Jericho Sims

Cleveland Cavaliers defense

Who guards him, then team ratings and what they allow to centers.

Who guards him

Last season (2025-26): no defender on this roster has guarded him for 5+ partial possessions this season yet. Evan Mobley has guarded him most: 27.2 partial possessions, 4 points on 2 of 2.

• Evan MobleyCaverage
  27.2 poss · 4 pts · 2 of 2 FG
• Jarrett AllenCsoft
  24.6 poss · 8 pts · 4 of 4 FG
• Thomas BryantC
  21.9 poss · 1 pt · 0 of 1 FG
• Sam MerrillGaverage
  6.1 poss · 0 pts · 0 of 0 FG

2025-26 matchups · roster as of Oct 30 · defender ratings as of Oct 30. Tough, average or soft is the defender's own FG% allowed against the league (top, middle or bottom third), shown only for defenders in the league ranking.

Team defense

Cleveland Cavaliers: the 18th-best defense at an average pace; about average against centers on points.

Allowed-to-centers figures use 2025-26 (last season), 108 center-games against CLE · team ratings over 5 games, snapshot 2026-10-30.

4 meetings on record: 4.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists per game (last on Mar 17). The vs CLE window above shows each game.

CLE injury report · Oct 30

• Meleek Thomas · Day-to-day

Lineup context

Team ratings with him on and off the floor, then points per game with and without his top teammates by minutes.

On and off

The team is 168.9 points per 100 possessions better with him on the floor (small sample: under 100 minutes on one side).

• Net rating
  On · 2 min+158.3
  Off · 142 min-10.6

Points per 100 possessions · 1 game · as of Oct 26.

With and without teammates

Fewer than 5 games with MIL this season, so last season (2025-26) is used.

• Ryan Rollins
  With4.3 · 59 games
  Without9.8 · 8 games
• AJ Green
  With5.0 · 64 games
  Without3.7 · 3 games
• Myles Turner
  With4.6 · 56 games
  Without7.1 · 11 games

Teammate availability from the injury report as of Oct 30.