55pts
LeBron James
CLEvsMIL
Feb 20, 2009
NBA head-to-headDivision Rivals
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Milwaukee Bucks Head-to-Head
Milwaukee Bucks lead the all-time record 133-108 across 241 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The Milwaukee Bucks won 19 straight meetings from 1979 through 1983.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026CLE
108
vs
MIL
133
241 meetings
All-time
MIL lead 133-108
Recent form
CLE 8-2 over the latest 10
Last meeting
CLE won 123-116 on Mar 17, 2026
Closeness
25 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 12 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Mar 17, 26
MIL 116-123 CLE
CLEFeb 25, 26
MIL 118-116 CLE
MILNov 17, 25
CLE 118-106 MIL
CLEOct 26, 25
CLE 118-113 MIL
CLEMar 9, 25
MIL 100-112 CLE
CLEDec 20, 24
CLE 124-101 MIL
CLENov 4, 24
CLE 116-114 MIL
CLENov 2, 24
MIL 113-114 CLE
CLEJan 26, 24
MIL 100-112 CLE
CLEJan 24, 24
MIL 126-116 CLE
MIL| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2026 | MIL | CLE | 116–123 | CLE |
| Feb 25, 2026 | MIL | CLE | 118–116 | MIL |
| Nov 17, 2025 | CLE | MIL | 118–106 | CLE |
| Oct 26, 2025 | CLE | MIL | 118–113 | CLE |
| Mar 9, 2025 | MIL | CLE | 100–112 | CLE |
| Dec 20, 2024 | CLE | MIL | 124–101 | CLE |
| Nov 4, 2024 | CLE | MIL | 116–114 | CLE |
| Nov 2, 2024 | MIL | CLE | 113–114 | CLE |
| Jan 26, 2024 | MIL | CLE | 100–112 | CLE |
| Jan 24, 2024 | MIL | CLE | 126–116 | MIL |
Last Meeting
Mar 17, 2026Final
MIL
116
HOME
CLE
123
AWAY
Cavalierswon by7
Game 241 of all-time series
Matchup context
Cleveland Cavaliers have won 8 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Milwaukee Bucks lead the complete decided record 133-108. The 12-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1970 to 2026
- 56 seasons
- Average margin
- 12 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 0
- No playoff meeting is present in the source
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
108W
133W
CLE
MIL
45%55%
Cleveland CavaliersMilwaukee Bucks
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season241 games
108
133
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
Cleveland Cavaliers Biggest Win
132–89+43
Jan 24, 1976
Milwaukee Bucks Biggest Win
118–73+45
Jan 2, 1971
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | CLE ↕ | MIL ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024–25 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016–17 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
41-80
CLE
AWAY
53-67
MIL
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Cavaliers won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 12.0 pts on average
12.0pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
CLE↑Trending Up
Last 1080%
All-Time44.8%
MIL↓Trending Down
Last 1020%
All-Time55.2%
Last 10 Results
CLE / MIL
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 83 of 241 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
6
CLE OT Wins
4
MIL OT Wins
2
Biggest OT Game
108-105 on Nov 14, 2015 (2OT)
Largest Leads
CLE Biggest Leads
+40pts
Apr 10, 2022
#2:+30 pts·Dec 18, 2021
#3:+30 pts·Feb 6, 2021
MIL Biggest Leads
+37pts
Mar 30, 2012
#2:+32 pts·Nov 27, 2002
#3:+31 pts·Mar 12, 2000
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
21
Dec 17, 2007
Average per Game
6.3
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
19
Mar 31, 2010
Average Ties per Game
5.8
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,562
Mar 19, 2018
Lowest
2,720
Feb 6, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
16,889
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
CLE44.9%
MIL46.2%
MIL +1.3 pp
3P%
CLE36.9%
MIL34.4%
CLE +2.5 pp
FT%
CLE75.0%
MIL77.8%
MIL +2.8 pp
TS%
CLE53.7%
MIL54.8%
MIL +1.1 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
CLE Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 1100 | 38 | 28.9 | 55 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 465 | 33 | 14.1 | 29 |
| Kevin Love | 415 | 23 | 18.0 | 32 |
| Kyrie Irving | 396 | 17 | 23.3 | 39 |
| Tristan Thompson | 280 | 28 | 10.0 | 18 |
| Darius Garland | 198 | 12 | 16.5 | 23 |
| Drew Gooden | 190 | 12 | 15.8 | 33 |
| Wesley Person | 189 | 11 | 17.2 | 33 |
| Cedi Osman | 175 | 16 | 10.9 | 23 |
| Anderson Varejao | 166 | 24 | 6.9 | 16 |
| Lamond Murray | 159 | 10 | 15.9 | 22 |
| Andre Miller | 149 | 11 | 13.6 | 27 |
| Ricky Davis | 149 | 7 | 21.3 | 45 |
| Mo Williams | 147 | 9 | 16.3 | 25 |
| JR Smith | 143 | 12 | 11.9 | 23 |
MIL Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 738 | 31 | 23.8 | 45 |
| Michael Redd | 538 | 25 | 21.5 | 35 |
| Glenn Robinson | 431 | 20 | 21.6 | 33 |
| Ray Allen | 425 | 22 | 19.3 | 29 |
| Khris Middleton | 418 | 26 | 16.1 | 30 |
| Sam Cassell | 255 | 13 | 19.6 | 39 |
| Ersan Ilyasova | 243 | 24 | 10.1 | 22 |
| Tim Thomas | 224 | 19 | 11.8 | 22 |
| Andrew Bogut | 186 | 15 | 12.4 | 23 |
| Jabari Parker | 184 | 10 | 18.4 | 30 |
| John Henson | 175 | 19 | 9.2 | 18 |
| Mo Williams | 174 | 12 | 14.5 | 29 |
| Brook Lopez | 157 | 12 | 13.1 | 29 |
| Brandon Jennings | 156 | 10 | 15.6 | 28 |
| Desmond Mason | 150 | 10 | 15.0 | 25 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
52pts
LeBron James
CLEvsMIL
Dec 10, 2005
45pts
Giannis Antetokounmpo
MILvsCLE
Dec 21, 2022
45pts
Ricky Davis
CLEvsMIL
Dec 9, 2002
44pts
Giannis Antetokounmpo
MILvsCLE
Dec 14, 2018
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
88 games with complete quarter lines
CLEMIL
How they create points
77 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Points off turnovers: MIL +1.6 points77 games
CLE highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 25.6
MIL highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 25.7
Widest fingerprint gap
MIL +1.6 points off turnovers
Questions about this record: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Milwaukee Bucks
How do recent Cleveland Cavaliers vs Milwaukee Bucks results compare with the complete record?
Cleveland Cavaliers have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Milwaukee Bucks lead the complete decided record 133-108. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
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Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.