6	0-5	0-0	5	4	3	0	1	2	+19	0
8Collin Sexton	15	5-12	1-4	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	+3	11
21Pat Connaughton	— did not play —												— did not play —
23Tre Mann	— did not play —												— did not play —
31Tidjane Salaun	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	33-9833.7%	8-4717.0%	13-1872.2%	47	20	12	4	12	23	-	87

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterCLECHA

(11:55) Jump Ball Diabate vs. Allen: Tip to James
(11:38) MISS Miller 11' Pullup Jump Shot
(11:35) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:29) Mitchell 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
20
(11:09) MISS Bridges 8' Turnaround Hook Shot
(11:07) Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:58) Mobley 6' Turnaround Hook Shot (2 PTS)
40
(10:46) MISS James 5' Floating Jump Shot
(10:46) Allen BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:43) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:37) Allen 2' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Tyson 1 AST)
60
(10:16) MISS Knueppel 13' Step Back Jump Shot
(10:13) Wade REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:03) MISS Mitchell 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(9:59) Tyson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (9:53) Mobley 2' Driving Dunk (4 PTS) (Wade 1 AST)
80
(9:53) HORNETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (9:40) Diabate 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
82
+2 (9:18) Tyson 9' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST)
102
(8:57) MISS Knueppel 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:54) Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (8:47) Tyson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Mitchell 2 AST)
132
(8:23) MISS Miller 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:20) Wade REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:07) Bridges P.FOUL (P1.T1) (M.Dagher)
(8:00) MISS Mitchell 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(7:57) Ball REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:55) Tyson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Wright)
+1 (7:55) Miller Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
133
+1 (7:55) Miller Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
134
(7:34) Diabate S.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Wright)
+1 (7:34) Allen Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
144
+1 (7:34) Allen Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
154
(7:11) MISS Miller 10' Pullup Jump Shot
(7:08) Wade REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (6:59) Mitchell 2' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
174
(6:50) MISS Ball 3PT Jump Shot
(6:48) Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (6:41) Mitchell 2' Driving Reverse Layup (6 PTS)
194
(6:41) HORNETS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
+2 (6:19) Ball 1' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS)
196
+2 (6:10) Mobley 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (6 PTS)
216
(6:10) Kalkbrenner S.FOUL (P1.T3) (M.Dagher)
+1 (6:10) Mobley Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
226
(5:55) Miller Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(5:55) Mobley STEAL (1 STL)
(5:50) MISS Tomlin 3' Running Layup
(5:50) Ball BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:48) Tomlin REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (5:44) Hunter 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Tomlin 1 AST)
256
(5:35) MISS Ball 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:32) Tomlin REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(5:27) Hunter Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(5:27) Miller STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (5:21) Bridges 2' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Ball 1 AST)
258
(5:21) Hunter S.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Dagher)
(5:21) MISS Bridges Free Throw 1 of 1
(5:17) Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+3 (5:09) Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
288
(4:57) MISS Ball 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(4:54) Tyson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(4:39) MISS Hunter 3PT Jump Shot
(4:36) Tomlin REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(4:34) MISS Tyson 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:34) HORNETS Rebound
(4:23) MISS Williams 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:20) Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(4:20) Hunter P.FOUL (P2.T3) (J.DeRosa)
(4:12) MISS Ball 2' Driving Layup
(4:12) Allen BLOCK (2 BLK)
(4:11) Kalkbrenner REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(4:11) MISS Kalkbrenner 8' Hook Shot
(4:11) Porter Jr. BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:11) HORNETS Rebound
(4:10) Ball Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(4:10) Hunter STEAL (1 STL)
(4:05) MISS Hunter 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(4:02) Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(3:51) Williams OFF.Foul (P1) (S.Wright)
(3:51) Williams Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T3)
(3:51) Cavaliers Timeout: Coach Challenge (Reg.0 Short 0)
(3:34) MISS Mitchell 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(3:30) Hunter REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:24) Sexton S.FOUL (P1.T4) (J.DeRosa)
(3:24) HORNETS Timeout: Regular (Full 3 Short 0)
+1 (3:24) Hunter Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
298
(3:24) MISS Hunter Free Throw 2 of 2
(3:10) Knueppel REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:07) MISS Knueppel 4' Driving Layup
(3:07) Kalkbrenner REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+2 (3:07) Kalkbrenner Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
2910
(3:07) Hunter S.FOUL (P3.T4) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (3:07) Kalkbrenner Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
2911
(2:54) Hunter Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T2)
(2:54) Green STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (2:49) Knueppel 1' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Green 1 AST)
2913
(2:30) MISS Porter Jr. 3PT Jump Shot
(2:25) Tomlin REBOUND (Off:3 Def:1)
+2 (2:25) Tomlin Tip Dunk Shot (2 PTS)
3113
+3 (2:14) Knueppel 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Williams 1 AST)
3116
(1:58) Mitchell Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(1:58) Williams STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:53) Knueppel 1' Running Alley Oop Layup Shot (7 PTS) (Williams 2 AST)
3118
(1:53) Cavaliers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(1:41) MISS Hunter 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:31) Williams REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:27) Sexton 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
3120
(1:14) MISS Tomlin 3PT Jump Shot
(1:14) Cavaliers Rebound
(1:11) MISS Tomlin 3PT Jump Shot
(1:07) Sexton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:00) MISS Sexton 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:59) Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:55) Green P.FOUL (P1.PN) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (0:55) Mitchell Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
3220
+1 (0:55) Mitchell Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
3320
(0:32) MISS Knueppel 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(0:28) Kalkbrenner REBOUND (Off:3 Def:0)
(0:27) MISS Kalkbrenner 3' Driving Layup
(0:27) Porter Jr. BLOCK (2 BLK)
(0:24) Hunter REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:03) MISS Allen 13' Turnaround Jump Shot
(0:03) Cavaliers Rebound
(0:03) Cavaliers Turnover: Shot Clock (T#4)
(0:02) MISS Knueppel 33' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) Cavaliers Rebound
(0:00) CAVALIERS Heave
(0:00) Cavaliers Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CLE

CHA

94Points87

34-87(39.1%)Field Goal(%)33-98(33.7%)

8-40(20.0%)3-Point(%)8-47(17.0%)

18-24(75.0%)Free Throw(%)13-18(72.2%)

60(17)Rebounds(Offensive)47(17)

20Assists20

6Steals12

8Blocks4

20Turnovers12

21Fouls23

46Pts In The Paint50

9Fast Break Pts26

20Pts Off Turnovers21

25Bench Pts27

27Largest Lead0

Game Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Spectrum Center · Charlotte, NC

attendance: 17,619 (87.2%)

tv: ESPN