The Cleveland Cavaliers came into the 2024-2025 season with the understanding that Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland were going to be their top two players, as they have been for the past few years.

Since they were selected one after the other in the 2021 NBA Draft, Evan Mobley, who went third to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Scottie Barnes, who went fourth to the Toronto Raptors, will always be linked.

Mobley's Cavaliers are dominating and Barnes' Raptors are languishing, but both still offer reasons to dream of more.

CLEVELAND — Darius Garland scored a season-high 40 points, Jarrett Allen had 18 points and 15 rebounds, and the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 132-126 on Thursday night to extend their win streak to 12. Evan Mobley finished with ...

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The Raptors pushed the league-leading Cavaliers to the limit, a particularly impressive effort given that Toronto was on the second night of a road back-to-back and coming off a string of less-than-stellar outings.

Against Brooklyn, the Raptors showed they can play fast and smart when Quickley had the ball in his hands. The Nets aren’t good and then came two effortless outings against Orlando and Milwaukee. At least for the opening half in New York the Raptors competed.

Darius Garland scored 40 points on 14-of-24 shooting, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers narrowly avoid an upset with a 132-126 win over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Garland, having a career year, was the best player on the floor, counterpart Immanuel Quickley struggled (but backup Raptors point guard Jamal Shead had his best game yet) and big men Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen were good too for Cleveland, which dug deep for the win.

The Cavaliers won their 12th straight game as they defeated the Raptors, 132-126. Top Performers – Cleveland Darius Garland – 40 points, 9 assists, 4 3PM 25 PTS on 9-12 FG in 2H Evan Mobley – 21 points,

and the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 132-126 on Thursday night to extend their win streak to 12. Evan Mobley finished with 21 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for ...

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