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January 21, 2026 · Spectrum Center
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Charlotte Hornets · January 21, 2026
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Charlotte Hornets 94-87 on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 on the road. Donovan Mitchell led the Cavaliers with 24 points. Brandon Miller led the Hornets with 24 points. The Cavaliers are 25-20 and the Hornets 16-28.
Team 1 2 3 4 T
CLE 33 23 20 18 94 CHA 20 12 32 23 87
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Cavaliers · 34/89 FG
Q1 11:29 · Donovan Mitchell makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Q1 10:03 · Donovan Mitchell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 8:00 · Donovan Mitchell misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 6:59 · Donovan Mitchell makes driving layup
Q1 6:41 · Donovan Mitchell makes two point shot
Q1 3:34 · Donovan Mitchell misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 8:40 · Donovan Mitchell makes 28-foot three pointer
Q2 7:50 · Donovan Mitchell makes 27-foot three pointer (Larry Nance Jr. assists)
Q2 1:38 · Donovan Mitchell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 1:05 · Donovan Mitchell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 0.0 · Moussa Diabate blocks Donovan Mitchell 's 6-foot driving layup
Q3 11:45 · Donovan Mitchell misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 10:27 · Donovan Mitchell makes 23-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 9:10 · Donovan Mitchell misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 3:48 · Donovan Mitchell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 2:35 · Donovan Mitchell makes 22-foot step back jumpshot (Craig Porter Jr. assists)
Q3 2:15 · Donovan Mitchell misses 28-foot running jump shot
Q4 7:32 · Donovan Mitchell makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 3:24 · Donovan Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q4 2:05 · Donovan Mitchell misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 10:58 · Evan Mobley makes 6-foot two point shot
Q1 9:53 · Evan Mobley makes 2-foot driving dunk (Dean Wade assists)
Q1 6:10 · Evan Mobley makes 2-foot two point shot
Q2 10:32 · Evan Mobley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:04 · Evan Mobley makes layup (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Q2 6:41 · Evan Mobley makes 2-foot driving dunk
Q2 3:37 · Evan Mobley misses running layup
Q2 3:33 · Evan Mobley misses tip shot
Q2 2:55 · Evan Mobley makes 1-foot dunk (Dean Wade assists)
Q2 2:32 · Evan Mobley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 2:27 · Evan Mobley misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 11:33 · Evan Mobley misses 10-foot two point shot
Q4 5:22 · Evan Mobley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 10:37 · Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jaylon Tyson assists)
Q1 3.2 · Jarrett Allen misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
Q2 1:28 · Jarrett Allen misses alley oop layup
Q3 8:01 · Jarrett Allen makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Jaylon Tyson assists)
Q3 7:31 · Jarrett Allen makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Dean Wade assists)
Q3 7:10 · Jarrett Allen makes alley oop dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Q3 49.1 · Jarrett Allen misses 5-foot two point shot
Q4 4:50 · Moussa Diabate blocks Jarrett Allen 's 3-foot dunk
Q1 9:18 · Jaylon Tyson makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Q1 8:47 · Jaylon Tyson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Q1 4:34 · Jaylon Tyson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 7:11 · Jaylon Tyson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q2 6:08 · Jaylon Tyson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 9:51 · Moussa Diabate blocks Jaylon Tyson 's 4-foot driving layup
Q3 9:19 · Jaylon Tyson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 8:37 · Jaylon Tyson misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 6:05 · Jaylon Tyson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 5:03 · Jaylon Tyson makes two point shot (Nae'Qwan Tomlin assists)
Q4 11:16 · Jaylon Tyson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 7:56 · Jaylon Tyson misses layup
Q4 6:58 · Jaylon Tyson makes 2-foot layup (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Q4 6:06 · Jaylon Tyson makes 11-foot jump bank shot (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Q4 4:27 · Jaylon Tyson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 1:44 · Jaylon Tyson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 1:28 · Jaylon Tyson makes 1-foot running dunk (Dean Wade assists)
Q1 5:50 · LaMelo Ball blocks Nae'Qwan Tomlin 's 2-foot running layup
Q1 2:25 · Nae'Qwan Tomlin makes tip in dunk
Q1 1:14 · Nae'Qwan Tomlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 1:11 · Nae'Qwan Tomlin misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q2 11:40 · Nae'Qwan Tomlin makes tip in dunk
Q3 5:59 · Nae'Qwan Tomlin makes dunk
Q4 9:08 · Nae'Qwan Tomlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 5:44 · De'Andre Hunter makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nae'Qwan Tomlin assists)
Q1 5:22 · Brandon Miller blocks De'Andre Hunter 's 28-foot three point jumper
Q1 4:39 · De'Andre Hunter misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q1 4:05 · De'Andre Hunter misses running pullup jump shot
Q1 1:41 · De'Andre Hunter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 0.2 · De'Andre Hunter misses heave jump shot
Q3 5:22 · De'Andre Hunter misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q3 1:28 · De'Andre Hunter misses 23-foot running jump shot
Q1 5:09 · Craig Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 2:30 · Craig Porter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:52 · Craig Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 1:12 · Craig Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot (De'Andre Hunter assists)
Q3 8.6 · Craig Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 11:43 · Larry Nance Jr. misses 3-foot floating jump shot
Q2 9:28 · Larry Nance Jr. makes 2-foot dunk (Craig Porter Jr. assists)
Q4 9:50 · Larry Nance Jr. makes 25-foot running jump shot (Jaylon Tyson assists)
Q2 8:47 · Tyrese Proctor misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q2 4:19 · Tyrese Proctor misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 3:29 · Tyrese Proctor makes 24-foot three point jumper
Q4 9:20 · Tyrese Proctor misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 8:37 · Tyrese Proctor misses 5-foot fade away jump shot
Q2 5:23 · Dean Wade makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaylon Tyson assists)
Q2 30.2 · Dean Wade misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 58.3 · Dean Wade misses 23-foot three point jumper
Paint 19/33 58% Mid-range 7/14 50% 3PT 8/42 19%
Hornets · 33/99 FG
Q1 11:38 · Brandon Miller misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 8:23 · Brandon Miller misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 7:11 · Brandon Miller misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 11:07 · Brandon Miller misses 22-foot jumper
Q2 8:04 · Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 8:25 · Brandon Miller makes 7-foot fade away jump shot
Q3 7:45 · Brandon Miller misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot
Q3 7:23 · Brandon Miller makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)
Q3 6:41 · Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 4:18 · Brandon Miller misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 3:38 · Brandon Miller makes 1-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 3:20 · Brandon Miller makes 2-foot layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 2:58 · Brandon Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Green assists)
Q3 2:07 · Brandon Miller makes 1-foot running dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 32.5 · Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 6:44 · Brandon Miller misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4 2:36 · Brandon Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 1:14 · Brandon Miller makes 2-foot two point shot (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q4 46.1 · Brandon Miller makes 27-foot three pointer
Q4 2.6 · Brandon Miller misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 11:09 · Miles Bridges misses 7-foot two point shot
Q1 5:21 · Miles Bridges makes driving layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 8:16 · Miles Bridges misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q2 6:53 · Miles Bridges misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 6:19 · Miles Bridges misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 5:03 · Miles Bridges makes 1-foot driving dunk (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q2 3:45 · Miles Bridges misses 23-foot running jump shot
Q3 10:41 · Miles Bridges misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q3 9:32 · Miles Bridges makes 7-foot two point shot
Q3 8:56 · Miles Bridges makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sion James assists)
Q3 5:10 · Evan Mobley blocks Miles Bridges 's 4-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 5:41 · Miles Bridges misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q4 4:45 · Miles Bridges makes 2-foot running dunk (Brandon Miller assists)
Q1 10:46 · Jarrett Allen blocks Sion James 's 4-foot floating jump shot
Q2 8.3 · Sion James misses 7-foot fade away jump shot
Q1 10:16 · Kon Knueppel misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Q1 8:57 · Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 3:07 · Kon Knueppel misses driving layup
Q1 2:49 · Kon Knueppel makes running layup (Josh Green assists)
Q1 2:14 · Kon Knueppel makes 26-foot three pointer (Grant Williams assists)
Q1 1:53 · Kon Knueppel makes 1-foot layup (Grant Williams assists)
Q1 32.7 · Kon Knueppel misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 2.6 · Kon Knueppel misses 32-foot three point jumper
Q2 2:12 · Kon Knueppel misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q2 1:21 · Kon Knueppel makes 25-foot running jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 10:10 · Kon Knueppel makes 3-foot two point shot
Q4 11:46 · Kon Knueppel misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 8:57 · Kon Knueppel makes 5-foot floating jump shot
Q4 7:45 · Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 5:09 · Kon Knueppel misses two point shot
Q4 4:08 · Kon Knueppel makes two point shot (Miles Bridges assists)
Q4 3:45 · Kon Knueppel misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q4 2:27 · Kon Knueppel misses two point shot
Q4 2:00 · Dean Wade blocks Kon Knueppel 's 4-foot running layup
Q4 21.2 · Kon Knueppel misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4 12.8 · Kon Knueppel makes driving layup
Q1 9:40 · Moussa Diabate makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Q1 6:50 · LaMelo Ball misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q1 6:19 · LaMelo Ball makes two point shot
Q1 5:35 · LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 4:57 · LaMelo Ball misses 6-foot fade away jump shot
Q1 4:12 · Jarrett Allen blocks LaMelo Ball 's 1-foot driving layup
Q2 9:39 · LaMelo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 9:01 · LaMelo Ball misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 8:22 · LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q2 2:47 · LaMelo Ball misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 2:18 · LaMelo Ball misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q2 52.9 · LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 4:10 · LaMelo Ball misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q3 2:23 · LaMelo Ball misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 3:39 · LaMelo Ball misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4 2:44 · LaMelo Ball misses driving layup
Q1 4:23 · Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 10:23 · Grant Williams misses 27-foot running jump shot
Q2 5:45 · Grant Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q2 1:55 · Grant Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 11:00 · Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 9:56 · Evan Mobley blocks Grant Williams 's 3-foot driving layup
Q4 0.0 · Grant Williams misses heave jump shot
Q1 4:11 · Craig Porter Jr. blocks Ryan Kalkbrenner 's 8-foot hook shot
Q1 3:07 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes tip shot
Q1 27.1 · Craig Porter Jr. blocks Ryan Kalkbrenner 's 3-foot driving layup
Q2 7:38 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes alley oop layup (Brandon Miller assists)
Q4 8:15 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 1-foot dunk (Grant Williams assists)
Q1 1:27 · Collin Sexton makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
Q1 1:00 · Collin Sexton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 11:28 · Collin Sexton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:44 · Collin Sexton makes 25-foot running jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 4:41 · Collin Sexton makes running layup
Q2 4:01 · Collin Sexton misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
Q3 1:03 · Collin Sexton makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 11:29 · Collin Sexton misses driving floating jump shot
Q4 10:30 · Collin Sexton makes running layup
Q4 9:29 · Collin Sexton misses driving floating jump shot
Q4 9:01 · Evan Mobley blocks Collin Sexton 's 3-foot running layup
Q4 8:30 · Collin Sexton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 5:47 · Josh Green makes 8-foot floating jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 4:55 · Josh Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 10:53 · Josh Green makes 22-foot three point jumper (Grant Williams assists)
Paint 22/39 56% Mid-range 3/12 25% 3PT 8/48 17%
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