Cleveland Cavaliers 130, Washington Wizards 126 — Recap

December 12, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 130, Washington Wizards 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 35-24 WAS; Q2 CLE 27-36 WAS; Q3 CLE 23-40 WAS; Q4 CLE 45-26 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 48 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 threes on 17-of-31 shooting; Carlton Carrington (WAS) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; CJ McCollum (WAS) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 23 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists on 6-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

48 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 8 3PM · 17-31 FG

Scoring · WAS

Carlton Carrington

27 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · WAS

CJ McCollum

27 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-20 FG

Season highs

Donovan Mitchell · Season-high 48 pointsCarlton Carrington · Season-high 27 pointsMarvin Bagley III · Season-high 13 reboundsCarlton Carrington · Season-high 5 threes

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		T
CLE	35	27	23	45		130
WAS	24	36	40	26		126

🧮 How They Scored

CLEWAS

50Points in the paint36

17Fast-break points19

21Second-chance points10

26Points off turnovers13

13Bench points39

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%58.1%

5.8%Turnover %13.8%

28.8%Offensive rebound %26.7%

0.371Free-throw rate0.372

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley F-C	36	23	13	6	0	0	0	7-17	2-6	7-9	0
Donovan Mitchell G	35	48	4	4	2	0	3	17-31	8-15	6-6	+9
Darius Garland G	35	18	3	6	2	0	2	6-17	0-11	6-7	-5
Jaylon Tyson G-F	31	13	6	3	0	0	0	3-5	1-3	6-6	-10
De'Andre Hunter F	27	15	4	0	0	0	0	4-14	3-10	4-4	-17
Lonzo Ball G	24	5	3	2	3	1	0	1-6	1-5	2-2	+26
Dean Wade F	23	2	5	2	2	0	0	0-2	0-2	2-2	+11
Craig Porter G	11	4	5	4	2	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+6
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Thomas Bryant C	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Carlton Carrington G	41	27	6	8	1	0	3	10-20	5-13	2-4	+7
CJ McCollum G	37	27	4	6	1	0	1	9-20	3-9	6-9	-1
Marvin Bagley III F	33	15	13	4	0	0	2	6-10	1-1	2-2	+12
Jamir Watkins F	29	15	8	1	0	2	2	6-7	3-4	0-0	-6
KyShawn George F	26	15	2	3	1	1	2	5-10	3-8	2-2	-2
Will Riley F	23	7	3	4	1	2	2	1-2	0-1	5-5	-3
Justin Champagnie F	18	3	7	1	1	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	0
Tre Johnson G	17	3	1	1	1	0	1	1-6	0-3	1-2	-11
Tristan Vukcevic F	15	14	5	1	0	1	3	3-7	0-2	8-8	-16

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	35	48	71.3	41.1	+15.8	20.1
Evan Mobley	Starter	36	23	54.9	22.1	0.0	12.4
Darius Garland	Starter	35	18	44.8	24.4	-8.0	7.5
De'Andre Hunter	Starter	27	15	47.6	23.9	-27.9	5.9
Jaylon Tyson	Starter	31	13	85.1	10.8	-9.4	11.3
Lonzo Ball	Bench	24	5	36.3	11.1	+48.9	7.2
Craig Porter	Bench	11	4	100.0	9.4	+19.4	19.7
Thomas Bryant	Bench	8	2	100.0	11.1	+30.6	4.4
Dean Wade	Bench	23	2	34.7	5.2	+27.8	5.9
Chris Livingston	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	10	0	0.0	7.4	-2.3	-10.1
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Starter	37	27	56.3	25.3	-4.2	10.7
Carlton Carrington	Starter	41	27	62.0	23.3	+9.1	11.9
Marvin Bagley III	Starter	33	15	68.9	16.5	+19.1	14.0
KyShawn George	Starter	26	15	68.9	18.6	-3.3	6.1
Justin Champagnie	Starter	18	3	37.5	9.8	+3.3	4.4
Jamir Watkins	Bench	29	15	107.1	12.9	-9.8	12.9
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	15	14	66.5	33.3	-43.2	12.8
Will Riley	Bench	23	7	83.3	10.5	-10.5	8.8
Tre Johnson	Bench	17	3	21.8	16.7	-33.6	-5.3
Anthony Gill	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sharife Cooper	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cam Whitmore	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
AJ Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0