Cleveland Cavaliers 113, Oklahoma City Thunder 121 — Recap

February 22, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 113, Oklahoma City Thunder 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 25-40 OKC; Q2 CLE 30-24 OKC; Q3 CLE 31-25 OKC; Q4 CLE 27-32 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Isaiah Joe (OKC) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists on 9-of-19 shooting; James Harden (CLE) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Cason Wallace (OKC) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Sam Merrill (CLE) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Isaiah Joe

22 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 6-13 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

20 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 9-19 FG

Scoring · CLE

James Harden

20 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Cason Wallace · Season-high 10 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

CLE 1 largest lead Q3 8:44 (CLE 69, OKC 68) · 9-0 run, Q3 10:30–Q3 9:10

OKC 23 largest lead Q1 4:50 (CLE 5, OKC 28) · 15-0 run, Q1 7:46–Q1 4:50

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Aaron Wiggins makes 11-foot two point shot (Q3 0:32, CLE 86, OKC 88).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	25	30	31	27		113
OKC	40	24	25	32		121

🧮 How They Scored

CLEOKC

56Points in the paint40

21Fast-break points17

8Second-chance points17

12Points off turnovers31

47Bench points37

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.6%Effective FG%61.0%

14.9%Turnover %14.2%

27.9%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.213Free-throw rate0.291

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	35	20	7	5	2	0	3	9-19	0-6	2-3	-1
James Harden G	34	20	5	9	1	1	5	8-14	3-7	1-2	-13
Jarrett Allen C	29	11	13	2	1	0	3	4-6	0-0	3-6	-15
Sam Merrill G	28	20	3	0	0	0	0	7-12	6-10	0-0	+6
Evan Mobley F-C	25	15	2	1	1	0	1	6-11	1-4	2-2	-3
Keon Ellis G	23	9	1	3	2	0	1	4-7	1-4	0-0	0
Dennis Schroder G	22	11	4	7	1	1	2	3-9	1-2	4-4	-3
Dean Wade F	18	0	3	1	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-13
Jaylon Tyson G-F	16	7	4	0	1	0	1	2-7	1-4	2-2	-1
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	+3

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luguentz Dort G	35	12	3	2	2	0	2	5-11	2-6	0-2	+1
Cason Wallace G	34	20	4	10	3	0	1	7-17	4-8	2-2	+13
Chet Holmgren C-F	34	17	15	4	1	3	2	5-14	1-4	6-9	+17
Isaiah Joe G	30	22	2	3	5	0	3	6-13	6-11	4-4	+14
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	26	13	7	4	0	0	1	6-6	0-0	1-4	+23
Aaron Wiggins G	22	7	3	4	0	0	1	3-7	1-2	0-0	-2
Kenrich Williams G-F	18	8	2	1	0	0	1	3-3	2-2	0-0	-4
Jaylin Williams F	17	10	3	0	0	1	1	3-6	3-5	1-2	-17
Jared McCain G	16	10	3	1	1	0	1	3-7	2-3	2-2	-2
Nikola Topic G	8	2	2	3	0	0	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
James Harden	Starter	34	20	67.2	23.8	-16.8	12.5
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	35	20	49.2	27.4	-2.9	11.1
Evan Mobley	Starter	25	15	63.1	22.0	-3.3	7.3
Jarrett Allen	Starter	29	11	63.7	16.9	-26.3	13.5
Dean Wade	Starter	18	0	0.0	4.7	-35.1	0.0
Sam Merrill	Bench	28	20	83.3	16.9	+10.3	12.9
Dennis Schroder	Bench	22	11	51.1	24.1	-6.1	13.6
Keon Ellis	Bench	23	9	64.3	14.0	+2.2	9.2
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	16	7	44.4	23.7	-6.4	5.8
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Craig Porter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	10	0	0.0	13.0	+15.8	-13.0
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Isaiah Joe	Starter	30	22	74.5	25.4	+23.0	13.6
Cason Wallace	Starter	34	20	55.9	22.6	+16.8	16.1
Chet Holmgren	Starter	34	17	47.3	23.5	+24.1	16.9
Isaiah Hartenstein	Starter	26	13	83.8	14.1	+43.4	14.7
Luguentz Dort	Starter	35	12	50.5	15.3	+2.9	2.6
Jaylin Williams	Bench	17	10	72.7	21.1	-49.6	10.1
Jared McCain	Bench	16	10	63.5	22.0	-2.6	11.9
Kenrich Williams	Bench	18	8	133.3	9.3	-3.4	9.7
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	22	7	50.0	14.8	-4.3	6.5
Nikola Topic	Bench	08	2	50.0	29.4	-4.2	1.3
Brooks Barnhizer	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0