CLEVELAND CAVALIERS VS. MIAMI HEAT INSTANT REACTION: Evan Mobley makes his return to the lineup
The Cleveland Cavaliers desperately need a win.
The team has lost 3 of 4, including 2 straight, and is barely holding on to the 3-seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, but Evan Mobley is expected to return to the lineup tonight.
The Miami Heat beat the Cavs in Cleveland last week, and now Darius Garland, Jarrett Allen & company have a chance to return the favor in South Beach.
Donovan Mitchell is still out while recovering from nose and knee injuries. So is Max Strus.
Join McNuggets & Mack Perry from the “It’s Cavalier” podcast for instant reaction to the game.
Per ESPN:
Cleveland Cavaliers (43-27, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat (38-32, seventh in the Eastern Conference)
Miami; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Miami is looking to break its three-game home skid with a victory over Cleveland.
The Heat are 26-18 against Eastern Conference opponents. Miami is 19-22 against opponents over .500.
The Cavaliers have gone 28-18 against Eastern Conference opponents. Cleveland ranks third in the Eastern Conference with 34.1 defensive rebounds per game led by Evan Mobley averaging 7.8.
The Heat average 109.4 points per game, 0.1 more points than the 109.3 the Cavaliers give up. The Cavaliers average 13.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than the Heat allow.
The two teams play for the fourth time this season. The Heat defeated the Cavaliers 107-104 in their last matchup on March 20. Jimmy Butler led the Heat with 30 points, and Jarrett Allen led the Cavaliers with 25 points.
22 Comments
Need Don Mitch
The cade York of the NBA..Sign them..😅
That starting lineup had no one that can shoot! Bickerstaff is out after this season. Please trade Garland and Mobley — too soft and pretty
Hot trash
The Cavs should hire Dawn Staley to replace J.B.!
Stop making excuses for Garland
Him and Mobley need to get traded. They can’t be our cornerstones
Fire JB NOW
mobley is coming back for vengeance, just wait
all these people in the live comments know nothing about basketball
Darius Garland and J.B have to go and then Mobley
Mobley coming back for vengeance…… man stop that. He trash. Garland trash, and JB trash
Hire coach mike budenholzer
Like myself and a few others have been saying, JB isn't it.
We getting bounced in the first round even Mitchell can’t save this bum ass team
The entire NBA has taken away the "Alley-Oop" assist from Darius Garland's game…..Whatever you put into the recipe. Will show up in the 🎂.
Scrap the team build around mobley and actually develop bates who has shown flashes in limited time
The Cavs got D Mitchell for a reason. Darius Garland needs to sit the bench. The endless turnovers are unacceptable. A real coach would bench him after his second turnover at this point. NO excuses all teams have injuries. D Garland is unmotivated and wonder if he is a cancer in the locker room. JB and his endless excuses are old and tired. The man gets outcoached all the time. Niang and Strus are busts IMO.
If DM stays I predict Garland is gone and maybe Mobley .
Sad sad team coaching is bad and this team has no studs except Mitchell and he's always hurt
Garland and Mobley are supposed to step up and lead this team. There are too many excuses. They got outplayed and out coach, and they are not ready for the playoffs, another first round exit. If they ever get healthy before the playoffs, Garland and Mobley need to come off the bench. Look at the lineuo that Oklahoma starts with.
JB has run the roster into the ground..THE LAST FOUR YEARS
I'm sure Donovan is chomping at the bit to re-up after this..
Darius is trash 🗑️
Everyone else is at least giving adequate effort
I've been saying this since All Star break. It's time to make a significant change in lineups. Go back to what worked i.e. 1 pg, 1 big, 3 shooters. Garland and Mobley to the bench, AND it's not too late to fire the coach. Everyone disagreed. Some of y'all feel differently now… This team is going nowhere, about to be in 5th seed. Meanwhile, DG on the bench laughing during timeouts while down 40. Watch the media make more excuses for them, no accountability