Donovan Mitchell led the Cleveland Cavaliers with 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists on the way to a 114-113 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Max Strus added 27 points (7-13 3PT FG), along with a career-high 12 rebounds and 2 assists as Darius Garland totaled 15 points and 5 assists for the Cavaliers. Cam Thomas led the Nets with 36 points (13-21 FG), 3 rebounds, and 2 assists while Mikal Bridges added 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists.
With 7 3PT FG made tonight, Max Strus set a new mark for the most 3PT FG made in a debut game with the Cleveland franchise, passing J.R. Bremer (6 3PT FG – CLE@SAC, 10/29/2003).
With 36 points tonight, Cam Thomas sets a new mark for most points scored by a reserve in a team’s season opening game (since 1970-71 when starters were officially tracked), passing Ricky Pierce of the Bucks (35 PTS, November 3, 1989, MIL@BOS).
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37 Comments
Nets had a crazy line up what the hell they were playing 5 wings 😂
What in the paper was that Johnson?
First road opening night win since 2000 for the cavs. Came a long way as a franchise fr fr
Shout out to Ben Simmons for trolling everyone once again not shooting a 3pt 🙌
Hahaha whaaaat are brooklyn doin
Why is Cam Thomas a bench player. He broke records last year putting up big points. Why are they holding him back?
Cam Thomas is a bucket. Every time he plays, guaranteed 30-40+ points lol.
This is a playoff matchup already
Simmons is a big disappointing FLOP!!!
I like Mikal but that was a flop.
Mobley great defense. He switched onto whoever the intended shooter was and he swallowed him up!
Man call me crazy but Cam Johnson either needa get his weight up or stop flopping, hes the same dude that Luka crossed the life out of in that game 7 mavs vs suns and it made him look silly!
Bucky Barnes was on fire from deep tonight!
He plays like Kings' Kevin Huerter now and I hope he can be efficient from three for the rest of the year.
Great W!
nets dont even have a point guard on the floor down the stretch, results in 3 straight turnovers
The NBA plans to open a Hall of Fame for wasted expectations.
Ben Simmons figures to be the poster boy.
Ben Simmons going 2 from 6 is wild considering none of them were jumpers lol
What a defense Mitchell!!
4:09 "we need couple of stops here partner….!" … "thats whats gonna happen" those commentators said those things and EXACTLY what happened. talk about speaking things into reality! Law of attraction in full effect lol
What shoes did cam thomas have on?
why johnson still want to try a charge at the end…
First rounders!
can I get a Spider-man emoji?
Johnson 😂😂😂cam Thomas beater Johnson
evan mobley didnt do SHIT this game wth
Garland is so so bad
Don't flop on the final seconds 🤦🏽♂️
Damn, nets dont have any other player with verygood handles. They keep on looking for bridges.
Could you please not spoiler the final score in your thumbnail?
8:00 the classic slap ass carried out during the moment of highest distraction. From the 101 predator handbook 😂
Mitchell fouled Bridge like punching pushing and smacking at the same time. This is not fair and by the way The nets is so weak it takes the entire 48mins to win. No words describe how shit Cavs is as a team.
Mitchell channeled his inner Dwyane Wade. It's incredible how much he looks like DWade out there, on both ends. Clutch stuff
Remember guys people had Brooklyn and Philly ranked over us. We shall see in a few months when cavs are battling Milwaukee and Boston for the 1 seed
No play at all for last shot. Is jv the right coach for nets?
NETS SHOULD PUT SIMMONS IN CRUCIAL GAME ITS NOT GOOD NO DEFENSE AND POINT GAURD IN THE TEAM THEY DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO IF THERE IS NO SIMMONS ON THE FLOOR.
Nets choked another lead, they are the Chargers of the NbA
Dum move go to the rim get foul u mite just score
This Nets team need a point guard BADLY!! Forget all that postionless stuff, they neglectfully mishandled the ball a few times down the stretch. Not to mention Miles Bridges loose handles.