It wasn’t exactly a masterpiece painted on hardwood, but in the gritty tranches of an NBA season, style points don’t count in the standings. On a Tuesday night in Indianapolis, the Cleveland Cavaliers proved that sometimes, resilience is the only stat that truly matters.
The Cavaliers flirted with a bad loss. Then Darius Garland slammed the door. Shorthanded again and down nine in the fourth quarter, Cleveland rallied past the Pacers for a 120-116 road win Tuesday, leaning heavily on Garland when it mattered most.
Darius Garland posted 29 points and six assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Indiana 120-116 on Tuesday night in Indianapolis, sending the Pacers to their franchise-record 13th consecutive loss.
The Cleveland Cavaliers snuck out of Indiana with a win. But you might not have been able to see it happen live. Let’s see who won and lost the game. I mean, come on?
Part of what makes the NBA, or any pro sports league, so compelling to watch is the narratives, especially those centered on rivalries. Throughout the decades, the NBA has fostered a number of rivalries, some long-lasting and others short but sweet.
Tonight, as the Cleveland Cavaliers faced their division rival, the Indiana Pacers, one key player had to exit the game early. Cavs forward Dean Wade exited tonight’s game with an early injury.
The Cavaliers are paying like a contender. They just aren’t playing like one at the moment. Cleveland currently has the most expensive roster in the NBA and is the league’s only team over the second apron.
The Cavaliers aren’t shopping their core, but the rest of the league hasn’t stopped watching. According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, teams around the NBA are keeping a close eye on Cleveland’s situation, well aware of the Cavs’ tightening cap and tax picture.
"It's time to get the season back on track." That's what the Cleveland Cavaliers should be saying to one another ahead of Tuesday night's game against the Indiana Pacers.
The Cavaliers aren’t close to getting Max Strus back. Cleveland announced that Strus recently underwent evaluation and imaging on his surgically repaired left foot, and while the results showed “positive progress,” the Jones fracture still needs more time to heal.
Cleveland Cavaliers star guard Donovan Mitchell has been ruled out of Tuesday's game against the host Indiana Pacers due to rest. Mitchell, 29, boasts team-best averages in points (29.8), assists (5.4) and steals (1.5) in 34 games this season.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will be shorthanded as they take on the team with the fewest wins in the league — the Indiana Pacers — on Tuesday evening. The team has ruled Donovan Mitchell out of the lineup.
Trade chatter is usually just noise. Scroll, shrug, move on. But when it comes from someone plugged into the Cavaliers, and when it actually lines up with roster reality, it tends to stick a little longer.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are turning a corner after picking up some quality wins at the start of the new year. The team beat the San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns, and Denver Nuggets to start a 3-game win streak.
Splitting their last two games over the weekend, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ offense once again had clunky moments that it had recently gotten away from. They committed 17 turnovers in each contest, resulting in 35 points off those miscues.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been chipping away with better performances amid a healthier roster over the last couple of weeks, but when the Detroit Pistons won the possession game by 10 in Sunday afternoon’s 114-110 defeat, it showed that the wine and gold’s got work to do to get where they want to be.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been through a lot in the first half of the season, accruing nearly as many losses as it did throughout the entirety of last year.
After a slow start to the season, rumors of some important trade decisions have followed the Cleveland Cavaliers. Even as the Cavs begin to turn the season around, many analysts believe the Cavs will be one of the more active teams in the league before the trade deadline.
Darius Garland scored 18 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:13 remaining, as the Cleveland Cavaliers outlasted the visiting Denver Nuggets 113-108 on Friday night.
Let’s be real: Friday night wasn’t exactly a masterpiece hanging in the Louvre. But in the NBA, you don’t ask how, you ask how many. And right now, the Cleveland Cavaliers are counting three straight wins after surviving a 113-108 brawl against a depleted Denver Nuggets squad.
The NBA is trying its best to keep floppers on their toes again. Darius Garland and the Cleveland Cavaliers battled the Phoenix Suns at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday.
The Cleveland Cavaliers notched their signature win of the 2025-26 season so far on Monday by going on the road and defeating the San Antonio Spurs, 113-101.
Cavaliers wing Max Strus underwent surgery in late August to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot. While he has been able to do some individual on-court
The Boston Celtics dropped a tough 114-108 decision to the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, but you can not blame Jaylen Brown for that result. Brown finished with 37 points and recorded his ninth consecutive 30-point game.