Sam Merrill scores career-high 27 as Cavaliers, without Donovan Mitchell, beat the Jazz 124-116
Sam Merrill set career highs with 27 points and eight 3-pointers, Caris LeVert scored 23...
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Dream comes true for Sam Merrill as Cavs silence Jazz | Jeff Schudel
Sam Merrill is like that LED flashlight someone might keep in an easily accessible place...
![By PAT GRAHAM Victor Wembanyama has adjusted to many things — food, culture, double teams — since the top pick’s arrival with the San Antonio Spurs. There’s just no getting accustomed to all the losing. Pick an NBA player’s name, any name, and they’re not hard-wired for skids. Players like Wembanyama have typically always been on winning teams before coming to the league, not ones that stack up defeats at historic rates. For Wembanyama, along with youngsters like Cade Cunningham and Ausar Thompson in Detroit and Bilal Coulibaly of Washington, losing has become part of their NBA education. Misery does love […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23351045515388.jpg?w=132 "By PAT GRAHAM Victor Wembanyama has adjusted to many things — food, culture, double teams — since the top pick’s arrival with the San Antonio Spurs. There’s just no getting accustomed to all the losing. Pick an NBA player’s name, any name, and they’re not hard-wired for skids. Players like Wembanyama have typically always been on winning teams before coming to the league, not ones that stack up defeats at historic rates. For Wembanyama, along with youngsters like Cade Cunningham and Ausar Thompson in Detroit and Bilal Coulibaly of Washington, losing has become part of their NBA education. Misery does love […]")
Long losing streaks are uncomfortable for NBA players. It can be part of their pro indoctrination
By PAT GRAHAM Victor Wembanyama has adjusted to many things — food, culture, double teams...
Donovan Mitchell has 37 points, Cavaliers beat Rockets, 135-130, for 11th straight overtime win
Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points, Sam Merrill had a career-high 19 off the bench and...
PHOTOS: Cavs-Rockets, Dec. 18, 2023
Tim Phillis’ photos from Cavs-Rockets on Dec. 18, 2023.
![By BRIAN DULIK Jarrett Allen had 25 points and 14 rebounds, Donovan Mitchell added 22 points and a career-high 13 assists and the Cavaliers beat the Hawks, 127-119, on Dec. 16. The Cavaliers built a 23-point lead in the first half of their first game since announcing that starting power forward Evan Mobley and former All-Star point guard Darius Garland will likely be out until February. Cleveland snapped a three-game losing streak. Mobley, who is averaging 16.0 points and 10.5 rebounds, will undergo arthroscopic surgery Monday on his left knee. Garland is slated to have a procedure to repair his […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TNH-L-BKN-Cavaliers-1216-01.jpg?w=132 "By BRIAN DULIK Jarrett Allen had 25 points and 14 rebounds, Donovan Mitchell added 22 points and a career-high 13 assists and the Cavaliers beat the Hawks, 127-119, on Dec. 16. The Cavaliers built a 23-point lead in the first half of their first game since announcing that starting power forward Evan Mobley and former All-Star point guard Darius Garland will likely be out until February. Cleveland snapped a three-game losing streak. Mobley, who is averaging 16.0 points and 10.5 rebounds, will undergo arthroscopic surgery Monday on his left knee. Garland is slated to have a procedure to repair his […]")
Jarrett Allen has 25 points, 14 rebounds, Cavaliers beat Hawks, 127-119
By BRIAN DULIK Jarrett Allen had 25 points and 14 rebounds, Donovan Mitchell added 22...
![The Cavaliers limped home from a four-game trip on a three-game losing streak after being beaten by the Celtics, 116-107, on Dec. 14 in Boston. Then the news got really bad. The Cavs will be without two of their best players — Darius Garland and Evan Mobley — for at least a month because of injuries. “Cavaliers guard Darius Garland sustained a fractured jaw during the third quarter of last night’s road game at Boston,” the Cavaliers announced in a statement on Dec. 15. “A CT scan administered this morning at Cleveland Clinic confirmed the injury. Garland will have a […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TNH-L-BKN-Cavaliers-Celtics-1214-01-1.jpg?w=132 "The Cavaliers limped home from a four-game trip on a three-game losing streak after being beaten by the Celtics, 116-107, on Dec. 14 in Boston. Then the news got really bad. The Cavs will be without two of their best players — Darius Garland and Evan Mobley — for at least a month because of injuries. “Cavaliers guard Darius Garland sustained a fractured jaw during the third quarter of last night’s road game at Boston,” the Cavaliers announced in a statement on Dec. 15. “A CT scan administered this morning at Cleveland Clinic confirmed the injury. Garland will have a […]")
Bad news Cavaliers: Fractured jaw for Darius Garland, knee surgery for Evan Mobley
The Cavaliers limped home from a four-game trip on a three-game losing streak after being...
![By KEN POWTAK BOSTON — Jayson Tatum scored 27 points, Jaylen Brown had 22 and the Celtics beat the Cavaliers, 116-107, on Dec. 14 to improve to 12-0 at home. Facing the Cavaliers for the second consecutive game at TD Garden after a victory on Dec. 12, Boston won for the sixth time in seven games overall. Kristaps Porzingis added 18 points, Jrue Holiday had 15 and Derrick White 14 for the Celtics, who have the best record in the Eastern Conference. Tatum added 11 rebounds, and all five starters scored in double figures. “I think we were locked in, […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TNH-L-BKN-Cavaliers-Celtics-1214-01.jpg?w=132 "By KEN POWTAK BOSTON — Jayson Tatum scored 27 points, Jaylen Brown had 22 and the Celtics beat the Cavaliers, 116-107, on Dec. 14 to improve to 12-0 at home. Facing the Cavaliers for the second consecutive game at TD Garden after a victory on Dec. 12, Boston won for the sixth time in seven games overall. Kristaps Porzingis added 18 points, Jrue Holiday had 15 and Derrick White 14 for the Celtics, who have the best record in the Eastern Conference. Tatum added 11 rebounds, and all five starters scored in double figures. “I think we were locked in, […]")
Cavaliers fall to Celtics again, 116-107, for third loss in a row
By KEN POWTAK BOSTON — Jayson Tatum scored 27 points, Jaylen Brown had 22 and...
Tatum, Brown lead Celtics past Cavaliers, 120-113, to remain unbeaten in Boston
Jayson Tatum had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Jaylen Brown also scored 25 and the...
Paolo Banchero, Magic hold Cavaliers to 15 points in third quarter, win, 104-94
Orlando's Paolo Banchero scored 20 points, Franz Wagner added 19 and the Cavaliers couldn't recover...