The Cleveland Cavaliers squandered an opportunity to reach the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2018, unfortunately wasting Donovan Mitchell’s 50-point effort on Friday. Down by five heading into the fourth period in Game 6, the Orlando Magic outscored Cleveland 30-18 in the final frame to rally for a 103-96 victory. Mitchell did all he could for his squad to avoid a seventh matchup, scoring all of the Cavs’ points in the decisive quarter. Evidently, it wasn’t enough. Cleveland will have to do better on Sunday if it wants to advance past the Magic. Unfortunately, Mitchell ..read more

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach J.B. Bickerstaff seemed to call the officiating into question following his squad’s Game 6 loss to the Orlando Magic on Friday, pointing out the difference in free-throw attempts between the two teams. #Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff: "Interesting you get to the paint that many times and only shoot 10 free throws the entire game. I guess they were letting us play. But they shoot 26 free throws, we shoot 10 free throws. That's a huge discrepancy." — Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) May 4, 2024 The Cavs lost 103-96 to set up a deciding Game 7 at Cleveland on Sunday. So fa ..read more

Former Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett directed some criticism the Cleveland Cavaliers’ way regarding their identity ahead of a pivotal Game 6 in the first-round series between the Cavaliers and Orlando Magic. “I love Orlando at home, gimme them. Something going on in Cleveland. They got an identity but then they don’t wear it all the time”@paulpierce34 and I rockin with the Magic tonight. Paolo and the Wagner brothers want all the smoke and Cleveland don’t fare well on the… pic.twitter.com/gy27usw9rc — Kevin Garnett (@KevinGarnett5KG) May 3, 2024 The Cavaliers ..read more

Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen suffered a rib injury due to an elbow from Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series, according to The Athletic’s Joe Vardon. “Jarrett Allen, the Cavs’ center and most consistent player in the series, had a right rib ‘pierced,’ according to a team source, by an elbow from Wagner in Game 4 and couldn’t play in Game 5,” Vardon wrote. The Cavs were able to pull off a win in Game 5 without Allen, but his status for Game 6 is in question. Allen reportedly did light work in practice on Thursday. With Allen out, the Ca ..read more

Cleveland Cavaliers veteran Marcus Morris had a strong performance in his squad’s pivotal Game 5 win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday, and afterward, he had a wholesome message to deliver. “Everybody’s truly happy that I’m around. I just wanted to get an opportunity to show why they love me and why I love y’all. “Since I mean, shit, I’m not the most lovable guy in the league so it felt good.”#Cavs vet Marcus Morris on Cleveland fans and tonight’s performance. — Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan) May 1, 2024 Morris came to play in Game 5, giving Cleveland a major boost off the bench. In about 26 m ..read more

Teammates of Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Daris Garland reportedly gave the floor general multiple “patronizing pats on the chest” following an instance where he knocked down a 3-pointer late in Game 1 of the team’s first-round playoff series versus the Orlando Magic. “I sat down Sunday to write about Darius Garland and something curious I saw at the end of Game 1 of this playoff series against the Orlando Magic,” Joe Vardon wrote. “That is when Garland, a former All-Star on a nearly $200 million contract, drained a 3 just above the break and his teammates responded with a slew of patroni ..read more

Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Emoni Bates may have come into the 2023-24 campaign in hopes of earning a solid role with the team. However, he ended up making just 15 NBA appearances in the regular season, averaging 8.9 minutes and 2.7 points per game. He played in more games in the G League, and he was able to display his potential there, putting up 19.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per contest in the regular season. The Cavs may still be in the thick of their playoff battle against the Orlando Magic, but it seems the 20-year-old wing has already set a goal for himself next season. His social media a ..read more

Cleveland Cavaliers star guard Donovan Mitchell said that he’s to blame for the team’s blowout loss to the Orlando Magic on Saturday. #Cavs Donovan Mitchell: "I have to be better. I'm disappointed in myself." — Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) April 27, 2024 Mitchell believes that he hasn’t played at the top of his game ever since the first-round playoff series shifted to Orlando. #Cavs Donovan Mitchell: "I told you after Game 1 this is who I am, and this is why I'm here. Both games we lost I haven't been myself. It's on me." (Why haven't you been yourself? Is there something leading to that?) "N ..read more

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell back down to Earth in Game 3 of their series against the Orlando Magic, losing the matchup 121-83. Following the game, star big man Jarrett Allen issued heavy praise for Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley. The praise was so effusive that it forced The Athletic’s Joe Vardon to question whether or not the praise was a veiled shot at Allen’s own skipper, Cavs head coach J.B. Bickerstaff. “You could tell that (Magic coach) Jamahl Mosley did an excellent job planning for this game,” said Allen. “There’s times when I was just in the corner, I stood in the corner last game ..read more

Orlando Magic players Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs reportedly were talking to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ bench, and Paolo Banchero taunted his defenders after made buckets in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series between the Cavaliers and Magic. “Banchero was backing down Cavs’ defenders, and then telling them they’re too small after his shots went through the hoop,” Joe Vardon wrote. “Suggs was screaming at Cleveland’s bench, as was Franz Wagner.” The Magic supposedly aimed most of their trash talk at two Cavaliers players who haven’t seen the floor all too much in the playoffs. “Most, b ..read more