Cavs adapt, playing winning basketball as Garland, Mobley mend | Jeff Schudel’s The Cleveland Beat
Dec. 15 dawned like a normal early winter day for the Cavaliers. By mid-afternoon, things...
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![By TOM WITHERS Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Jarrett Allen had his sixth straight double-double and the Cavaliers rolled to their second easy win in three nights over Washington, beating the Wizards, 114-90, on Jan. 5. The Cavs had a little tougher time against the Wizards than in their 140-101 blowout on Jan. 3, when Cleveland reached season highs in points, rebounds, assists and 3-point percentage. Mitchell made sure there was no slip-up, scoring 12 points in the third quarter to help the Cavs pull away. Allen finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds. In his last six games, Cleveland’s […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24006062272498-3.jpg?w=132 "By TOM WITHERS Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Jarrett Allen had his sixth straight double-double and the Cavaliers rolled to their second easy win in three nights over Washington, beating the Wizards, 114-90, on Jan. 5. The Cavs had a little tougher time against the Wizards than in their 140-101 blowout on Jan. 3, when Cleveland reached season highs in points, rebounds, assists and 3-point percentage. Mitchell made sure there was no slip-up, scoring 12 points in the third quarter to help the Cavs pull away. Allen finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds. In his last six games, Cleveland’s […]")
Donovan Mitchell’s 26 points, another double-double by Jarrett Allen send Cavaliers past Wizards, 114-90
By TOM WITHERS Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Jarrett Allen had his sixth straight double-double...
![By TOM WITHERS Ricky Rubio’s retirement from the NBA may have seemed abrupt, even puzzling, to some. Donovan Mitchell sensed it coming. And now that it’s happened, Mitchell feels relieved for a teammate who became a cherished friend. On Jan. 4, Rubio, who left the Cavaliers this summer to focus on his mental health after he described his mind going to “a dark place,” announced that his playing career — at least in the NBA — is over and that he’s made personal progress. Mitchell, the Cavs’ All-Star guard, spent two seasons with Rubio in Utah, and part of one […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24005804159378-1.jpg?w=132 "By TOM WITHERS Ricky Rubio’s retirement from the NBA may have seemed abrupt, even puzzling, to some. Donovan Mitchell sensed it coming. And now that it’s happened, Mitchell feels relieved for a teammate who became a cherished friend. On Jan. 4, Rubio, who left the Cavaliers this summer to focus on his mental health after he described his mind going to “a dark place,” announced that his playing career — at least in the NBA — is over and that he’s made personal progress. Mitchell, the Cavs’ All-Star guard, spent two seasons with Rubio in Utah, and part of one […]")
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Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell ‘happy’ for cherished friend Ricky Rubio following his NBA retirement
By TOM WITHERS Ricky Rubio’s retirement from the NBA may have seemed abrupt, even puzzling,...
Cavaliers guard Ricky Rubio says his NBA career is over
Veteran guard Ricky Rubio, who stepped away from his playing career and the Cleveland Cavaliers...
Max Strus scores 24 points, Cavaliers rout Wizards, 140-101
Max Strus scored 24 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers had their highest-scoring game of the...
New-look Raptors hold on against Cavaliers, 124-121
Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Jakob Poeltl had 14 points and 11 rebounds and the...
![The 2023 calendar year witnessed numerous highs and lows for the Browns, Cavaliers and Guardians. It also witnessed the death of an icon that transcended the sport he dominated and the retirement of the winningest manager in the history of Cleveland baseball. But don’t close the book on 2023 just yet because the best story of the year is still being written. 1. Browns make playoffs despite injuries: The Browns’ march to the playoffs not only is the best thing that happened on the Cleveland sports scene in 2023; it has become such a feel-good story because of all the […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-BrownsJets-1229-40.jpg?w=54 "The 2023 calendar year witnessed numerous highs and lows for the Browns, Cavaliers and Guardians. It also witnessed the death of an icon that transcended the sport he dominated and the retirement of the winningest manager in the history of Cleveland baseball. But don’t close the book on 2023 just yet because the best story of the year is still being written. 1. Browns make playoffs despite injuries: The Browns’ march to the playoffs not only is the best thing that happened on the Cleveland sports scene in 2023; it has become such a feel-good story because of all the […]")
Resilient Browns’ march to playoffs top Cleveland pro sports story of 2023 | Jeff Schudel
The 2023 calendar year witnessed numerous highs and lows for the Browns, Cavaliers and Guardians....
![By SCHUYLER DIXON DALLAS — Caris LeVert scored 29 points, hitting the go-ahead 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter, and the Cavaliers rallied from 20 points down in the first half to beat the Mavericks, 113-110, on Dec. 27. The Mavericks went five minutes without scoring in the fourth quarter as a nine-point lead turned into a 111-105 deficit with 1:13 remaining. Jarrett Allen had 24 points and 23 rebounds, one off his career high, and Isaac Okoro scored 22 points as the Cavs improved to 3-1 in the four consecutive games Donovan Mitchell has missed with an illness. The […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TNH-L-BKN-Cavaliers-1227-01-2.jpg?w=132 "By SCHUYLER DIXON DALLAS — Caris LeVert scored 29 points, hitting the go-ahead 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter, and the Cavaliers rallied from 20 points down in the first half to beat the Mavericks, 113-110, on Dec. 27. The Mavericks went five minutes without scoring in the fourth quarter as a nine-point lead turned into a 111-105 deficit with 1:13 remaining. Jarrett Allen had 24 points and 23 rebounds, one off his career high, and Isaac Okoro scored 22 points as the Cavs improved to 3-1 in the four consecutive games Donovan Mitchell has missed with an illness. The […]")
Cavaliers rally from down 20 to beat Mavericks, 113-110
By SCHUYLER DIXON DALLAS — Caris LeVert scored 29 points, hitting the go-ahead 3-pointer late...
![By TIM REYNOLDS Erik Spoelstra was part of 12 Christmas games as a staff member, assistant coach or head coach in his first 20 seasons with the Miami Heat. And in the eight seasons that followed, the Heat played on Christmas only once. Here’s what he realized: For an NBA team, playing on Christmas beats not playing on Christmas. The Heat return to the league’s holiday slate for the first time since 2020 on Dec. 25, when they play host to the Philadelphia 76ers as part of the NBA’s traditional Christmas quintuple header. The other games: Milwaukee at New York, […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23358078376128-1.jpg?w=132 "By TIM REYNOLDS Erik Spoelstra was part of 12 Christmas games as a staff member, assistant coach or head coach in his first 20 seasons with the Miami Heat. And in the eight seasons that followed, the Heat played on Christmas only once. Here’s what he realized: For an NBA team, playing on Christmas beats not playing on Christmas. The Heat return to the league’s holiday slate for the first time since 2020 on Dec. 25, when they play host to the Philadelphia 76ers as part of the NBA’s traditional Christmas quintuple header. The other games: Milwaukee at New York, […]")
The NBA’s annual Christmas slate awaits. Teams insist it’s special to be picked
By TIM REYNOLDS Erik Spoelstra was part of 12 Christmas games as a staff member,...
Max Strus scores 26 points to lead injury-depleted Cavaliers past Bulls, 109-95
Max Strus had 26 points and seven assists to help the injury-depleted Cavaliers beat the...