The Cleveland Cavaliers are 24-20 through their first 44 games of the season. That's already more losses than the team had all of last year. The biggest reason behind the team's disappointment has been injuries.
The Cleveland Cavaliers just aren't contenders in the 2025-26 NBA season. At least, not yet. On Monday, Jan. 19, the Cavaliers played host to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the defending champions, for the first meeting of a two-game regular season series.
When the Cleveland Cavaliers squared off against the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder, it was supposed to be a measuring stick to see how they could match up against the holders of the best record in the league.
Donovan Mitchell chose perspective over frustration when he learned that he would not be named an NBA All-Star starter. The Cleveland Cavaliers star finished sixth in All-Star voting with more than 2.3 million votes, an impressive total in a crowded Eastern Conference backcourt.
Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson felt that his team deserved to lose against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night, as they were badly outplayed in front of their home crowd.
It's hard for everything to go right in the NBA, whether that's due to managerial decisions, bad luck with injuries, or other factors. In league history, there are some moments that stand out, moments that could have gone in a completely different direction and drastically changed the league.
Unlike last year, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell will not be a 2026 NBA All-Star starter in Los Angeles. The league announced the starting fives for both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference on Monday afternoon, with the six-timer and two-time starter as a notable omission.
It was a Martin Luther King Day special as the Cleveland Cavaliers welcomed in the reigning NBA Champions, Oklahoma City Thunder for a matinee special.
The Cleveland Cavaliers ran into a buzzsaw today as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat them 136-104. Let’s see who won and lost the game. This is the first time I’ve given ‘winner’ to an opponent this season.
CLEVELAND — It’s been wrong to use injuries as an excuse for many of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ losses this season. They’ve had enough talent in many of those defeats to prevail still.
Behind 30 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and 28 from Chet Holmgren, the Oklahoma City Thunder (36-8) flexed its muscle in a 136-104 road win over the Cleveland Cavaliers (24-20).
Darius Garland's 2025-26 NBA season has been disappointing. But it hasn't been his fault. When he's healthy, he's one of the best playmakers and offensive weapons in the entire league; however, he hasn't been able to stay on the court.
In an 82-game NBA season, any team that struggles to start and finds its way to success later has a game where it finally breaks through. If the Cleveland
The Cavaliers received clarity on Darius Garland, even if the timeline remains fluid. The Cavs announced that Garland has been diagnosed with a Grade one sprain of his right great toe and will be re-evaluated in seven to 10 days.
Two-time All-Star Darius Garland has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 right great toe sprain and will be reevaluated in seven-to-10 days, the Cavaliers announced in a press release.
This one felt bigger than a single night. The Cavaliers were short-handed again, on the road again, and staring down a tight finish against the 76ers. What resulted was the clearest snapshot yet of how far Jaylon Tyson has come.
Jaylon Tyson scored a career-high 39 points and set up Evan Mobley for the winning bucket as the Cleveland Cavaliers posted a 117-115 victory over the 76ers on Friday to sweep their two-game road series in Philadelphia.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are trying to mend ways with the chaos, but the noise around De’Andre Hunter is getting harder to ignore as the season inches toward the trade deadline.