Cleveland Cavaliers @ Milwaukee Bucks
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI | Game ID: 22500846
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIL 33 29 31 25 118CLE 33 30 31 22 116
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Porter, Rollins lead the Bucks past the short-handed Cavaliers, 118-116
MILWAUKEE -- — Kevin Porter Jr . had 20 points, Ryan Rollins added 18 and the Milwaukee Bucks held off the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers 118-116 on Wednesday night for their fifth victory in six games.
The Cavaliers appeared to tie it on Jarrett Allen’s basket underneath at the buzzer, but it was ruled that time had expired. Allen had 27 points and 11 rebounds.
Cleveland was without James Harden after he broke his right thumb Tuesday night in a home victory over New York. Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley also sat out, with Mitchell nursing a strained right groin. Giannis Antetokounmpo missed his 13th consecutive game for the Bucks because of a strained right calf.
Jaylon Tyson pulled the Cavaliers to 116-114 with two free throws. After Milwaukee’s Kyle Kuzma missed a 3-pointer, Dennis Schroder scored from the right side of the lane to tie it 116 with 35.6 seconds left. Porter hit a free-throw line jumper to put the Bucks up 118-116 with 20.2 seconds remaining.
Schroder, acquired from Sacramento on Feb. 1, had 26 points, his most in nine games with the Cavaliers.
Cleveland lost for the second time in 10 games to drop into fourth place in the Eastern Conference, a half-game behind New York.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CLECP C. Porter Jr.
DS D. Schröder
DW D. Wade
JA J. Allen
JT J. Tyson
KE K. Ellis
LN L. Nance Jr.
NT N. Tomlin
SM S. Merrill
SC Schroder
TB T. Bryant
MILAG A. Green
BP B. Portis
CT C. Thomas
JS J. Sims
KK K. Kuzma
KP K. Porter Jr.
MT M. Turner
OD O. Dieng
RR R. Rollins
CLE/MIL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur