Random dribbles following the Cavaliers’ stinker of a 130-120 home loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. 1. Well, at least Max Strus really brought it.
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As of typing, the Cleveland Cavaliers have 15 games remaining in the 2025-26 NBA season. That means they have limited time to get healthy and back into the swing of things before the playoffs begin.
The Cavaliers will try to follow up Friday’s convincing win with another when they host the Mavericks on Sunday afternoon. Cleveland handled business in Dallas two nights ago, rolling to a 138-105 victory behind a big performance from Evan Mobley.
The Cavaliers may finally be getting Max Strus back. Strus, who has missed the entire season while recovering from surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot, is listed as probable for Sunday’s home game against the Dallas Mavericks, according to the official NBA injury report.
The Cleveland Cavaliers continued to bob in and out of the win column with a dominant 138-105 win over the Dallas Mavericks. Donovan Mitchell used a strong scoring night to end with 24 points while tacking on eight assists.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have rolled to seven straight wins over the Dallas Mavericks, including a 138-105 triumph Friday, fueled by a season-high tying 29 points from reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are 82-38 in the games that Max Strus has played. That’s a win percentage (.683) that would be good for the fourth-best in the NBA in 2025-26, behind only the Oklahoma City Thunder (.776), Detroit Pistons (.727) and San Antonio Spurs (.727).
The Cleveland Cavaliers have just 16 games left in the NBA regular season, and currently sit in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers are 1.5 games behind the third-place New York Knicks, and 3.5 games behind the second place Boston Celtics.
Cleveland Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson has seen much-needed development from a key ingredient on his roster. It came after the Cavs dismissed the Dallas Mavericks 138-105 on Friday on an eye-popping 61.5% from the field, which included splashing 18 three-pointers out of 38 attempts.
The Cleveland Cavaliers got out of their slump and back to winning ways with a 138-105 win over the Mavericks in Dallas. With the win, the Cavaliers improved to 41-26 overall and are slowly closing the gap between them and the third-place New York Knicks and second-place Boston Celtics.
Random dribbles following the Cavaliers’ 138-105 pounding of the host Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. 1. The headline number belongs to Evan Mobley. Twenty-nine points on 12-of-15 shooting in just 23 minutes.
The Cleveland Cavaliers needed a statement. After dropping four of their last seven games — including a gut-punch loss to Orlando just two nights earlier — they walked into American Airlines Center on Friday night and delivered one.
Evan Mobley scored 23 of his season-high-tying 29 points in the first half and Donovan Mitchell posted 24 points and eight assists, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 138-105 win over the host Dallas Mavericks in the first game of a home-and-home set Friday.
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