{"id":35130,"date":"2025-11-06T12:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=35130"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:54:49","slug":"darius-garland-returns-as-cavaliers-top-76ers-in-season-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/darius-garland-returns-as-cavaliers-top-76ers-in-season-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Darius Garland returns as Cavaliers top 76ers in season debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"251\">Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland made his long-awaited season debut on Wednesday night, helping his team to a\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phi-vs-cle-0022500171\/\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">132-121 <\/a><\/span>win over the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"441\">Garland, back after offseason surgery on his left big toe, scored eight points and dished out four assists in 26 minutes, returning to his role as floor general for the Cavs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"679\">\u201cSeeing the ball go through the hoop, passing the ball to 45 (Donovan Mitchell), Ev (Evan Mobley) and JA (Jarrett Allen) for sure,\u201d Garland said postgame. \u201cIt was great to be back with the teammates.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> best online pharmacy with fast delivery <a href=\"http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/images\/newSpace\/jpg\/professional-cialis.html\">where to buy professional cialis online<\/a> with the lowest prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> Being around them makes me happy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> best online pharmacy with fast delivery <a href=\"http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/images\/newSpace\/jpg\/vermox.html\">where to buy vermox online<\/a> with the lowest prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"681\" data-end=\"913\">The 24-year-old guard, who averaged 20.6 points and 6.7 assists last season, had missed the team\u2019s first seven games following the surgery in June. The injury, a form of turf toe, also hampered him during last year\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1211\">Without Garland, Cleveland\u2019s offense had looked out of sync \u2014 ranking fifth-lowest in offensive rating (111.3) after leading the NBA last season. Head coach Kenny Atkinson noted that his absence forced stars like Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley into unfamiliar offensive roles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1357\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Garland\u2019s return provided the spark the Cavaliers had been missing as they improved their ball movement and tempo to earn a much-needed victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland made his long-awaited season debut on Wednesday night, helping his team to a\u00a0132-121 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Garland, back after offseason surgery on his left big toe, scored eight points and dished out four assists in 26 minutes, returning to his role as floor general for the Cavs. \u201cSeeing the ball go through the hoop, passing the ball to 45 (Donovan Mitchell), Ev (Evan Mobley) and JA (Jarrett Allen) for sure,\u201d Garland said postgame. \u201cIt was great to be back with the teammates. best online pharmacy with fast delivery where to buy professional cialis online with the lowest prices today in the USA Being around them makes me happy. best online pharmacy with fast delivery where to buy vermox online with the lowest prices today in the USA \u201d The 24-year-old guard, who averaged 20.6 points and 6.7 assists last season, had missed the team\u2019s first seven games following the surgery in June. The injury, a form of turf toe, also hampered him during last year\u2019s playoffs. Without Garland, Cleveland\u2019s offense had looked out of sync \u2014 ranking fifth-lowest in offensive rating (111.3) after leading the NBA last season. Head coach Kenny Atkinson noted that his absence forced stars like Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley into unfamiliar offensive roles. Garland\u2019s return provided the spark the Cavaliers had been missing as they improved their ball movement and tempo to earn a much-needed victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-nba-predictions-football-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Darius Garland returns as Cavaliers top 76ers in season debut - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland made his long-awaited season debut on Wednesday night, helping his team to a\u00a0132-121 win.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/darius-garland-returns-as-cavaliers-top-76ers-in-season-debut\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Darius Garland returns as Cavaliers top 76ers in season debut - 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