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Sacramento Kings at Cleveland Cavaliers

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12-34, 3-18 Away
Final
118 - 123

26-20, 15-11 Home

Mitchell scores 33 points, Mobley adds 29 and 13 boards to pace Cavaliers to 123-118 win over Kings

Evan Mobley elevates for the big-time block

The Cavs, who have been streaky through much of this season, won for the fourth time in five games. They also improved to 16-5 against teams with losing records.

Cleveland coach Kenny Atkinson has been hoping to get more consistency from his team, which can look like title contenders one night and dismal the next. That trend continued against the Kings, who rallied from an 11-point deficit to take a 114-113 lead with four minutes left.

But Mitchell, who has carried the Cavs through several rough patches, dropped a big 3-pointer with 2:29 remaining to put Cleveland up 118-114.

The Kings had several chances to get closer, but they missed three straight 3-pointers in the last minute and Cavs guard Jaylon Tyson put them away by making a floater with 25.6 seconds to go.

Mobley added 13 rebounds and seven assists in one of the defensive-minded forward's best all-around games.

Domantas Sabonis scored 24 points with 16 rebounds and six assists to pace Sacramento. He recently returned after missing 25 games with a knee injury.

Dennis Schroeder added 21 points and DeMar DeRozan 20 for the Kings, who dropped their fourth straight while opening a six-game road trip.

After the Cavs bolted to a 16-2 lead in the opening minutes, Kings coach Doug Christie pulled his five starters hoping for a spark. He got one as Schroeder and Sabonis combined for 31 points and Sacramento took a 71-68 lead at halftime.

Cleveland was again without starting point guard Darius Garland because of a sprained toe. He's scheduled to be re-evaluated next week.

Up next Kings: At Detroit on Sunday.

Cavaliers: At Orlando on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

CLE leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 118 - 123
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 118 - 123
4th 8.9 DeMar DeRozan makes running layup 118 - 123
4th 14.2 Domantas Sabonis defensive rebound 116 - 123
4th 15.7 Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2 116 - 123

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sac.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originSAC https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/cle.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCLE
42-89 FG 44-96
47 Field Goal % 46
13-33 3PT 13-36
39 Three Point % 36
21-22 FT 22-27
95 Free Throw % 81
43 Rebounds 48
10 Offensive Rebounds 16
33 Defensive Rebounds 32
26 Assists 23
5 Steals 6
2 Blocks 6
11 Turnovers 6
0 Team Turnovers 1
11 Total Turnovers 7
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 4
13 Fast Break Points 4
36 Points in Paint 52
25 Fouls 17
6 Largest Lead 14
18 Lead Changes 18
27 Percent Led 67
Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Cavaliers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Peyton Watson, G Day-To-Day Nov 2
Jaylon Tyson, G Day-To-Day Nov 2
Sacramento Kings Sacramento Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Dylan Cardwell, C Out Nov 2
Maxime Raynaud, C Out Oct 26
Keegan Murray, F Out Oct 26
Ben Simmons, G Out Oct 20

Game Information

Rocket Arena

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

2026-27 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 6 2 .750 - W2
Golden State 5 3 .625 1 W5
Phoenix 1 4 .200 3.5 L3
LA Clippers 1 6 .143 4.5 L6
Sacramento 1 6 .143 4.5 W1

2026-27 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit - 1 W3 0.85714287 6
Cleveland 2 3 L1 0.5714286 4
Indiana 4.5 6 L5 0.25 2
Chicago 5 6 L5 0.14285715 1
Milwaukee 5 6 L3 0.14285715 1
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