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Philadelphia 76ers at Cleveland Cavaliers

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5-3, 3-2 Away
Final
121 - 132

5-3, 3-1 Home

Mitchell's season-high 46 points lead Cavaliers to 132-121 victory over 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Game Highlights

Evan Mobley added 23 for Cleveland, which won its second straight.

Cavaliers' All-Star point guard Darius Garland had eight points in 26 minutes in his season debut. Garland missed the first seven games after offseason surgery on his left big toe.

Philadelphia, which never led in the game, got 27 points apiece from Tyrese Maxey and Quentin Grimes.

Mitchell followed up Sunday's 37-point, eight 3-pointer performance against Atlanta by going 15 of 21 from the floor, 6 of 11 from long distance and making all eight of his foul shots against a 76ers squad that dropped games on back-to-back nights.

Joel Embiid did not play on Wednesday as Philadelphia is not having him play on consecutive nights early in the season due to left knee issues.

Cleveland stormed out to a 17-point lead eight minutes into the game before Philadelphia slowly rallied.

Kelly Oubre Jr.'s 3-pointer tied it at 72 with 9:48 remaining in the third quarter before the Cavaliers regained control, scoring 13 straight points. Allen scored six during the run and Mobley added five.

Cleveland outscored Philadelphia 35-15 the rest of the quarter after the 76ers tied it and were up 107-87 going into the final 12 minutes.

The Cavaliers' largest lead was 116-90 early in the fourth quarter after Mitchell's driving jumper in the lane.

Philadelphia made a late charge to get within nine late in the game.

Up Next 76ers: Host Toronto on Saturday.

Cavaliers: At Washington on Friday night.

Regular Season Series

CLE leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 121 - 132
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 121 - 132
4th 5.2 shot clock turnover 121 - 132
4th 30.2 Hunter Sallis bad pass (Jaylon Tyson steals) 121 - 132
4th 38.5 Jaylon Tyson enters the game for Donovan Mitchell 121 - 132

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/phi.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPHI https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/cle.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCLE
44-90 FG 49-92
49 Field Goal % 53
12-31 3PT 18-44
39 Three Point % 41
21-30 FT 16-17
70 Free Throw % 94
43 Rebounds 34
15 Offensive Rebounds 10
28 Defensive Rebounds 24
26 Assists 33
9 Steals 9
2 Blocks 7
18 Turnovers 14
1 Team Turnovers 1
19 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
26 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 17
19 Fast Break Points 25
58 Points in Paint 60
23 Fouls 22
0 Largest Lead 26
Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Cavaliers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Dean Wade, F Out Apr 11
Dennis Schroder, G Out Apr 11
Keon Ellis, G Out Apr 11
Thomas Bryant, C Out Apr 11
Sam Merrill, G Out Apr 11
Philadelphia 76ers Philadelphia 76ers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Johni Broome, F Out Apr 11
Joel Embiid, C Out Apr 10

Game Information

Rocket Arena

Location: Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 19,432 · Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 56 26 .683 - W2
New York 53 29 .646 3 L1
Toronto 46 36 .561 10 W1
Philadelphia 45 37 .549 11 W2
Brooklyn 20 62 .244 36 L3

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 60 22 .732 - W3
Cleveland 52 30 .634 8 W1
Milwaukee 32 50 .390 28 L1
Chicago 31 51 .378 29 L2
Indiana 19 63 .232 41 L2
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