The Cleveland Cavaliers are preparing for an intense NBA Playoffs matchup against the Orlando Magic. The Cavs earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference and look to finally get over the hump with a deep run. Donovan Mitchell and company are under increased pressure, as one NBA analyst noted. Everything is on the line for the Cavs against the Magic ESPN’s Zach Lowe emphasized that the Cavs must win their upcoming series to avoid major shifts on the team. “The Cavs, it’s a must-win [vs Orlando]. You lose this series, there’s gonna be changes in the organization,” Lowe said via The Lowe Po ..read more

Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers were riddled with inexperience and had a hard time making a deep NBA Playoffs push. This year, the Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland-led squad has learned quite a lot since their last season-ending heartbreak. Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen have gotten to learn how to co-exist better in the Cavs front court as well. Now, those learnings will be put to the test against a young Orlando Magic team with Paolo Banchero leading the charge. One would think that is a dream matchup for the Cavs. The Magic almost exclusively score at the rim which means that Evan M ..read more

The Cleveland Cavaliers went out of their way to make sure they’re healthy heading into the playoffs, sitting nearly all of their main players as they lost to the Charlotte Hornets 120-110 on Sunday. Was this merely a precautionary measure, or is Cleveland really hurting as it prepares to face the Orlando Magic in the first round of the NBA Playoffs? Cavs coach JB Bickerstaff sounded off on the issue postgame, via Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal. “We were aware as [other games throughout the NBA were] going on, but once we sat our guys at the end of the third quarter and they had ..read more

The Cleveland Cavaliers are onto the playoffs! After weeks of dangerously hovering over the Play-In Tournament, they are finally out of the woods. A solid wire-to-wire win over the Indiana Pacers guaranteed that the Cavs would finish in at least fourth place, at the very least. A big game from Donovan Mitchell and a clutch performance from Darius Garland got them the win. After the game, the Cavs’ star duo commented on the win and their return to the playoffs to Bally Sports Cleveland. For Garland, the win means getting a shot at redemption. After a disappointing playoff debut, the guard want ..read more

The Cleveland Cavaliers have cooled off significantly from their form two months ago; back in January, it seemed as though the Cavs were gunning for the second-seed in the Eastern Conference. Now, they have fallen closer to the pack, and heading into the final few games of the regular season, they remain bunched up with the New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, and Indiana Pacers for the final four outright playoff spots in the conference. Of course, injury woes did not help matters at all for the Cavs over the past few month or so. But now, given how razor-thin the margins are in the conference in ..read more

The Cleveland Cavaliers are not having a great finish to their 2023-24 NBA regular season. It appears as though the Cavs were going to snap a two-game losing skid on Sunday only for them to suffer another setback — this one arguably the most brutal so far in the campaign. Despite establishing a 26-point lead in the third quarter, the Cavs still ended up picking a 120-118 road loss at the hand of Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers. Darius Garland reacts to painful meltdown in Cavs loss to Clippers Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Among the most affected by the loss ..read more

The Cleveland Cavaliers are fighting for playoff seeding as the 2023-24 regular season campaign draws to a close, and they have an important contest against the Los Angeles Clippers coming up on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, they won’t have star guard Donovan Mitchell available for the contest, as he’s been ruled out for this game. Mitchell has been dealing with a bevy of injuries since the All-Star break, and it’s resulted in him playing just nine games since then. While he has played in four of Cleveland’s past five games, he won’t be taking the floor against the Clippers, as the Cavs ha ..read more

The Cleveland Cavaliers were blown out by the Los Angeles Lakers 116-97 on Saturday at Crypto.com Arena, a troubling continuation of their late-season struggles as the playoffs fast approach. The loss pushed the Cavs to 3-7 in the last 10 games and 46-32 overall, just a half game up on the Orlando Magic and New York Knicks with four left to play in the regular season. After the game, coach J.B. Bickerstaff addressed what went wrong for the Cavs in Los Angeles. “We did some really good things in spurts,” he said, per Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com. “We just couldn’t sustain it for long enough to ..read more

After getting swiftly bumped right out of the playoffs last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers want to prove that they’re a legitimate contender. But a slump as the 2023-24 regular season comes to a close is making it harder for outside observers to buy them as a real threat. The Cavs are 3-7 in their last 10 games, taking some gnarly losses despite having at least three of their core four players. Donovan Mitchell has been in and out of the lineup but even with him in, Cleveland has gotten smoked. The earlier portion of the season where they were rolling and overcoming injuries to key players f ..read more

As the Cleveland Cavaliers , former NBA player Kendrick Perkins expressed his belief that it’s time for the team to break up the Donovan Mitchell-Darius Garland tandem. When the Cavs traded for Mitchell from the Utah Jazz last season, there were high hopes that his pairing with fellow All-Star in Garland will lead to consistent playoff appearances and eventually allow them to contend for the title. While they were able to make the postseason in 2023, they suffered a first-round exit at the hands of the New York Knicks. Going into the second season of the duo, along with the frontcourt pairing ..read more