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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell took accountability following a 106-95 Cavs loss to the New York Knicks in the NBA Playoffs on Wednesday. “I didn’t do my job,” said Mitchell, via clevelanddotcom Cavs. “That’s where I’m hurting. I deserve the criticism that comes with that. Things that I’ve done well all year. I’ll look at […]

The series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks were thought by many as the hardest to call among all matchups in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. As it turned out, it was a lopsided battle that ended with the Knicks winning the series in only five games after taming […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell gave credit where it was due to Cavs guard Ricky Rubio ahead of Game 5 with the New York Knicks on Wednesday. “I gotta be the guy to continue to use my voice, but listen as well, and not be too naive to listen to what’s going on. Who really helped me […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell went into further detail about the impact of forward Evan Mobley before the Cavs take on the New York Knicks in Game 5 on Wednesday. “I think there’s different things he’s done pretty well,” Mitchell explained, via Cleveland.com Cavs Reporter Chris Fedor. “Obviously stats-wise, it’s not always going to look that […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell had a bold message as the Cavs face an elimination game vs. the New York Knicks on Wednesday. “It’s not over,” Mitchell said, via Associated Press Sports Writer Tom Withers. Donovan Mitchell scored 11 points and hit five of his 18 shot attempts when the Cavs fell to a 3-1 deficit in the first […]

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach JB Bickerstaff revealed the Cavs’ mentality heading into Game 5 of their NBA Playoff matchup against the New York Knicks during Tuesday’s practice. “I don’t think we’ve played our best game yet,” Bickerstaff said, via Right Down Euclid Editor-in-Chief Evan Dammarell. “But, tomorrow we’ve got an opportunity to. “I expect our guys to […]

This is it, Cavs Nation. The Cleveland Cavaliers are on the verge of a first-round exit as they sit at a 3-1 deficit to the New York Knicks in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. It will be on Cleveland’s eight-to-nine-man rotation to push the Cavs back into contention and move on to face either the Milwaukee Bucks or […]

It all comes down to this. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ postseason is left hanging in the balance of three-straight win-or-go-home opportunities after they dropped to a 3-1 deficit with a 102-93 loss in Madison Square Garden. The Cavs will have the chance to play in front of a friendly Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse crowd to keep what […]

This is not how it was supposed to go. The 2023 NBA Playoffs were to be the place the Cleveland Cavaliers formally announced themselves as a serious threat to the Eastern Conference crown. Now, they head back to the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse down 3-1 to the New York Knicks, just one game away from being […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are facing a situation no team wants to face in the playoffs and that’s a 3-1 deficit. With their Game 4 loss against the New York Knicks, they now find themselves heading home facing elimination. This series has been drastically different from most of the other playoff series’ across the NBA as […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley said the Cavs didn’t play with the grit and the urgency they needed in a 102-93 loss to the New York Knicks during a postgame press conference on Sunday. “I feel like we just didn’t really play with the grit we needed to play with and the urgency we needed to play […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell took accountability for his performance and continued to have faith in his teammates following a 102-93 loss to the New York Knicks. “I believe in myself, I believe in this group,” Donovan Mitchell said when asked if he still believes, and if so, why, via Bally Sports Ohio. “We believe in each […]

Should the Cleveland Cavaliers start guard Caris LeVert or forward Isaac Okoro when the team takes on the New York Knicks in its  remaining games of the first round of the NBA playoffs? The Cavs experimented with a lineup change when they faced the Knicks in Game 3 on Friday, slotting LeVert at the three […]

The New York Knicks didn’t simply beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of their playoff series. The Knicks embarrassed the Cavs in a 99-79 drubbing at Madison Square Garden, taking a 2-1 series lead. It marked the first time all season that a team was held to fewer than 80 points. Cleveland no longer […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers played their worst basketball game of the season on Friday evening, getting blown out 99-79 by the New York Knicks in Game 3 at Madison Square Garden. That was the first time in 2022-23 any team scored fewer than 80 points in a single game. In other words, the Cavs were downright […]

Donovan Mitchell did all he could to lift the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night amid their embarrassing blowout loss at the hands of the New York Knicks. In the end, though, Mitchell’s efforts proved futile as the Cavs fell to their opponents in miserable fashion, 99-79, en route to falling behind 2-1 in this NBA […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were hoping to come out and dominate in Game 3 against the New York Knicks on Friday and silence Madison Square Garden. Instead, it was the total opposite. The Cavs were blown out 99-79 and became the first team in 2022-23 to score fewer than 80 points. As you could imagine, fans […]

To say that the Cleveland Cavaliers came up short in their Game 3 performance against the New York Knicks on Friday would be a complete understatement. The Cavs were not only blown out, 99-79, but they ended up being completely destroyed en route to an atrocious NBA record this season. 79 points. There’s no typo […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Cedi Osman was at Friday morning’s Cavs shootaround, according to a tweet from Cleveland.com Cavs reporter Chris Fedor. “#Cavs Cedi Osman, questionable with an ankle injury for tonight’s game, was here at shootaround this morning,” Fedor wrote. “Cavs are just about wrapping up their session now.” Osman was listed as “questionable” with a left ankle […]

Game 3 is almost upon us, Cavs Nation. The NBA playoffs series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks is split at one game apiece following a 107-90 win by the Cavs over New York on Tuesday. Cavs guard Darius Garland led the charge with 32 points in the 36 minutes he played, hitting […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers evened up their first round series against the New York Knicks in the 2023 NBA Playoffs on Tuesday night. Cavs forward Evan Mobley was matched up on Julius Randle for most of the game, something he has shown to be a competitive advantage for the Cavaliers, reports the It’s Cavalier Podcast’s Mack Perry. […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell had a message for guard Darius Garland following a 107-90 Cavs win over the Knicks in Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Tuesday. “I told him, ‘This is the performance that changes your mindset,’” Mitchell said, via Cleveland.com Cavs reporter Chris Fedor. “At the end of the day, he knows he can be […]

Following a disappointing end to Game 1, the Cleveland Cavaliers fought back and dominated Game 2 against the New York Knicks. They won 107-90 and led by 15 for the entirety of the second half to even up the first-round series at 1-1. Darius Garland, in particular, had a spectacular outing for the Cavs. Garland […]

With the Cleveland Cavaliers’ addition of Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland has mostly flown under the radar for the entirety of the 2022-23 season following an All-Star campaign. Mitchell’s arrival meant that Garland would have less time commandeering the Cavs’ offense, so the 23-year old floor general would have to maximize his touches all the more. […]

Donovan Mitchell couldn’t lift the Cleveland Cavaliers to a Game 1 win on his own. He needed some of his younger co-stars to step up in Game 2 – and Darius Garland heeded that call. Garland was all kinds of aggressive on Tuesday night. The fourth-year guard nearly doubled his Game 1 scoring output with […]

It was clear that the Cleveland Cavaliers had a few adjustments to make after suffering a heartbreaking 101-97 loss to the New York Knicks in their opening contest of the 2023 NBA playoffs. The Knicks came out of the gates the hungrier, more determined team, and it showed in their work on the glass. The […]

Darius Garland not only led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Game 2 win over the New York Knicks on Tuesday, but he also made history in the process. Garland exploded for 32 points in their 107-98 blowout of the Knicks. It is worth noting, however, that 26 of those points came in the first half […]

Cleveland Cavaliers big man Jarrett Allen couldn’t help but be stunned by Darius Garland’s performance early in their Game 2 showdown with the New York Knicks. Garland got off to a hot start on Tuesday, exploding for 11 points in the first quarter alone before adding another 15 in the second to keep the Cavs […]

It’s the NBA Playoffs, so physicality is always on a heightened mode on the court, and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson got reminded of that again Tuesday night in Game 2 of this Eastern Conference first-round series when he received a bone-crushing hit by Cleveland Cavaliers big man Jarrett Allen that left him in […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers had a disappointing loss to the New York Knicks in Game 1. The Cavs fell 103-97 in a game where Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Isaac Okoro saw their first playoff action. Garland, Mobley, and Okoro struggled in their first playoff game. Garland finished with 17 points, zero rebounds, one assist, and […]

So close, yet so far away. As Cleveland Cavaliers fans flooded Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse with playoff attire, a smoother end to a defining regular season for the Cavs transitioned into a rough patch during Cleveland’s first playoff series against the New York Knicks since the 1995-96 season. New York would leave Cleveland with a 101-97 victory over the Cavaliers, moving […]

Game 1 versus the New York Knicks was the first game Cleveland Cavaliers wing Isaac Okoro played in around three weeks due to a knee injury. Unsurprisingly, Okoro put together a forgettable performance in his return to action. He scored just six points — on 1-for-6 shooting from the field and 0-for-4 from three — […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers brought in Donovan Mitchell exactly for the type of game he had on Saturday night. It just wasn’t enough to pull off a Game 1 win against the New York Knicks. Mitchell poured in 38 points in the effort, but the Cavs fell four points shy in the 101-97 loss. Spida got […]

Jarrett Allen believes the Cavs learned a lot from their Game 1 loss to the New York Knicks. The Cavs suffered a disappointing 101-97 defeat to the Knicks on Saturday night to lose home-court advantage. Despite Donovan Mitchell’s electric performance where he scored 38 points, nobody else on the team really sustained any offense. Evan […]

Despite a tremendous individual performance by Donovan Mitchell, the Cleveland Cavaliers were bested by the New York Knicks on their home floor in Game 1 of this best-of-seven quarterfinal series. Though they managed to take the lead at around the two-minute mark in the fourth period, the Knickerbockers proved to be resilient in their hunt […]

The New York Knicks stole home-court advantage from the Cleveland Cavaliers by winning Game 1 of their first-round series in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Following their 101-97 loss, the Cavs should be kicking themselves for letting the Knicks escape with a victory.  The Knicks blew an eight-point lead late in the fourth quarter of Game […]

Donovan Mitchell sizzled in his first NBA Playoffs game in Cleveland Cavaliers threads. He even set a new franchise postseason record with the 38 points he generated in Game 1 of their first-round series at home versus the New York Knicks Saturday night. Via ESPN Stats & Info: “Despite the loss, Donovan Mitchell sets the […]

To say that Donovan Mitchell has a phenomenal first season as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers would be an understatement. Mitchell elevated himself as one of the league’s elite players while guiding the Cavs to a playoffs and homecourt advantage in the first round. Mitchell was bound to be ready for the Cavs playoff […]

Donovan Mitchell will do everything for a Cleveland Cavaliers win in Saturday night’s Game 1 of their NBA Playoffs series against the New York Knicks, and there’s arguably nothing that would best encapsulate that than this save he made in the first half of the contest. Donovan Mitchell leaps into the stands to save a […]