Cleveland Cavaliers @ New Orleans Pelicans — Mar 21, 2026

NBA Smoothie King Center, New Orleans·March 21, 2026
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 44-27, 22-14 Away
111
Final
106
New Orleans Pelicans NOP 25-47, 16-22 Home
1 2 3 4 T
CLE 34 19 23 35 111
NOP 28 28 32 18 106
Leaders
Points
D.
D. Mitchell G CLE
27 PTS
Z.
Z. Williamson F NOP
25 PTS
Rebounds
S.
S. Merrill G CLE
10 REB
Y.
Y. Missi C NOP
10 REB
Assists
J.
J. Harden G CLE
10 AST
D.
D. Murray G NOP
9 AST
Box Scores
Cavaliers
Pelicans
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Cavaliers
Pelicans
47.7% Field Goals 43.3%
30.8% 3-Point FG 30%
68.2% Free Throws 80%
55 Rebounds 40
14 OFF 10
41 DEF 30
26 Assists 30
6 Steals 10
4 Blocks 7
13 Turnovers 9
17 Fouls 19
13 Biggest Lead 15
24:16 Time in Lead 21:35
13 Max Pts in Row 10
Four Factors
54.5% eFG% 50%
11.7% TOV% 8.3%
31.8% ORB% 19.6%
17% FT Rate 17.8%
Play-by-Play
Q4 35 - 18 111 - 106
FT D. Mitchell
111 - 106 0:05
2PT D. Mitchell
110 - 106 0:05
108 - 106 0:27
D. Murray 2PT
108 - 104 1:13
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT S. Merrill
108 - 102 1:24
106 - 102 1:50
D. Murray FT
106 - 101 1:50
D. Murray FT
106 - 100 1:50
D. Murray FT
2PT E. Mobley
106 - 99 1:57
FT S. Merrill
104 - 99 3:12
FT S. Merrill
103 - 99 3:12
2PT J. Harden
102 - 99 3:33
2PT M. Strus
100 - 99 4:10
2PT D. Mitchell
98 - 99 4:47
96 - 99 6:05
D. Murray 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
96 - 97 6:29
94 - 97 6:41
S. Bey FT
94 - 96 6:41
S. Bey FT
3PT J. Harden
94 - 95 6:56
2PT J. Harden
91 - 95 7:25
FT D. Mitchell
89 - 95 8:02
FT D. Mitchell
88 - 95 8:02
3PT D. Mitchell
87 - 95 8:24
3PT J. Harden
84 - 95 9:05
81 - 95 9:13
K. Matković 2PT
3PT J. Harden
81 - 93 9:25
78 - 93 10:13
Z. Williamson FT
78 - 92 10:41
Z. Williamson FT
78 - 91 10:41
Z. Williamson FT
2PT T. Bryant
78 - 90 11:02
76 - 90 11:14
Z. Williamson 2PT
Q3 23 - 32 76 - 88
76 - 88 0:11
J. Fears 2PT
FT T. Bryant
76 - 86 0:44
75 - 86 0:55
D. Queen FT
75 - 85 0:55
D. Queen FT
FT D. Schröder
75 - 84 1:12
74 - 84 1:55
D. Queen 2PT
2PT T. Bryant
74 - 82 2:17
3PT J. Harden
72 - 82 3:49
69 - 82 3:59
S. Bey 3PT
69 - 79 4:41
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT J. Harden
69 - 77 4:54
3PT D. Wade
67 - 77 5:26
64 - 77 6:07
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT K. Ellis
64 - 75 6:22
62 - 75 7:07
T. Murphy 3PT
FT D. Mitchell
62 - 72 7:28
61 - 72 7:47
Z. Williamson 2PT
61 - 70 8:09
S. Bey 3PT
2PT J. Harden
61 - 67 8:24
59 - 67 8:42
Z. Williamson 2PT
59 - 65 9:06
Z. Williamson FT
59 - 64 9:06
Z. Williamson 2PT
59 - 62 9:27
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT S. Merrill
59 - 60 9:40
57 - 60 10:01
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
57 - 58 10:54
55 - 58 11:18
D. Murray 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
55 - 56 11:34
Q2 19 - 28 53 - 56
53 - 56 0:58
S. Bey 3PT
53 - 53 2:07
T. Murphy 3PT
2PT E. Mobley
53 - 50 2:34
51 - 50 2:53
S. Bey 3PT
51 - 47 3:19
T. Murphy FT
51 - 46 3:19
T. Murphy FT
3PT S. Merrill
51 - 45 4:13
48 - 45 4:32
H. Jones 3PT
FT K. Ellis
48 - 42 4:54
2PT K. Ellis
47 - 42 4:54
45 - 42 5:10
T. Murphy 2PT
2PT D. Wade
45 - 40 5:45
43 - 40 7:09
J. Fears 2PT
43 - 38 8:47
K. Matković 2PT
43 - 36 8:59
H. Jones 3PT
2PT E. Mobley
43 - 33 9:17
41 - 33 9:22
K. Matković 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
41 - 31 10:14
2PT E. Mobley
39 - 31 11:04
3PT D. Mitchell
37 - 31 11:29
34 - 31 11:49
H. Jones 3PT
Q1 34 - 28 34 - 28
3PT D. Mitchell
34 - 28 0:18
31 - 28 0:33
D. Queen 2PT
31 - 26 1:01
J. Fears 3PT
31 - 23 1:26
D. Queen FT
31 - 22 1:26
D. Queen 2PT
31 - 20 1:58
Y. Missi 2PT
2PT T. Bryant
31 - 18 2:21
2PT T. Bryant
29 - 18 2:49
FT K. Ellis
27 - 18 3:12
FT K. Ellis
26 - 18 3:12
2PT T. Bryant
25 - 18 3:38
23 - 18 4:18
Y. Missi 2PT
3PT M. Strus
23 - 16 4:33
20 - 16 4:50
Z. Williamson FT
20 - 15 4:50
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
20 - 13 5:13
FT E. Mobley
18 - 13 5:38
FT E. Mobley
17 - 13 5:38
16 - 13 5:52
Y. Missi 2PT
3PT S. Merrill
16 - 11 6:13
FT D. Mitchell
13 - 11 7:42
FT D. Mitchell
12 - 11 7:42
11 - 11 7:52
S. Bey FT
11 - 10 7:52
S. Bey 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
11 - 8 8:33
2PT E. Mobley
9 - 8 8:56
2PT D. Wade
7 - 8 9:25
5 - 8 9:44
H. Jones 3PT
5 - 5 10:12
D. Murray 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
5 - 2 11:11
3 - 2 11:17
S. Bey 2PT
3PT S. Merrill
3 - 0 11:39
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 2 Biggest Lead: NOP +15 Times Tied: 3
Head-to-Head
Cavaliers leads 1-0
Final
CLE Cavaliers
29304032
131
NOP Pelicans
34252934
122
Highlights
Cavaliers 111 - 106 Pelicans
March 21, 2026
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, US · 16,867 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Date
March 21, 2026
Time
11:00 pm
Duration
48 min