Darius Garland makes Trae Young and the Hawks dizzy

Still without Evan Mobley, and with a resting Caris LeVert, Isaac Okoro and Lamar Stevens completed the Cavs’ five against the Hawks, alongside Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen.

On one side or the other, the “backcourt” monopolized the game, with 36 shots for the Young/Murray duo, and downright 47 for the Garland/Mitchell duo. But if the former Jazz is still looking for his marks, the leader of the Cavaliers has largely compensated for his waste in shooting by putting his interiors into orbit or by shifting his shooters.

He was thus able to take advantage of the entries of Cedi Osman (16 points) to set the pace and dynamite the Hawks.

Above all, he completely dominated Trae Young, really not on a good night. In attack, the Atlanta leader was very clumsy (3/17), losing as many balls (6) as he made assists and being countered several times, by Jarrett Allen near the circle or by Darius Garland at the 3-point line. And it wasn’t much better in defence, both on man and away from the ball, where he had constant oversights.

Despite everything, the Hawks were in the game until the end, but Mamadi Diakité (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Isaac Okoro (16 points) folded the game (105-99) in the last five minutes.