Charlotte Hornets 119, Cleveland Cavaliers 111 — Recap

December 14, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 119, Cleveland Cavaliers 111 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 33-29 CLE; Q2 CHA 24-18 CLE; Q3 CHA 31-32 CLE; Q4 CHA 23-32 CLE; OT1 CHA 8-0 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Kon Knueppel (CHA) 29 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 25 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-23 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-24 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Kon Knueppel

29 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

26 PTS, 2 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 8-19 FG

Scoring · CHA

Brandon Miller

25 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 8-23 FG

Season highs

Darius Garland · Season-high 26 pointsBrandon Miller · Season-high 13 reboundsJaylon Tyson · Season-high 13 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
CHA	33	24	31	23	8		119
CLE	29	18	32	32	0		111

🧮 How They Scored

CHACLE

50Points in the paint50

14Fast-break points8

20Second-chance points7

26Points off turnovers18

29Bench points41

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.6%Effective FG%46.3%

13.0%Turnover %11.5%

26.7%Offensive rebound %24.1%

0.214Free-throw rate0.305

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	44	29	4	3	1	1	2	11-19	3-7	4-4	+10
Brandon Miller F	39	25	13	6	1	0	4	8-23	5-10	4-4	+1
Miles Bridges F	39	20	10	6	1	0	2	7-19	3-8	3-4	+10
Sion James G	37	9	7	3	0	1	1	3-9	3-6	0-0	+12
Moussa Diabate F	22	5	6	0	1	1	1	2-3	0-0	1-1	-6
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	21	7	3	0	1	3	2	3-4	0-0	1-2	+1
K.J. Simpson G	19	6	0	4	2	0	3	2-9	1-6	1-2	-9
Josh Green G	15	8	2	0	1	0	0	3-6	2-5	0-0	+8
Tidjane Salaun F	14	6	2	2	0	1	1	2-3	0-1	2-4	+2
Mason Plumlee F-C	10	4	4	4	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+9
Drew Peterson F	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	39	26	2	9	1	1	4	8-19	3-7	7-8	-8
Donovan Mitchell G	38	17	2	7	2	1	2	6-24	1-11	4-5	-12
Jaylon Tyson G-F	35	16	13	1	1	0	1	6-13	2-4	2-2	-4
Dean Wade F	32	14	8	2	1	0	0	5-9	3-6	1-2	-11
Lonzo Ball G	32	8	5	4	5	0	2	3-8	1-5	1-2	-1
De'Andre Hunter F	27	4	4	0	0	0	1	1-7	0-3	2-2	-4
Jarrett Allen C	23	9	3	1	0	0	1	3-8	0-0	3-5	-5
Thomas Bryant C	14	10	6	1	0	1	1	3-4	1-1	3-3	+6
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	14	7	3	0	0	0	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	0
Tyrese Proctor G	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Craig Porter G	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kon Knueppel	Starter	44	29	69.8	21.5	+9.9	13.4
Brandon Miller	Starter	39	25	50.5	31.2	+1.3	12.8
Miles Bridges	Starter	39	20	48.2	23.7	+10.9	13.4
Sion James	Starter	37	9	50.0	10.9	+14.5	6.7
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Starter	21	7	71.7	14.3	+2.4	7.1
Josh Green	Bench	15	8	66.7	15.4	+24.2	13.2
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	14	6	63.0	17.6	+7.1	11.9
K.J. Simpson	Bench	19	6	30.4	28.9	-29.9	0.0
Moussa Diabate	Bench	22	5	72.7	7.4	-19.6	8.2
Mason Plumlee	Bench	10	4	100.0	8.0	+49.3	31.9
Grant Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Darius Garland	Starter	39	26	57.7	29.3	-8.5	14.0
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	38	17	32.4	32.6	-13.1	2.4
Dean Wade	Starter	32	14	70.9	14.1	-15.5	17.2
Jarrett Allen	Starter	23	9	44.1	20.8	-10.6	2.2
De'Andre Hunter	Starter	27	4	25.4	15.3	-3.4	-3.0
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	35	16	57.6	17.4	-2.9	16.2
Thomas Bryant	Bench	14	10	94.0	17.6	+28.3	22.8
Lonzo Ball	Bench	32	8	45.0	14.7	+0.1	11.4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	14	7	116.7	9.4	+8.3	11.3
Craig Porter	Bench	4	0	0.0	20.0	-87.5	-26.7
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	7	0	0.0	0.0	+49.5	3.8