Darius Garland Starting Against Nets
7 months agoCleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland (hamstring) is in Wednesday's starting lineup for the regular-season opener against the Brooklyn Nets. Garland participated in Wednesday morning's shootaround, indicating he would be able to overcome a hamstring injury for the opener. The 23-year-old rising star was relatively quiet in a two-game preseason, bagging 21 points on 8-of-22 shooting, four assists, and three three-pointers in 33 total minutes. Garland will start alongside Donovan Mitchell in Cleveland's dynamic backcourt, and there's no word from the Cavs pertaining to any type of minutes limitations for him in this one. Garland averaged 25.3 points and 7.3 assists in three meetings with the Nets in 2022-23, but Wednesday's setting pits two of the NBA's slowest offenses from a season ago against each other.
Source: Cayleigh Griffin
Source: Cayleigh Griffin