Erik Slater: Final: Cavs 109, Nets 104 Brooklyn is outscored 31-18 in the fourth quarter. They shot 6/19 (32%) from the field and 3/13 (23%) from three in the final frame. Darius Garland scores 18 points on 7/10 shooting in the fourth for Cleveland.
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Final: Cavs 109, Nets 104
Brooklyn is outscored 31-18 in the fourth quarter. They shot 6/19 (32%) from the field and 3/13 (23%) from three in the final frame.
Darius Garland scores 18 points on 7/10 shooting in the fourth for Cleveland. – 9:26 PM
Final: Cavs 109, Nets 104
Brooklyn is outscored 31-18 in the fourth quarter. They shot 6/19 (32%) from the field and 3/13 (23%) from three in the final frame.
Darius Garland scores 18 points on 7/10 shooting in the fourth for Cleveland. – 9:26 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Darius Garland vs Brooklyn:
30 PTS
4 REB
8 AST
4 STL
Joins Kyrie and LeBron as the only Cavs with those numbers in a game since 2010. pic.x.com/qYJi6GalZn – 9:24 PM
Darius Garland vs Brooklyn:
30 PTS
4 REB
8 AST
4 STL
Joins Kyrie and LeBron as the only Cavs with those numbers in a game since 2010. pic.x.com/qYJi6GalZn – 9:24 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
#Cavs comeback from down 18 points to beat the Brooklyn Nets 109-104. Darius Garland was outstanding in the fourth quarter, scoring 18 of his 30 points. They’ve won 15 consecutive games for the second time this season. They’re now 55-10 on the season. – 9:23 PM
#Cavs comeback from down 18 points to beat the Brooklyn Nets 109-104. Darius Garland was outstanding in the fourth quarter, scoring 18 of his 30 points. They’ve won 15 consecutive games for the second time this season. They’re now 55-10 on the season. – 9:23 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
Kenny Atkinson using his second challenge here. It looks like the defender has his arms wrapped around Garland before any offensive foul occurred. We’ll see how this goes. – 9:15 PM
Kenny Atkinson using his second challenge here. It looks like the defender has his arms wrapped around Garland before any offensive foul occurred. We’ll see how this goes. – 9:15 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
That was a great play by Strus and Garland. Brooklyn is doing everything they can to keep the ball out of Garland’s hands. Strus catches the inbounds pass and gets it right to him where he can beat Brooklyn’s defenders down the floor. #Cavs up 103-99, 51.8 left. – 9:13 PM
That was a great play by Strus and Garland. Brooklyn is doing everything they can to keep the ball out of Garland’s hands. Strus catches the inbounds pass and gets it right to him where he can beat Brooklyn’s defenders down the floor. #Cavs up 103-99, 51.8 left. – 9:13 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
Darius Garland vs. Cam Thomas might be the smallest jump ball in the NBA this season. – 8:46 PM
Darius Garland vs. Cam Thomas might be the smallest jump ball in the NBA this season. – 8:46 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
#Cavs are opening the fourth quarter with Garland, Okoro, Merrill, Wade and Mobley. – 8:44 PM
#Cavs are opening the fourth quarter with Garland, Okoro, Merrill, Wade and Mobley. – 8:44 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
We’ll see if a make from deep can get Garland going. He’s up to 10 points on 3-of-13 shooting and 2-of-8 from deep. #Cavs are down 11 with 6:19 left in the third quarter. Game is far from over, but energy level hasn’t been great all night for Cleveland. – 8:27 PM
We’ll see if a make from deep can get Garland going. He’s up to 10 points on 3-of-13 shooting and 2-of-8 from deep. #Cavs are down 11 with 6:19 left in the third quarter. Game is far from over, but energy level hasn’t been great all night for Cleveland. – 8:27 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
#Cavs are trailing Brooklyn 63-50 at halftime. Darius Garland’s struggles from the floor continued in that half. He’s shooting just 34.4% from the floor since coming back from his hip injury and is 2-of-7 so far tonight.
Nets have outscored the Cavs 33-15 from beyond the arc. – 8:03 PM
#Cavs are trailing Brooklyn 63-50 at halftime. Darius Garland’s struggles from the floor continued in that half. He’s shooting just 34.4% from the floor since coming back from his hip injury and is 2-of-7 so far tonight.
Nets have outscored the Cavs 33-15 from beyond the arc. – 8:03 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
Darius Garland hasn’t been able to figure out his floater in a few weeks. He’s missed both of the attempts of that variety tonight. – 7:49 PM
Darius Garland hasn’t been able to figure out his floater in a few weeks. He’s missed both of the attempts of that variety tonight. – 7:49 PM
Chris Fedor @ChrisFedor
Last year, #Cavs Darius Garland had plenty of missteps in late-game situations. But he learned from them and, statistically, has become one of the league’s best players in the clutch.
“He wants to make the big plays. Been our big-play guy all year”
cleveland.com/cavs/2025/03/h… – 9:33 AM
Last year, #Cavs Darius Garland had plenty of missteps in late-game situations. But he learned from them and, statistically, has become one of the league’s best players in the clutch.
“He wants to make the big plays. Been our big-play guy all year”
cleveland.com/cavs/2025/03/h… – 9:33 AM
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Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Darius Garland had 10 assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers survived some sloppiness in the final two minutes to win their 12th straight game 112-107 over the banged-up Miami Heat on Wednesday night. With the victory, the Cavs became the first NBA team to clinch a playoff berth. They needed only 62 games to do so, which is second only to the franchise record for an 82-game season of 60 games set by the 2008-09 Cavs, according to ESPN Research. The Cavs also became the second team in NBA history to record three 12-game win streaks in a season, joining the 2006-07 Dallas Mavericks. “It’s special. This is really special,” coach Kenny Atkinson said. “We know what we’re going to be judged on but we have to enjoy a season like this.” -via ESPN / March 6, 2025
Danny Cunningham: #Cavs are moving De’Andre Hunter into the starting lineup today with Donovan Mitchell out. Hunter joins Darius Garland, Max Strus, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen. -via Twitter @RealDCunningham / March 2, 2025
FIVE YEARS EARLIER, Altman had selected Garland with the No. 5 pick in the 2019 draft despite having only 4½ games of film to study from his freshman year at Vanderbilt, as a knee injury cut short his lone college season. It was a bet on the talent of a four-time state champion in high school who had wowed the Cavaliers’ brass with his skill in a private workout. That gamble on Garland paid off. He emerged as an All-Star as a 22-year-old in 2021-22, when he averaged 21.7 points and 8.6 assists as the young leader of a team that doubled its win total from the previous season, emboldening the front office to pull off a blockbuster trade for Mitchell in an attempt to expedite the process of building a contender in Cleveland. Garland put up similar numbers in his first campaign playing alongside Mitchell before his production dipped last season (18.0 PPG, 6.5 APG). -via ESPN / February 28, 2025