Brooklyn Nets vs Cleveland Cavaliers Final — October 24, 2026
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Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
No key players listed.
Injury report as of October 24, 9:40 a.m. ET: no key players listed for either team.
The pre-game matchup
The Nets visited the Cavaliers on Saturday, October 24 at 7:40 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Nets scored 105.9 points per game (30th of 30) and allowed 115.9 (17th). The Cavaliers scored 119.3 points per game (4th of 30) and allowed 115.2 (15th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Nets 106.8 (30th), Cavaliers 116.7 (6th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Nets 116.7 (25th), Cavaliers 112.7 (15th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Nets −10.0 (29th), Cavaliers +4.0 (9th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Cavaliers closed as 10.5-point favorites at home against the Nets. The spread closed where it opened. The total closed at 228.5, down from 233 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Nets +360, Cavaliers -480) prices the Nets at 21% and the Cavaliers at 79%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Brooklyn Nets 121, Cleveland Cavaliers 125
Cleveland Cavaliers won by 4.
- Against the closing spread (Cleveland Cavaliers -10.5): Brooklyn Nets covered.
- Combined score 246 vs the closing total of 228.5: Over.
- Cleveland Cavaliers closed at -480 on the moneyline (a 79% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Nets +10.5 (-112)
Nets +10.5 (-105)
Cavaliers -450 79%
Cavaliers -480 79%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
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Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game24.219th
- Rebounds per game7.141st
- Assists per game3.0114th
- Minutes per game32.5
- Points per game21.130th
- Rebounds per game6.753rd
- Assists per game5.045th
- Minutes per game33.0
- Points per game27.97th
- Rebounds per game4.5141st
- Assists per game5.728th
- Minutes per game33.5
- Points per game23.623rd
- Rebounds per game4.8128th
- Assists per game8.06th
- Minutes per game34.8
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 391 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 14 times since 2022: the Nets won 2 and the Cavaliers 12.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2026 | Cavaliers 106, Nets 102 Cavaliers won | ||
| Feb 19, 2026 | Nets 84, Cavaliers 112 Cavaliers won | ||
| Oct 24, 2025 | Cavaliers 131, Nets 124 Cavaliers won | ||
| Mar 11, 2025 | Nets 104, Cavaliers 109 Cavaliers won | ||
| Feb 20, 2025 | Cavaliers 110, Nets 97 Cavaliers won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Brooklyn Nets
- Brooklyn Nets team stats
- Brooklyn Nets 124, Boston Celtics 125 (Oct 27)
- Indiana Pacers 136, Brooklyn Nets 109 (Oct 25)
- Charlotte Hornets 110, Brooklyn Nets 103 (Oct 21)
Cleveland Cavaliers
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- Golden State Warriors 122, Phoenix Suns 131 (Oct 24)
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