As it turned out, there are three certain things in life: death, taxes, and a Cleveland Cavaliers win.
Darius Garland fired 27 points and the league-leading Cavaliers stretched their unbeaten start to 10 games with a 136-117 rout of the Golden State Warriors on Saturday, November 9 (PH Time).
The Cavs make it 10 STRAIGHT WINS after beating the Warriors 🤯🔥
— Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) November 9, 2024
Leading by as much as 41 points, Cleveland saw its lead dwindle down to just 18 points, 119-101, after a Brandin Podziemski shot midway through the final frame.
But the Cavs stayed composed and held on to record their fifth straight home win.
Four other Cleveland starters registered double-digit scoring on the night they scored 130 points or more for fifth game this season.
Evan Mobley chipped in 23 markers, Isaac Okoro tallied 16, while Donovan Mitchell and Jarret Allen had 13 and 12 markers respectively.
speechless... admin is speechless.@evanmobley |
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) November 9, 2024
It was a masterful opening half for the Cavaliers, who took a whopping 83-42 halftime lead behind their sizzling shooting and hard-nosed defensive efforts.
🚨 83 POINTS AT HALFTIME FOR UNDEFEATED @CAVS
— NBA (@NBA) November 9, 2024
🚨 NBA SEASON HIGH
The NBA’s league-leading team hit 14 threes, tied for the second most in a half in franchise history, and shot 65% from the field.
Earlier, Cleveland raced to a fast 20-2 start en route to a dominant 39-22 first quarter and never looked back to extend their franchise best to 10-0.
Darius Garland NAILS the triple 👌
— NBA TV (@NBATV) November 9, 2024
20-2 start from the undefeated @cavs!
On the other hand, Jonathan Kuminga fired 21 points to banner the Warriors, who saw their five-game winning streak snapped.
Buddy Hield, who came into the game averaging a team high 21.2 points was limited to just three points.
Golden State (7-2) is in the second game of a back-to-back and played perhaps its worst game of the season with a lackluster effort on both ends.
They gave up 83 points to the Cavs in the first half, the most they allowed a team in any half of the season and committed 17 total turnovers.
Up next for Warriors are the West-leading OKC Thunder (7-1) tomorrow while the Cavs shoot for an 11-0 start when they lock horns with the Brooklyn Nets (4-4).
