#Summary
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 40 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 115 |
| LAL | 35 | 35 | 23 | 28 | 121 |
#Box Score
| P | Name | PTS | REB | AST | +/- | FGM/A | FG% | 2PM/A | 2P% | 3PM/A | 3P% | FTM/A | FT% | DREB | OREB | STL | BLK | PF | TOV | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | M. Strus | 13 | 4 | 2 | -19.0 | 5/11 | 45.45% | 2/4 | 50% | 3/7 | 42.86% | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 33:48 | |
| PF | E. Mobley | 18 | 6 | 6 | -5.0 | 8/12 | 66.67% | 8/12 | 66.67% | 0/0 | 2/3 | 66.67% | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 36:28 | |
| C | J. Allen | 21 | 14 | 3 | -3.0 | 9/12 | 75% | 9/12 | 75% | 0/0 | 3/4 | 75% | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 37:27 | |
| SG | D. Mitchell | 22 | 5 | 6 | -2.0 | 4/18 | 22.22% | 2/12 | 16.67% | 2/6 | 33.33% | 12/13 | 92.31% | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34:58 |
| PG | D. Garland | 6 | 1 | 3 | -3.0 | 2/6 | 33.33% | 2/5 | 40% | 0/1 | 0% | 2/2 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:33 |
| B | C. LeVert | 6 | 1 | 8 | -2.0 | 3/9 | 33.33% | 3/5 | 60% | 0/4 | 0% | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25:44 | |
| B | G. Niang | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 5/13 | 38.46% | 2/4 | 50% | 3/9 | 33.33% | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:51 | |
| B | I. Okoro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 2/3 | 66.67% | 2/3 | 66.67% | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18:30 | |
| B | C. Porter | 11 | 1 | 1 | -10.0 | 5/7 | 71.43% | 4/6 | 66.67% | 1/1 | 100% | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:39 | |
| B | D. Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | ||||
| B | S. Merrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | ||||
| B | T. Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | ||||
| DNP | E. Bates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | ||||
| DNP | T. Jerome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | ||||
| DNP | I. Mobley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | ||||
| DNP | R. Rubio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | ||||
| DNP | D. Wade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | ||||
| - | Totals | 115 | 44 | 30 | 0 | 43/91 | 47.25% | 34/63 | 53.97% | 9/28 | 32.14% | 20/23 | 86.96% | 30 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 14 |
This is the most non doomer take i can muster:
The Donovan mitchell situation isnt over but everyone has to sit him down and tell him he has to play offball. Him playing with the ball is stalling the offense so hard its like they hit a brick wall. Garland needs to have the ball in his hands and the reigns to the offense the whole time. If Garland cant stay healthy its time to go get a vet pg if you dont think cpj can do it (i dont see why he cant), or convert cpj and make him the permanent backup.
The only issue is im not so sure Donovan will accept this, im also not sure if he respects jb enough to have a serious conversation, im not sure he cares enough to change since hes been this way his whole career. I think thats why last years cavs worked, he had a actual pg he let run the show in rubio and garland. Now it seems that Donovan is content with being the ball dominant guard. It just cant happen that way moving forward