Darius Garland will get at the least a pair extra days off, after the Cleveland Cavaliers dominated the All-Star guard out of Recreation 4 of their Jap Convention first-round collection towards the Miami Warmth on Monday evening.
Garland is coping with a sprained left nice toe.
The Cavs entered Monday with a 3-0 collection lead. Recreation 5, if essential, can be at Cleveland on Wednesday. If Cleveland wins Recreation 4, it could be off till a house series-opener within the Jap Convention semifinals towards Indiana or Milwaukee — and that matchup would not begin till Saturday on the earliest.
Garland aggravated the problem late in Recreation 2. He sat out Cleveland’s 121-84 win in Recreation 3 on Saturday, then tried to do some issues on the court docket earlier than the sport Monday earlier than the Cavs made the choice to sit down him once more.
“I believe I’ve stated this: I do not suppose it is an eight-week factor,” Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson stated. “I believe it is managing ache and the toe’s a tricky one. You are simply continuously hitting it.”
Garland was considered one of about 10 Cavs gamers at an optionally available exercise Sunday on the College of Miami. He did not participate in any scrimmaging throughout that session.
Garland averaged 24 factors and a team-best seven assists per sport within the first two video games of the collection.
For the season, Garland averaged 20.6 factors and 6.7 assists for Cleveland. The Cavs entered Monday at 62-15 when Garland performs this season, together with playoffs, and 5-3 when he doesn’t.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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