As the Cavaliers are having a blast with five straight wins, we tend to forget that Darius Garland hasn’t played since the first game of the season. Against the Raptors, Cleveland’s only loss, he was badly injured after taking Gary Trent Jr.’s finger in the eye.
Two weeks later, the Cavaliers playmaker trained again on Tuesday. He could thus return to the courts this Wednesday against the Celtics.
” We’ll see “, ad JB Bickerstaff at ESPN. “He passed all the stages. It will depend on how he feels and how swollen his eye is. He did what it takes to play. »
After his 13 short minutes against Toronto, the All-Star will be able to start his season even if he obviously closely followed the good performances of the Cavaliers, who are in second place in the Eastern Conference, behind Milwaukee.
“He looked at things with one eye”says his coach. “He participated even without being on the field. »
| Darius Garland | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2019-20 | KEY | 59 | 31 | 40.1 | 35.5 | 87.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 12.3 |
| 2020-21 | KEY | 54 | 33 | 45.1 | 39.5 | 84.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 17.4 |
| 2021-22 | KEY | 68 | 36 | 46.2 | 38.3 | 89.2 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 21.7 |
| 2022-23 | KEY | 1 | 13 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Total | 182 | 33 | 44.2 | 37.8 | 87.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 17.3 | |
