<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-cleveland-breathe-easy-donovan-mitchell-darius-garland-injury-scares');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs can breathe easy after Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland injury scares');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cleveland-can-breathe-easy-after-Donovan-Mitchell-Darius-Garland-injury-scares.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs can breathe easy after Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland injury scares</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-04T14:31:55-08:00">December 4th, 2:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-04T14:31:55-08:00">December 4th, 2:31pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik is also an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints and Cavs Nation.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-cleveland-important-caris-levert-injury-update-hawks-game">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> fans held their breath for a moment during their latest matchup against the Washington Wizards as Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell suffered injuries. At the beginning of the third quarter, Mitchell injured his right shoulder and left the game for a minute, but came into the game. Afterward, Mitchell <a href="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2024/12/are-cavs-donovan-mitchell-and-darius-garland-ok-after-scary-injuries-suffered-in-win-over-wizards.html" rel="noopener">shared an update</a> on the injury.</p><p>“There’s a reason why I don’t play football,” Mitchell said via Cavs reporter Chris Fedor. “At the end of the day, it was one of those moments where in the moment it’s scary. But we’re all good.”</p><p>Later in that third quarter, Garland got hit in the back of the head and laid on the floor for two possessions. Garland ended up walking to the locker room and didn’t return to the game. Head coach Kenny Atkinson provided an update on Garland after the game.</p><p>“He looked fine in the locker room,” Atkinson said. “Doesn’t look like anything that’ll hold him out. He gave me the thumbs up, and I don’t think he’ll miss any time at all. I think he’s fine.”</p><p>Both updates seem to be positive, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if Mitchell and Garland were available in the Cavs’ next game against the Denver Nuggets.</p><h2>Cavs continue to stay atop Eastern Conference</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Donovan-Mitchell.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-kenny-atkinson-gets-brutally-honest-about-clevelands-performance-vs-hawks">back-to-back losses to the Atlanta Hawks</a>, the Cavs were looking to get back on track, and that’s what they did. They handled business against the Boston Celtics at home, as they’ve been slowly creeping up on them in the standings.</p><p>The Celtics tried to do their best to get Darius Garland switched on them so they could take advantage of him since he’s smaller in size, but the Cavs guard wasn’t bothered and held his own. Kenny Atkinson also let it be known that <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-sends-aint-no-punk-message-celtics">Garland had to take the challenge</a>.</p><p>“I’m going to take that challenge whenever it is,” Garland said after the game. “I’m no punk. So if y’all want to switch and to x me out and try to just hunt me out, that’s cool. I ain’t no punk, though. I’m gonna take a challenge.”</p><p>“This goes back to me watching the playoffs last year, and, you know, I think they did different things to hide him,” Atkinson said. “My point to Darius [was], ‘We’re not hiding you. You’re good enough. Accept the challenge. You’re smart enough.’ Because I think when you start doing the tricky stuff, these teams are too good. You gotta be able to switch. And if he’s gonna play at the end of games, he’s gotta be able to switch.”</p><p>The Cavs then handled business against the Wizards despite the injuries they had throughout the game. With them being at the top of the conference, teams will be looking to give them their best shot every night, but they look to be prepared for whatever comes their way.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs can breathe easy after Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland injury scares

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cavs-news-darius-garland-donovan-mitchell-injury-scares');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs’ Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell give udpates after injury scares');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Darius-Garland-Donovan-Mitchell-give-updates-after-injury-scares.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs’ Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell give udpates after injury scares</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-04T10:10:11-08:00">December 4th, 10:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-04T10:10:11-08:00">December 4th, 10:10am</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In their 118-87 victory over the Washington Wizards, the Cleveland Cavaliers faced two scares in the third quarter. Superstar Donovan Mitchell nearly injured his shoulder while trying to navigate a screen by Jonas Valanciunas, but he returned <a href="https://x.com/AmNotEvan/status/1864118957306720430" rel="noopener">despite his limp right arm</a>. However, after Mitchell went to the locker room, Cavs guard Darius Garland was hit in the back of the head by Valanciunas and was ruled out for the rest of the game.</p><p>Before blaming Valanciunas, it’s important to note that he set a solid screen when Mitchell got hurt. Mitchell’s injury occurred as he tried to run through it. Meanwhile, Garland’s injury was a freak accident; he collided with Valanciunas’s left arm while pursuing a lob pass from Evan Mobley under the basket.</p><p>At first, it was unclear what the situation was with either player. Mitchell’s return to the floor was reassuring. However, Garland’s remaining in the locker room raised alarms, especially given how essential Garland has been for Cleveland’s red-hot start to the season. Thankfully, head coach Kenny Atkinson didn’t seem concerned after the game.</p><p>“I think he’s fine,” Atkinson said of Garland. “I just looked at him. He gave me the thumbs up, and I don’t think he’ll miss any time at all. I think he’s fine.”</p><p>When the media entered the locker room, both players were okay. Garland and Mitchell joked about Mitchell’s laundry routine and interrupted each other’s post-game interviews. Their light-hearted interactions alleviated concerns about their injuries, suggesting they should be fine moving forward.</p><p>“I’m good. I’m alive,” Garland joked about his head injury.</p><p>“In the moment, it’s scary, but we’re all good,” Mitchell said, who tried to relate to Garland since he wasn’t wearing the correct prescription glasses, giving him headaches.</p><h2><b>Cavs’ Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell give personal injury updates</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Darius-Garland-celebrates-Cavs-Wizards.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>When discussing his injury scare, Mitchell said he suffered “a little stinger in the shoulder.” He also added there’s a reason he doesn’t play football.</p><p>“I should have known not to run into [Valanciunas’] screen, but sometimes I take the challenge to try to run through a guy’s chest,” Mitchell said. “But some people, you just don’t, and he’s one of them.”</p><p>Garland, meanwhile, jokingly compared taking Valanciunas’s arm to the back of the head to surviving a car crash. Understandably, Garland might feel that way. Valanciunas is listed as 7 feet and 270 pounds. Garland is only 6-1 and 192 pounds.</p><p>“Valanciunas, he sets great screens. They’re just punishing,” Atkinson said. “We don’t realize this game, especially for guards, with all the pick-and-rolls in the game, the force of the screens, it’s tough. But that’s the nature of the game.</p><p>“It’s part of what you have to do as a perimeter player is take those hits and try to avoid them the best you can. But Valanciunas is one of the best screeners in the league. He got us a couple of times.”</p><p>Although they’re probably both a little sore, thankfully, Garland and Mitchell don’t seem like they’ll miss time for the Cavs. Both guards have been vital in Cleveland’s NBA-best start to the season, so possibly losing both of them would be devastating. Thankfully, that doesn’t have to be a thought, as both are in good health and good spirits after a rousing Cavs win over the Wizards at home.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell give udpates after injury scares

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He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavaliers-news-kenny-atkinson-identifies-factor-al-horford-longevity">Cleveland Cavaliers are still rolling</a> at the start of the 2024-25 season as they knocked off the Washington Wizards 118-87 on Tuesday night. While the Cavaliers won’t make it out of their NBA Cup group after suffering a pair of losses in tournament play, they are still locked into the top spot in the Eastern Conference.</p><p>During Tuesday’s Group C finale against the Wizards, point guard Darius Garland went down with a head injury. Garland is currently being evaluated and <a href="https://x.com/CavsNotes/status/1864126402900939003" rel="noopener">did not return</a> to the game, according to the team in a social media post. He suffered the injury when going up for a shot and catching an elbow from Wizards center Jonas Valanciunas.</p><p>Garland played just 17 minutes on Tuesday night and was off to a good start, scoring 12 points and notching three assists. He also knocked down a pair of 3-pointers.</p><p>Garland’s injury came shortly after an injury scare to star guard Donovan Mitchell, who is an early MVP candidate after leading the Cavaliers on this red-hot start. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavaliers-news-donovan-mitchell-nsfw-message-undefeated-start">Mitchell has been crucial</a> in closing out a number of fourth quarters for the Cavaliers this season. Mitchell later returned to the game, but this has been a stressful night for Cleveland dans despite a fairly routine win over one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference.</p><p>A head injury isn’t ideal for the star point guard, who missed significant time last season after fracturing his jaw, an injury that required surgery and kept him out for an extended period. Even after Garland returned, he was understandably a bit hesitant and the effects from the injury lingered while he was on the court.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-news-darius-garland-aint-no-punk">Garland has been a massive part of the Cavaliers’ league-best 19-3 start</a> this season. Entering Tuesday night, Garland was averaging 20.8 points per game and 6.9 assists per night while shooting an astounding 45.2% from 3-point range on high volume. His scoring has been a major boost for the Cavaliers, especially on nights where Mitchell isn’t shooting it well. If he is forced to miss significant time, it will be a big blow for one of the best teams in the NBA.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavaliers’ Darius Garland ruled out of Wizards game with apparent head injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-sends-aint-no-punk-message-celtics');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs’ Darius Garland sends ‘ain’t no punk’ message to Celtics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cavs-Darius-Garland-sends-aint-no-punk-message-to-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs’ Darius Garland sends ‘ain’t no punk’ message to Celtics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-02T10:45:07-08:00">December 2nd, 10:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-02T10:45:26-08:00">December 2nd, 10:45am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor for ClutchPoints and Cavs Nation.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers flexed their muscle on Sunday, taking down the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics by a score of 115-111. This was the definition of a statement win for the Cavs, <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-darius-garland-join-make-nba-history-15-0-start" rel="noopener">who sit at the top of the Eastern Conference with an 18-3 record.</a></p><p>In the past, the C’s have tried to switch on Darius Garland and contain his production. While that was the case on Sunday, it didn’t work. The guard had a solid game, registering 22 points in 32 minutes of action while dishing out eight assists as well.</p><p>After the victory, Garland <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-news-darius-garland-aint-no-punk" rel="noopener">welcomed the challenge</a>. Via Evan Dammarell:</p><p>“I’m going to take that challenge whenever it is,” Garland said. “I’m no punk. So if y’all want to switch and to x me out and try to just hunt me out, that’s cool. I ain’t no punk, though. I’m gonna take a challenge.”</p><p>Even Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson believed the team “hid” Garland in the playoffs last season instead of letting him do this thing and adjust to the switches:</p><p>“This goes back to me watching the playoffs last year, and, you know, I think they did different things to hide him,” Atkinson said. “My point to Darius [was], ‘We’re not hiding you. You’re good enough. Accept the challenge. You’re smart enough.’ Because I think when you start doing the tricky stuff, these teams are too good. You gotta be able to switch. And if he’s gonna play at the end of games, he’s gotta be able to switch.”</p><p>“I just told him in the locker room, ‘You know, I don’t want to hide him anymore,’” the Cavs coach said. “It’s playoff basketball. He’s got to accept a challenge. We did do some different things, you know, tactically to help him out a little bit, but we went back to our regular coverage, and he got two big stops at the end. Didn’t foul. He’s smart, he’s fast, he’s strong. I don’t see why he can’t be a really good defender, and he’s showing he can.”</p><p><a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-hot-start-nba-wide-recognition" rel="noopener">Garland is certainly proving his worth to the Cavs</a>, averaging 20.8 points, 6.9 assists, and 2.6 boards on 45% shooting from three-point land.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Darius Garland sends ‘ain’t no punk’ message to Celtics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cavs-news-darius-garland-aint-no-punk');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs’ Darius Garland shows he ‘ain’t no punk’ in win over Celtics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cavs-news-Darius-Garland-shows-he-aint-no-punk-in-win-over-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs’ Darius Garland shows he ‘ain’t no punk’ in win over Celtics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-02T08:58:53-08:00">December 2nd, 8:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-02T09:13:22-08:00">December 2nd, 9:13am</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In their quest to repeat as NBA Champions, the Boston Celtics have been clinical in their offensive approach. Boston creates and exploits mismatches, often leading to a high volume of three-pointers. In <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-vs-cavaliers-prediction-odds-pick-12-1-2024">Boston’s matchup with</a> the Cleveland Cavaliers, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-payton-pritchard-reason-cavs-kenny-atkinson-strayed-philosophy">the Celtics continually targeted</a> Cavs guard Darius Garland on defense as a mismatch. However, instead of shielding Garland from these situations, Cleveland head coach Kenny Atkinson <a href="https://x.com/AmNotEvan/status/1863401192451141669" rel="noopener">encourages him to embrace them</a>.</p><p>“I just told him in the locker room, ‘You know, I don’t want to hide him anymore,’” Atkinson said. “It’s playoff basketball. He’s got to accept a challenge. We did do some different things, you know, tactically to help him out a little bit, but we went back to our regular coverage, and he got two big stops at the end. Didn’t foul. He’s smart, he’s fast, he’s strong. I don’t see why he can’t be a really good defender, and he’s showing he can.”</p><p>The Cavs isolated Garland, allowing Tatum and the Celtics to target him. This strategy paid off, as Tatum led the team with 33 points, eight rebounds, four assists, one steal, and one block in 38 minutes. However, he required 27 shots to reach that total, disrupting Boston’s usual offensive flow.</p><p>“I think when you watch the game as a fan, you kind of see the guy maybe scoring in the 2-point range. But at the end of the day, they’re a 3-point shooting team,” Donovan Mitchell explained postgame. “If they’re taking tough contested 2s and (Darius) is continuing to body him and make it tough, we live with it. It’s the NBA. Guys are going to hit shots.”</p><h2><b>Darius Garland wouldn’t let the Celtics punk him in the Cavs’ latest win</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Darius-Garland-Cavs-Celtics.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Though it may seem minor in an 82-game season, Garland facing challenges from Tatum and the Celtics is crucial. The Cavs are now focused on preparing for the playoffs, and having Garland confront these situations in the regular season is vital for their success in high-stakes postseason matchups.</p><p>“This goes back to me watching the playoffs last year, and, you know, I think they did different things to hide him,” Atkinson said. “My point to Darius [was], ‘We’re not hiding you. You’re good enough. Accept the challenge. You’re smart enough.’ Because I think when you start doing the tricky stuff, these teams are too good. You gotta be able to switch. And if he’s gonna play at the end of games, he’s gotta be able to switch.”</p><p>Garland’s strong performance against the Celtics showcased his abilities and affirmed Atkinson’s faith in his defensive skills since training camp. Although it’s just one game, seeing what he can achieve in crucial moments is encouraging.</p><p>“I’m going to take that challenge whenever it is,” Garland said. “I’m no punk. So if y’all want to switch and to x me out and try to just hunt me out, that’s cool. I ain’t no punk, though. I’m gonna take a challenge.”</p><p>Performances like this boost confidence and demonstrate Garland’s strength and toughness to coaches, teammates, and opponents. He acknowledged that being targeted repeatedly is a sign of disrespect and stated that last season’s treatment isn’t the new norm from now on.</p><p>“They literally picked on him every single play,” Atkinson said of Garland’s defense. “That’s their style. And this goes back to me watching the playoffs last year. I think they did different things to hide him. I think when you start doing the tricky stuff, these teams are too good. You’ve got to be able to switch. If he’s going to play at the end of games, he’s got to be able to switch.</p><p>“Tonight, he was phenomenal.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Darius Garland shows he ‘ain’t no punk’ in win over Celtics

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After <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-kenny-atkinson-meeting-sparked-150-million-extension">Mitchell shared his offseason conversation with coach Kenny Atkinson</a>, he talked about his basketball connection with his backcourt mate in Garland.</p><p>Mitchell <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5951307/2024/11/27/nba-cleveland-cavaliers-donovan-mitchell-kenny-atkinson/" rel="noopener">believes</a> that sharing that bond is vital for a team’s long-term success, per The Athletic’s Sam Amick.</p><p>“We always knew what we had as a friendship off the floor,” Mitchell said of Garland. “I think that’s when — excuse my language — s*** gets f****** sticky. When you don’t have that relationship, there’s no trust.</p><p>“I let him take that time, because like I tell him, ‘We are fine.’ …I was like, ‘No, we’re good. Take the time you need.’ He had a lot of stuff going on last year, had a rough year (including a broken jaw that cost him six weeks midway through the season). I said, ‘Come back and be ready to roll.’ That’s it. At the end of the day, that’s going to shut all the sh– up. So for us, that’s really what it was, because you can’t control what the outside narrative is. It is what it is, and now he’s here hooping and that’s all that really matters at the end of the day,” Mitchell concluded.</p><h2><b>Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell on Darius Garland, Evan Mobley</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cavs-guard-Darius-Garland.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>As <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-fires-back-idea-got-j-b-bickerstaff-fired">Mitchell and the Cavs transitioned from J.B. Bickerstaff</a> to Kenny Atkinson as head coach, Donovan was openly transparent with Atkinson, sharing his vision with his new head coach ahead of an unprecedented start to the 2024-25 campaign.</p><p>“[Mitchell] is the one who told me, ‘Hey, our next step is empowering Evan,’ ” Atkinson said. “It wasn’t, ‘I need the ball more, or we need to run this for me.’ It was about, ‘How can this team make the next jump?’ And then he put Darius (in the conversation). He said, ‘Me and Darius can be great together. There’s no reason we can’t be great together.’</p><p>“So a lot of it came from him. He just had a good grip on where this team needs to go. That helped me steer the ship because I kind of got the blueprint.”</p><p>Averaging 17.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game, Mobley is having the best regular-season start of his career. One could argue the same sentiment about Garland, averaging 20.3 points on 48.8% shooting, including 43.9% from behind the three-point arc, 6.9 assists, and 1.2 steals per game.</p><p>The Cavs will look to go 18-1 in their matchup against the Hawks on Wednesday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell drops NSFW truth bombs on Darius Garland relationship

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cavs-news-what-to-watch-for-hawks');   ga('set', 'title', 'What to watch for when Darius Garland, Cavs hosts Trae Young, Hawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cavs-news-What-to-watch-for-when-Darius-Garland-Cleveland-hosts-Trae-Young-Hawks.jpg"></figure><h1>What to watch for when Darius Garland, Cavs hosts Trae Young, Hawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T18:29:47-08:00">November 26th, 6:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T18:29:47-08:00">November 26th, 6:29pm</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After two days off, Darius Garland and the Cleveland Cavaliers remain at home to host Dyson Daniels and the Atlanta Hawks just before Thanksgiving. Last time out, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-news-difference-maker-raptors">the Cavs defeated the Toronto Raptors 122-108</a>. Meanwhile, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-drops-house-money-kyrie-irving-take-loss">Hawks are on a four-game losing streak</a>, with <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401704846/mavericks-hawks" rel="noopener">their latest loss</a> coming against the Dallas Mavericks 129-109.</p><p>This will be the first of three meetings between Cleveland and Toronto this year. After the first contest ends in Cleveland, both sides head to Atlanta for a Black Friday matinee battle. The series will then wrap up in late January in Cleveland.</p><p>The Cavs went 3-1 against the Hawks last season, so they should be confident about their chances heading into this matchup. However, with Atlanta currently on a four-game slide, Cleveland doesn’t want to give the Hawks an easy win. Here’s how the Cavs can maintain control of the game from wire to wire to ensure they clip Atlanta’s wings to keep them from taking flight.</p><h2><b>The Cavs need to contain the Great Barrier Thief</b></h2><p>A breakout star for the Hawks this season is Dyson Daniels. Acquired as part of the Dejounte Murray trade with the New Orleans Pelicans, Daniels has finally found a consistent role in Atlanta. If the Hawks ever trade Trae Young, Daniels could take over as the franchise’s lead guard. That’s just how good Daniels has been at the start of the season.</p><p>In 16 appearances, Daniels has averaged 14.4 points on 45.1% shooting, along with 3.1 rebounds, 3.1 steals, and 4.7 assists in 33.7 minutes per game. His two-way impact has carried the Hawks to victory, including a seemingly improbable upset of the Boston Celtics. So if Cleveland wants to keep Atlanta from rolling, it will start and probably end with slowing down Daniels.</p><p>Thankfully, Daniels has struggled against the Cavs throughout his career. In two appearances against Cleveland, 5.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.0 steals in 24.5 minutes per game. The best way to limit Daniels is for the Cavs to force him to take shots on the perimeter. If Cleveland can force Daniels to stay outside the arc, they can shut down a lethal factor in Atlanta’s offense.</p><h2><b>Thanksgiving homecomings and reunions for the Cavs and Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trae-Young-drives-Cavs-Hawks.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With Thanksgiving almost here, it’s time for families and friends to come together. When the Cavs host the Hawks, either team’s roster and coaching staff will provide plenty of that.</p><p>This game will be the first time since January 2023 that Northeastern Ohio’s own Larry Nance Jr. plays in Cleveland. Like his brother Pete Nance and father Larry Nance Sr., Nance Jr. once played for the Cavs but is now with the Hawks. While it’s unknown if Nance Jr. will get a tribute video, it’s always fun to have a Northeastern Ohio native play at home.</p><p>Coaching-wise, Donovan Mitchell, Georges Niang, and Cavs assistant coach Johnnie Bryant will reunite with Hawks head coach Quinn Snyder. Mitchell and Niang played for Snyder while they were together with the Utah Jazz. Bryant, meanwhile, coached alongside Snyder in Utah. It’ll be a homecoming for Hawks assistants Antonio Lang and Igor Kokoskov, as both were at one point assistants in their respective careers with the Cavs.</p><h2><b>An NBA Cup preview?</b></h2><p>Although Cleveland and Atlanta are both in the Eastern Conference’s Group C for the NBA Cup, this matchup will not impact the standings. Instead, when the Hawks host the Cavs later this week, it will count toward NBA Cup standings for Group C.</p><p>So, although it won’t have stakes on which teams punch their ticket to Las Vegas, this matchup in Cleveland could serve as a preview of what will happen in Atlanta soon after.</p><p>Despite losing to the Celtics, the Cavs are determined to win the NBA Cup. Their path to Las Vegas will be much easier if they beat the Hawks, so Cleveland getting a feel for how Atlanta plays could be advantageous in the long term for the Cavs.</p><p>Here’s where things stand in Group C:</p><ol><li>Atlanta Hawks: 2-1, -1 point differential</li><li>Boston Celtics: 2-1, +14 point differential</li><li>Cleveland Cavaliers: 1-1, +15 point differential</li><li>Chicago Bulls: 2-1, +15 point differential</li><li>Washington Wizards: 0-3, -39 point differential</li></ol><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

What to watch for when Darius Garland, Cavs hosts Trae Young, Hawks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cavs-news-kenny-atkinson-update-darius-garland-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs’ Kenny Atkinson gives update on Darius Garland’s injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cavs-news-Kenny-Atkinson-gives-update-on-Darius-Garlands-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs’ Kenny Atkinson gives update on Darius Garland’s injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-20T17:38:39-08:00">November 20th, 5:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-21T15:33:02-08:00">November 21st, 3:33pm</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For the fans who thought Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland was ducking smoke, nothing could be further from the truth.</p><p>Garland, who struggled against the Boston Celtics, was ruled out against the New Orleans Pelicans, the Cavs’ second game in a back-to-back, with a groin injury. However, in an injury update from Cleveland head coach Kenny Atkinson, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-news-cleveland-suffer-possible-losses-in-win-hornets">Garland’s absence is precautionary</a>.</p><p>“He took a bad fall last night,” said Atkinson. “[Keeping him out tonight was a] collaborative decision. We all got together, including Darius. So yeah, he’ll sit this one out.”</p><p>The Cavs have had a grueling start to the NBA season, playing their first 17 games in less than 30 days. The subsequent 17 days on Cleveland’s schedule <a href="https://x.com/ChaseDownPod/status/1859278758034985292" rel="noopener">will take 43 days to complete</a>. The Cavs have, at times, looked gassed during their 15-1 start to the season, and it has taken a toll on everyone physically. Alongside Garland, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-without-seven-players-when-hosting-pelicans">the Cavs are without seven players against the Pelicans</a>. So, whenever Atkinson and his staff can find these opportunities to rest their key contributors, they must take advantage.</p><p>“He’s run the tenth-most miles in the league,” Atkinson said about Garland. “We’ve run him hard to spectacular results.”</p><p>Atkinson isn’t kidding when he says Garland has been spectacular to start the season. In 16 games, Garland has averaged 20.6 points on 49.2% shooting, the most efficient in his career, along with 7.0 assists and 1.2 steals in 30.3 minutes per game. Atkinson and the Cavs have continually leaned on Garland, and the superstar guard has delivered. So to give Garland a well-deserved breather heading into Cleveland’s three-day break makes complete sense.</p><p>“We’re all tired because we’re all doing this job,” Atkinson said. “I just don’t know how they do it—seventeen games in 29 days. The league is playing faster. … So it’s just amazing. It just speaks to the athletes that we have.”</p><p>While Atkinson had no further updates on Garland’s injury, hopefully, the star guard will be available when the team takes on the Toronto Raptors next.</p><h2><b>Darius Garland has been spectacular for the Cavs to start the season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Darius-Garland-celebrates-Cavs-Bulls.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>If it weren’t for Garland, the Cavs wouldn’t be the first seed in the Eastern Conference with a 15-1 record in their first 16 games. Although he’s already been named an All-Star once in his career, this hot streak to start the season is part of a sudden resurgence for Garland.</p><p>Last season, Garland’s primary issue was a fractured jaw, which kept him out for more than six weeks. The injury only allowed Garland to be able to eat meals through a straw, causing him to lose 12 pounds.</p><p>The midseason injury and sudden weight loss led to Garland having his worst season by scoring efficiency since his rookie year in 2019-20. He shot 44.6 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from three-point range in 57 starts.</p><p>Moreover, since the Cavs went 15-4 in the 19 games Garland missed due to the jaw injury and the team struggled again in the playoffs, there were questions about whether or not they would look to trade him.</p><p>However, whatever offers Cleveland got, the Cavs rebuffed them. They believed in Garland that he could tap into his ability as an All-Star caliber guard again. In his explosion against New York, Garland more than reaffirmed Cleveland’s beliefs in him.</p><p>Garland stepped up when they needed him most. Every stellar game for Garland put last season even further in the rearview mirror, making it seem more like a fluke from lousy injury luck.</p><p>But what matters more is making sure Garland can contribute during the playoffs. Opportunities to rest him are few and far between, so when chances like they against the Pelicans come along, the Cavs have to take advantage of it.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Kenny Atkinson gives update on Darius Garland’s injury

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers’ fairytale run to begin the 2024-25 season has come to an end. Their season-starting winning streak of 15 games met its end as the <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-evan-mobley-message-doubters-celtics">Cavs ran into the buzzsaw</a> that is the Boston Celtics in the NBA Cup, as their comeback efforts on Tuesday night came up short in a 120-117 defeat.</p><p>While there is no shame in seeing that <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-shaq-eye-opening-cavaliers-championship-take-15-0-start">15-game winning streak</a> get halted by the reigning champion Celtics, there will be a sense of frustration among them, particularly within Darius Garland, that they were not able to put their best foot forward for the entire 48 minutes. Garland disappointed big time on Tuesday; he put up just eight points on a ghastly 3-21 shooting from the field — his season-worst effort.</p><p>Considering how strongly Garland has begun the season, seeing him throw up brick after brick against the Celtics’ elite perimeter defensive duo of Jrue Holiday and Derrick White was brutal to watch. Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson believes that the high-intensity performances in their first 15 games have gotten to Garland, as <a href="https://x.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1859063066358423756" rel="noopener">he simply did not have it</a> on Tuesday night.</p><p>“He’s been playing unbelievable but I think he hit a wall tonight. He won’t say it but I’ll say it,” Atkinson said following the Cavs’ defeat, per Jared Weiss of The Athletic.</p><p>Indeed, Garland has done more than play at an unbelievable level through the first 15 games of the Cavs’ season. He has returned to All-Star form, and he seems to have found a new level in terms of efficiency. He entered their Tuesday night battle against the Celtics averaging 21.4 points and 7.0 assists on 52.5 percent shooting from the field, but his 3-21 night has knocked him to below 50 percent on the season (49.1 percent).</p><p>Even the best of players are not immune to off-nights. But missing 18 of your 21 shots on the night will not feel good at all for Garland. The silver lining is that, now that the streak is over, the Cavs will not be feeling the pressure anymore to maintain perfection — which could bode well for them moving forward.</p><h2><b>Cavs’ comeback bid in the TD Garden falls short</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cavs-Darius-Garland-vs.-Celtics-Jayson-Tatum.jpg"></figure><p>The <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-darius-garland-join-make-nba-history-15-0-start" rel="noopener">Celtics definitely understood</a> how big of a game it was for them to face the 15-0 Cavs, and in the NBA Cup, no less. Their loss in the NBA Cup opener meant that they will have to win the rest of their games to advance to the quarterfinals, and from the get-go, they were playing with energy, generating open three-point shots at will and making it rain as a result. They finished the night with 22 total made triples, and even for an incredible Cavs team, overcoming that math deficit will be extremely difficult.</p><p>It’s a testament to the Cavs’ resilience and how improved of a team they are that they managed to claw all the way back from a 21-point deficit to at least make the Celtics sweat in the end. Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley did their part, while the bench trio of Georges Niang, Ty Jerome, and Craig Porter Jr. were instrumental in their impressive, if failed, comeback bid.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Kenny Atkinson gets 100% real about Darius Garland’s ugly night vs. Celtics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cavs-news-darius-garland-ruthlessly-clowned-brutal-brick-fest-vs-celtics');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs’ Darius Garland ruthlessly clowned over brutal brick-fest vs. Celtics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Darius-Garland-ruthlessly-clowned-over-brutal-brick-fest-vs.-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs’ Darius Garland ruthlessly clowned over brutal brick-fest vs. Celtics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-19T19:40:27-08:00">November 19th, 7:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-19T19:45:05-08:00">November 19th, 7:45pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>An image of the NBA Cup was prominently plastered across TD Garden’s special green court, but there was more at stake than an in-season tournament in Tuesday night’s showdown between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. The top two teams in the league set out to make a statement, but in the end, the 2024 Larry O’Brien Trophy winners handed the Cavs their first defeat of the season.</p><p>When the traditional finger pointing commenced, there was one obvious poor performance to emphasize. Darius Garland, who was the <a href="https://x.com/Underdog__NBA/status/1859060425796501980" rel="noopener">only player averaging</a> a 50-40-90 shooting line before this road game, per Underdog NBA, shot 3-of-21 from the field in the 120-117 loss. He did have seven assists, one block and a steal, but his ice-cold stroke undeniably played a huge role in the final outcome of this much-anticipated contest.</p><p>The social media community, always one to dwell on the present, skewered the 2022 All-Star for his rough shooting display. Those who put a wager on the 24-year-old guard <a href="https://x.com/TCT_11/status/1859038671338696787" rel="noopener">were especially miffed</a>.</p><h2><b>Fans come for Darius Garland after Cavs’ loss to Celtics</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Darius-Garland-battles-Jayson-Tatum.jpg"><figcaption>Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“Every time I bet on Darius Garland, he turns into the worst basketball player in the league,” one fan vented on X. Shaquille O’Neal is also probably not the biggest fan of him either, as he made <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-charles-barkley-5-million-challenge-shaquille-oneal-before-cavs-celtics">a mind-boggling bet</a> with Charles Barkley on “Inside the NBA” before opening tip-off. Unfortunately for those seeking a nice payday, Garland did not look like himself.</p><p>Some fans <a href="https://x.com/JKeasy/status/1859043661608312893" rel="noopener">noted as much</a>. “Did a Monstar steal Darius Garland’s talent?” a writer said, referencing 1996’s “Space Jam.” The former No. 5 overall pick entered this NBA Cup matchup scoring 25.5 points on 52.5 percent shooting from the floor and 45.5 percent shooting from beyond the arc through the first 15 games. He missed all six of his 3-point attempts against the Celtics.</p><p>Everyone is prone to a bad night, though, particularly when facing arguably the most balanced team in basketball today. In between the barbs that were slung at Garland, there were a few fans <a href="https://x.com/T_johnson_TJ/status/1859061691654259185">who came to his defense</a>.</p><p>“Darius Garland has a lot of haters in this fanbase,” an Ohio State football podcaster posted. “He has a bad game and people wanting him off the team just unreal. You all forget he’s a big reason why the Cavs even started the season out at 15-0.”</p><p>No one can deny the significant impact that this young talent had on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavaliers-news-donovan-mitchell-nsfw-message-undefeated-start">Cleveland’s historic start</a>. When he is in rhythm on offense, the Cavaliers have the feel of a genuine championship contender. The team’s ceiling might be volatile if Garland struggles in big moments, however. Luckily for him and the Cavs, he will have plenty of other opportunities to enhance his clutch gene before the playoffs begin.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Darius Garland ruthlessly clowned over brutal brick-fest vs. Celtics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-darius-garland-join-make-nba-history-15-0-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland join forces to make NBA history amid 15-0 start');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cavs-news-Donovan-Mitchell-Darius-Garland-join-forces-to-make-NBA-history-amid-15-0-start.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland join forces to make NBA history amid 15-0 start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-17T18:42:00-08:00">November 17th, 6:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-17T18:42:00-08:00">November 17th, 6:42pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers can’t be stopped. The <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-the-donovan-mitchell-trick-cleveland-is-using-amid-historic-13-0-start">Cavs extended their scorching streak</a> to start the 2024-25 NBA regular season with a 128-114 win over LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Sunday. With that victory, Cleveland has improved to 15-0 and retained its status as the only undefeated team standing in this campaign.</p><p>The streak likely would not have been possible for the Cavs without the huge performances of the pair of Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland this season. Although Mitchell was not able to suit up against the Hornets for <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-why-donovan-mitchell-out-vs-hornets-cleveland-goes-15-0">rest purposes</a>, he still <a href="https://x.com/StatMamba/status/1858327062072668660" rel="noopener">managed to make history</a> with Garland on Sunday.</p><p>“Donovan Mitchell &amp; Darius Garland are the first duo in NBA history to each average 20+ PPG in a 15-0 start to a season,” shared StatMamba on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>With Mitchell not in uniform, Garland helped make sure that the Cavs would survive his teammate’s absence, as he paced Cleveland with 25 points on 7-for-16 shooting from the field. he also had 12 assists and five rebounds in 30 minutes of action on the floor. Meanwhile, Ty Jerome got the start in lieu of Mitchell and did not disappoint. The former Virginia Cavaliers star generated a total of 24 points on 9-for-15 shooting from the floor with eight assists and two rebounds in 32 minutes.</p><p>Also contributing a lot to the Cavs’ success against the Hornets was big man Evan Mobley, who came away with a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds plus a block in 34 minutes.</p><p>So far in the 2024-25 NBA campaign, Mitchell is averaging 24.6 points on 46.9 field goal percentage, while Garland is putting up 21.1 points on 53.1 percent shooting from the floor. The Cavs’ backcourt of Mitchell and Garland has proven to be so dangerous this season and should continue to enjoy heavy usage.</p><h2><b>Cavs have a big test ahead</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Donovan-Mitchell-on-Nov.-15-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>A well-rested Mitchell should be back in the lineup for the Cavaliers in time for a huge matchup up next against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Beantown this coming Tuesday. The reigning NBA champions would be a tough test for Cleveland — and vice versa. That will also be a chance for the Cavaliers to score some measure of revenge on the team that eliminated them in the second round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland join forces to make NBA history amid 15-0 start

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He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-kenny-atkinsons-golden-touch-lauded-12-0-start">Cleveland Cavaliers are 12-0 so far in the 2024-25 NBA season</a>. It has been a successful start to the campaign to say the least, and <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-hot-start-nba-wide-recognition">Darius Garland is playing an impactful role</a>. Garland, though, endured a down season in 2023-24. The Cavs guard recently <a href="https://x.com/ESPNNBA/status/1856443465187443101" rel="noopener">addressed his 2024-25 campaign</a>, a season in which he dealt with injury concerns, via NBA on ESPN.</p><p>“Just another bump in the road,” Garland said of dealing with adversity in 2023-24. “I mean, adversity always comes with anything that you do in life. It’s never in my plans, but God always puts you through tough times, I just had to go through that. I’m glad just to be back healthy this year, rocking with the guys. We’re really rolling right now so just got to keep it going. 12 games is good but we just got to keep it going.”</p><p>Garland did not play up to his expectations last year but injuries certainly played a role in his underperformance. The former All-Star averaged 18 points per game on 44.6 percent field goal and 37.1 percent three-point shooting. He also averaged 6.5 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per outing.</p><p>So far in 2024-25 with the Cavs, Garland is averaging 20.2 points, 6.5 assists, 1.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game. Garland is also shooting 52.6 percent field goal and 45.9 percent three-point shooting.</p><p>Garland, 24, is one of the better guards in the NBA. He may be on track to earn his second All-Star selection this season. Of course, it is still early in the year. With that being said, Garland is unquestionably playing at a high level.</p><p>The Cavs may not go undefeated all season long (although anything is possible) but Cleveland has an opportunity to make serious noise in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers will attempt to remain undefeated on Wednesday against a Philadelphia 76ers team that has struggled to begin the new campaign.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Darius Garland drops brutally honest revelation on last season’s struggles

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-hot-start-nba-wide-recognition');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs guard Darius Garland’s hot start results in NBA wide recognition');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CAVS-NATION-Cavs-news-Darius-Garlands-hot-start-results-in-NBA-wide-recognition.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs guard Darius Garland’s hot start results in NBA wide recognition</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-11T16:09:45-08:00">November 11th, 4:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-11T16:09:45-08:00">November 11th, 4:09pm</time><address><a>Christopher Smith</a>Christopher Smith is an Associate Editor and covers the Chicago Sky for ClutchPoints. The Aurora, IL native earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers have had a blistering start to the 2024-25 season. The Cavs improved to 11-0 with their Nov. 9 <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-kenny-atkinson-truth-revenge-wins-warriors-nets">win over the Brooklyn Nets.</a> Of course, Donovan Mitchell has been at the center of Cleveland’s success, but Darius Garland has gone on a run that has earned him high praise from the NBA.</p><p>Garland joined Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic as the NBA’s Player of the Week <a href="https://x.com/NBAPR/status/1856071914223173658" rel="noopener">for his play</a> spanning Nov. 4 and Nov. 10, the league announced on Monday. During that time frame, Garland averaged an impressive 25 points and 7.3 assists while shooting 61.7 percent from the field and 58 percent on his three-pointers.</p><p>On the season as a whole, Garland is averaging 20.5 points, 6.6 assists, and 1.2 steals per game on a 47.5 three-point shooting clip. The talented guard’s ascent is no surprise given his <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-delivers-blunt-message-amid-desire-for-bounce-back-season">blunt message to those who doubted him</a> after his down 2023-24 season.</p><p>“[I want to prove] that I’m better than last year,” Garland said, via Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com. “First and foremost, I just want to stay healthy and get back to being myself, playing with that joy again and doing the things that I’m used to doing. Hopefully have an All-Star, All-NBA type of season and try to help this team win as many games as possible like I know I can.”</p><p>Garland averaged 18.0 points and 6.5 assists during the 2023-24 campaign, his lowest since the 2020-21 season. Furthermore, he was cold during the 2024 playoffs despite the Cavs beating the Olrando Magic to make it out of the first round.</p><p>The sixth-year guard is on a mission to bounce back, and he is helping the Cavaliers have an unprecedented run while doing it. If Darius Garland and his backcourt running mate Donovan Mitchell continue their incredible production, there is no telling how far Cleveland can go.</p><p>As NBA Cup competition approaches, can the Cavs keep up their undefeated streak?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs guard Darius Garland’s hot start results in NBA wide recognition

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-sends-no-fluke-message-11-0-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs’ Darius Garland sends ‘no fluke’ message after 11-0 start');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CAVS-NATION-Cavs-news-Darius-Garland-sends-no-fluke-message-after-11-0-start.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs’ Darius Garland sends ‘no fluke’ message after 11-0 start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-10T12:53:58-08:00">November 10th, 12:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-10T12:53:58-08:00">November 10th, 12:53pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson joined ClutchPoints and Cavs Nation in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Saturday evening, the Cleveland Cavaliers moved to a perfect record of 11-0 with a narrow home win vs the Brooklyn Nets. The <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-cleveland-reaches-historic-feat-not-even-done-by-lebron-james-cavaliers">Cavs have already set the franchise record</a> for most consecutive wins to open up a season, and point guard <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-admits-head-free-after-clutch-bucks-win">Darius Garland’s improved play</a> has been a large part of the reason why, a trend that continued with an efficient game on Sunday vs the Nets.</p><p>The league is quickly taking notice of the Cavs’ hot start–they are now the only team still standing undefeated after a recent loss by the Oklahoma City Thunder–and recently, Garland got<a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1855457167505317929" rel="noopener"> one hundred percent real</a> on why he believes that it is sustainable.</p><p>“I don’t think this is just any old fluke,” said Garland, via NBA TV. “We’ve played some really good teams out of these 11 games and we’ve had some great challenges. Even tonight we had a little bit of adversity, we had some challenges going through the entire 48 minutes of the game, and in the fourth quarter, we just turned it up a little bit on both sides of the ball and I think we can do that for all 82 games… I think we have a really good chance at being one of these contenders.”</p><h2><b>Is the Cavs’ hot start sustainable?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Garland-vs-Brooklyn.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Sustainable as in 82-0? Probably not, as the closest any team has ever gotten to reaching that mark was the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors, who finished 73-9. However, there is plenty of reason to believe that the Cavs will be able to remain at or near the top of the Eastern Conference playoff picture if they’re able to stay relatively healthy throughout the season.</p><p>We know about Donovan Mitchell and his status as arguably the best shooting guard in the entire NBA, but this year has seen immense improvement from both Garland and Evan Mobley, who has continued to expand upon the flashes of offensive dominance that he showed at times during the playoffs last year after Jarrett Allen went down.</p><p>The team is also filled with elite role players like Ty Jerome who had another great game on Saturday vs the Nets, as well as Isaac Okoro, who has turned himself into one of the elite three and D role players in the league.</p><p>In any case, the Cavs will look to make their record 12-0 when they next take the floor on Monday evening on the road vs the Chicago Bulls at 8:00 PM ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Darius Garland sends ‘no fluke’ message after 11-0 start

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-admits-head-free-after-clutch-bucks-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs guard Darius Garland admits ‘head is free’ after clutch Bucks win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cavs-guard-Darius-Garland-admits-head-is-free-after-clutch-Bucks-win.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs guard Darius Garland admits ‘head is free’ after clutch Bucks win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-05T13:21:34-08:00">November 5th, 1:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-06T13:07:05-08:00">November 6th, 1:07pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor for ClutchPoints and Cavs Nation.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers grabbed a huge win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday evening, improving them to 8-0. The Cavs and Thunder are the only unbeaten teams in the Assocation.</p><p>Darius Garland balled out in this one, scoring 39 points and <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-darius-garland-reaches-lebron-james-territory-thrilling-win-vs-bucks" rel="noopener">making history in the process</a> with his stellar performance. This is the team’s best start since 1966-1967.</p><p>The Cavs are looking like the real deal and Garland is doing his part. After trade buzz all summer, the guard is proving his worth to this organization, averaging nearly 18 points per game on 40% shooting from downtown.</p><p>Following the victory, Garland said <a href="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2024/11/cavs-historic-start-a-byproduct-of-selflessness-sacrifice-and-camaraderie.html?outputType=amp" rel="noopener">he’s feeling extremely confident</a> so far and also thanked his teammates for always providing encouragement. Via Cleveland.com:</p><p>“My head is free,” Garland said pointedly following the 116-114 victory. “I’m playing freely. Confidence is super high. Teammates got my back. That is just going to make me keep going even harder. I really appreciate my teammates and my coaching staff for sure, just keeping my confidence super high, just keeping my head level and just telling me to be me. That’s what I’m trying to do for the rest of the season.”</p><p>Garland was 15 for 22 from the field on Monday. Sure, the PPG may not be huge, but he’s been very efficient. The former Vanderbilt standout also has a true shooting percentage over 60%.</p><p>The vibes are up in Cleveland and the core of Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Garland, and Jarrett Allen are all contributing at a high level. <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-reacts-darius-garland-fractured-jaw-freak-accident" rel="noopener">Garland suffered a fractured jaw last season</a> and it significantly hurt his availability and even affected his love for the game briefly.</p><p>Allen knows this version of Garland is the one who can help Cleveland make a deep playoff run:</p><p>“That’s the D.G. we all know,” Allen said. “I mean, last year we know that he went through something crazy that none of us has experienced, and you can see that his game took a dip. It’s hard for anybody to go through that. But now he’s back to his old self, and he’s showing why he’s one of the best point guards in the league. He took over in the fourth quarter. We put it in his hands to lead us to victory.”</p><p>The Cavs are in the Big Easy on Friday to face the New Orleans Pelicans.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
20.4	2.6	6.4	0.2	1.0

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
20.4	2.6	6.4	0.2	1.0

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