{"id":363010,"date":"2025-12-23T03:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/363010\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T03:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:20:08","slug":"mitchell-scores-30-points-as-cavs-beat-hornets-to-end-three-game-losing-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/363010\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell scores 30 points as Cavs beat Hornets to end three-game losing streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND \u2014 Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points and De\u2019Andre Hunter had 15 of his 27 in the second half, powering the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> to a 139-132 victory over the Charlotte Hornets<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Darius Garland added 27 points and 10 assists for Cleveland, which pulled away in the second half to snap a three-game losing streak. The Cavaliers also had lost three straight at home and are 2-5 at Rocket Arena since Nov. 30.<\/p>\n

LaMelo Ball led Charlotte with 23 points and nine assists, making six three-pointers. Rookie Kon Knueppel and Brandon Miller each had 20 points, while Moussa Diabate grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Hunter gave the Cavaliers a big boost early in the third quarter, remaining on the court after being bloodied by a flagrant foul to his face by Diabate. He made both free throws, then a three-pointer on the subsequent possession to push their lead to 98-85.<\/p>\n

Dean Wade chipped in 14 points and seven rebounds for Cleveland, which took its largest advantage at 131-112. Lonzo Ball had six points and seven assists in the middle contest of a three-game homestand that precedes the Cavaliers\u2019 Christmas Day game at New York.<\/p>\n

Mitchell ended the first half by banking in a 28-footer at the horn, giving him 18 points and the Cavaliers a 70-63 advantage. Garland scored 17 points, while Knueppel and Ball each had 15 for Charlotte.<\/p>\n

There were 12 lead changes and 10 ties before intermission, but neither team went up by double digits.<\/p>\n

Hornets centre Mason Plumlee exited with right groin soreness in the third and did not return. He started in place of rookie Ryan Kalkbrenner, who was a game-day scratch because of a sprained left elbow.<\/p>\n

Hornets: Host Washington on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Cavaliers: Host New Orleans on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND \u2014 Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points and De\u2019Andre Hunter had 15 of his 27 in the second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-363010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}