New Orleans Pelicans vs Cleveland Cavaliers 118-141 — Dec 23, 2025 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

New Orleans

Pelicans

118

–

141

FINAL

Cleveland

Cavaliers

Date

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
NOP	22	38	31	27	118
CLE	32	37	41	31	141

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Dean Wade

CLE

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections1

Contested Shots12

Opp FG% When Defending50.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.23

Impact Composite56.6

Hustle: 20.0Defense: 34.9Impact: 1.7

12 contested shotsonly 8 pts allowed on 35.0 possessions

Box Score MVP

Donovan Mitchell

CLE

PTS

REB

AST

+19

+/−

Game Performance

FG11-16 (68.8%)

3PT2-6

FT3-4

TS%76.0%

eFG%75.0%

STL1

TOV3

ORTG136

DRTG108

NET+28

68.8% FG+19 plus/minusonly 15 pts allowed on 43.3 possessions

Box Score

NOP	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Bryce McGowens	30:36	8	7	3	3	3	0	1	3	3-7	43%	1-3	33%	1-2	50%	-13
Jeremiah Fears	27:13	11	4	0	5	1	0	3	0	3-11	27%	1-3	33%	4-5	80%	-7
Trey Murphy III	26:26	14	3	1	5	1	0	2	2	6-12	50%	2-5	40%	0-0	0%	-16
Saddiq Bey	26:08	11	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	5-13	39%	1-5	20%	0-0	0%	-5
Derik Queen	25:11	21	7	0	5	1	0	1	2	7-14	50%	2-3	67%	5-6	83%	-11
BENCH
Jose Alvarado	25:24	6	2	0	2	1	0	2	3	2-4	50%	2-3	67%	0-0	0%	-18
Jordan Hawkins	21:34	7	3	2	1	0	0	2	2	2-5	40%	1-2	50%	2-2	100%	-7
Zion Williamson	20:55	26	5	3	1	1	0	3	2	9-15	60%	0-0	0%	8-9	89%	-17
Micah Peavy	13:44	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2-4	50%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	-9
Yves Missi	12:48	7	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	3-3	100%	0-0	0%	1-1	100%	-1
Karlo Matković	10:01	2	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	1-6	17%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-11
TOTAL	—	118	43	13	26	10	2	16	16	43-94	46%	11-26	42%	21-25	84%	—

Dejounte Murray —

Kevon Looney —

DeAndre Jordan —

CLE	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Donovan Mitchell	29:40	27	4	1	4	1	0	3	4	11-16	69%	2-6	33%	3-4	75%	+19
Darius Garland	28:34	10	1	0	8	0	0	3	0	4-9	44%	2-6	33%	0-0	0%	+14
Jarrett Allen	26:17	14	9	1	3	0	0	1	4	6-9	67%	1-1	100%	1-2	50%	+15
Sam Merrill	25:43	22	6	2	7	1	0	1	2	7-12	58%	6-10	60%	2-2	100%	+18
Dean Wade	24:53	11	5	1	4	0	0	1	2	4-10	40%	3-8	38%	0-0	0%	+9
BENCH
Jaylon Tyson	24:39	18	6	3	2	0	1	0	4	8-13	62%	2-4	50%	0-0	0%	+15
De'Andre Hunter	24:07	10	2	0	1	2	1	1	1	5-13	39%	0-4	0%	0-0	0%	+23
Craig Porter Jr.	22:17	12	8	2	8	2	1	1	0	4-8	50%	2-4	50%	2-2	100%	+5
Thomas Bryant	21:43	15	7	4	1	0	2	0	3	6-8	75%	2-2	100%	1-1	100%	+8
Tyrese Proctor	8:18	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	0-5	0%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	-8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	3:49	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1-2	50%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-3
TOTAL	—	141	49	14	40	8	6	13	21	56-105	53%	20-49	41%	9-11	82%	—

Lonzo Ball —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

NOP43/94 (46%)

Paint

27/53 (51%)

Mid

4/18 (22%)

3PT

12/27 (44%)

RA 57%ATB3 36%Paint 24%Mid 38%Corner 3 80%

CLE56/105 (53%)

Paint

36/53 (68%)

Mid

6/12 (50%)

3PT

20/49 (41%)

RA 70%ATB3 36%Paint 53%Corner 3 54%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

View:

Primary Matchup

Jarrett Allen

defended Derik Queen

3.9 min • 3 pts • 100%

Best Defender

Dean Wade

held Zion Williamson

2.1 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Thomas Bryant

vs Derik Queen

2.5 min • 9 pts • 80%

CLE Defense	Bryce McGowens	Derik Queen	Jeremiah Fears	Jordan Hawkins	Jose Alvarado	Karlo Matković	Micah Peavy	Saddiq Bey	Trey Murphy III	Yves Missi	Zion Williamson
Donovan Mitchell	2.8m 4pts 67%	—	—	—	1.3m 5pts 100%	—	1.5m 0pts 0%	1.1m 0pts 0%	1.4m 6pts 75%	—	—
Jarrett Allen	—	3.9m 3pts 100%	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0m 4pts 100%	2.3m 2pts 50%	—
Darius Garland	2.1m 2pts 100%	—	3.4m 3pts 33%	—	—	—	—	—	1.6m 5pts 67%	—	—
Jaylon Tyson	—	—	—	2.7m 8pts 80%	1.4m 8pts 100%	—	1.5m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	1.1m 2pts 50%
Sam Merrill	1.4m 2pts 50%	—	2.0m 6pts 67%	—	—	—	—	—	2.9m 2pts 33%	—	—
Dean Wade	1.3m 3pts 33%	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8m 5pts 67%	—	—	2.1m 0pts 0%
Thomas Bryant	—	2.5m 9pts 80%	—	—	—	2.4m 3pts 100%	—	—	—	1.1m 0pts 0%	—
Craig Porter Jr.	1.2m 0pts 0%	—	—	1.6m 0pts 0%	3.1m 8pts 100%	—	—	—	—	—	—
De'Andre Hunter	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6m 2pts 50%	1.1m 4pts 100%	—	2.0m 0pts 0%
Other	2.4m 4pts 100%	2.7m 7pts 38%	4.7m 2pts 25%	4.0m 6pts 20%	3.3m 4pts 50%	1.3m 5pts 50%	2.1m 2pts 33%	3.4m 4pts 29%	1.5m 2pts 33%	1.6m 5pts 50%	2.8m 7pts 60%

Game Flow

Win Probability

CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

NOP

50/50

CLE

Highest Leverage Moments

Instant Replay2nd Period (8:33 PM EST)

Q2 2:36

13.7%

77→64

Instant Replay2nd Period (8:37 PM EST)

Q2 0:00

13.7%

64→77

Mitchell 26' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Merrill 5 AST)

Q3 7:09

12.8%

79→92

Garland 24' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Merrill 4 AST)

Q3 10:59

11.2%

77→88

Merrill 24' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Garland 5 AST)

Q2 0:04

10.9%

66→77

New Orleans Pelicans 118 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 141 — December 23, 2025 Box Score