Phoenix Suns 113, Cleveland Cavaliers 129 — Recap

December 31, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 113, Cleveland Cavaliers 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 21-37 CLE; Q2 PHX 33-30 CLE; Q3 PHX 35-29 CLE; Q4 PHX 24-33 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 34 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 32 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-25 shooting; Dillon Brooks (PHX) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 19 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Jamaree Bouyea (PHX) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

34 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

32 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 13-25 FG

Scoring · PHX

Dillon Brooks

20 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Jordan Goodwin · Season-high 15 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

PHX 4 largest lead Q1 11:07 (PHX 6, CLE 2) · 8-0 run, Q3 10:23–Q3 9:49

CLE 24 largest lead Q4 3:41 (PHX 101, CLE 125) · 16-0 run, Q1 9:43–Q1 6:55

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Evan Mobley makes 1-foot dunk (Darius Garland assists) (Q1 9:22, PHX 8, CLE 9).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
PHX	21	33	35	24		113
CLE	37	30	29	33		129

🧮 How They Scored

PHXCLE

36Points in the paint56

19Fast-break points17

15Second-chance points12

15Points off turnovers11

33Bench points39

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.1%Effective FG%57.8%

10.4%Turnover %11.7%

32.2%Offensive rebound %29.8%

0.152Free-throw rate0.229

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dillon Brooks G-F	34	20	3	3	3	0	1	7-15	2-4	4-4	-13
Devin Booker G	33	32	2	4	1	1	1	13-25	2-4	4-4	-12
Collin Gillespie G	27	17	6	5	2	1	2	6-15	5-11	0-0	-17
Royce O'Neale F	27	9	2	1	1	0	4	4-10	1-6	0-1	-16
Mark Williams C	24	2	9	2	0	1	1	0-3	0-0	2-2	-12
Jordan Goodwin G	22	4	15	2	1	0	1	1-11	0-2	2-3	-11
Oso Ighodaro F	21	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-4	0-0	0-0	-12
Ryan Dunn F	19	6	5	0	0	0	1	2-7	2-4	0-0	-11
Jamaree Bouyea G	15	18	3	4	0	0	0	7-12	2-3	2-2	-4
Isaiah Livers F	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Nigel Hayes	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+8
Khaman Maluach C	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8
Rasheer Fleming F	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+8

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylon Tyson G-F	31	18	2	3	0	0	1	7-16	3-6	1-2	+12
Donovan Mitchell G	30	34	10	7	2	1	4	10-18	4-7	10-12	+17
Darius Garland G	29	19	1	6	1	0	3	7-13	2-7	3-3	+15
Evan Mobley F-C	29	16	10	5	1	5	2	7-10	0-1	2-3	+15
Craig Porter G	28	2	9	2	1	1	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+8
Jarrett Allen C	27	16	11	3	0	0	2	7-12	0-0	2-2	+18
Sam Merrill G	23	16	1	1	0	0	2	6-14	4-9	0-0	+14
Dean Wade F	23	5	5	2	2	0	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	+4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	12	0	4	1	0	2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Thomas Bryant C	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-8
Tyrese Proctor G	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Starter	33	32	59.8	32.1	-17.1	13.9
Dillon Brooks	Starter	34	20	59.7	19.8	-20.2	9.3
Collin Gillespie	Starter	27	17	56.7	21.5	-30.8	11.0
Royce O'Neale	Starter	27	9	43.1	19.2	-30.2	1.4
Mark Williams	Starter	24	2	25.8	7.7	-24.7	4.9
Jamaree Bouyea	Bench	15	18	69.9	26.1	-11.1	27.3
Ryan Dunn	Bench	19	6	42.9	14.8	-29.0	2.8
Nigel Hayes	Bench	04	5	125.0	22.2	+92.9	45.2
Jordan Goodwin	Bench	22	4	16.2	20.3	-18.7	4.0
Nick Richards	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Livers	Bench	06	0	0.0	0.0	+30.8	6.9
Oso Ighodaro	Bench	21	0	0.0	8.8	-29.3	-5.2
Khaman Maluach	Bench	04	0	0.0	11.1	+92.9	0.0
Rasheer Fleming	Bench	04	0	0.0	11.1	+92.9	-3.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	30	34	73.0	32.5	+26.1	24.6
Darius Garland	Starter	29	19	66.3	23.6	+25.2	11.0
Jarrett Allen	Starter	27	16	62.1	22.1	+32.3	14.8
Evan Mobley	Starter	29	16	70.7	18.1	+21.8	19.0
Dean Wade	Starter	23	5	50.0	8.9	+12.6	8.4
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	31	18	53.3	22.8	+20.8	7.1
Sam Merrill	Bench	23	16	57.1	29.1	+29.1	4.3
Thomas Bryant	Bench	04	3	75.0	22.2	-92.9	12.1
Craig Porter	Bench	28	2	33.3	4.2	+14.9	7.7
Lonzo Ball	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.1	-17.5	6.7
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	04	0	0.0	22.2	-92.9	-3.2