Cavs vs Pacers | Darius Garland Post Game | 11.21.2025

Drew since they put us out last year. But um I mean we come with the same fight, same intensity, um same competitive spirit, just another game for us until that time actually comes. So um it was a good win for us. Um good step in the right direction. In what ways do you feel like you can help Evan kind of get to his strengths the way that you know that he’s capable of? Um, man, give him the ball in the pocket. Um, so he can be effective. Uh, we all know he’s a really good passer, so when he gets in the pocket and have all that space, he can just do whatever he wants with it. Um, give him a couple lobs, couple easy ones just to get himself going. And, um, I mean, he did that tonight. I mean, he’s been doing it all season. Um, but tonight it felt like we were starting to get back to ourselves and he was starting to get real comfortable and get into the spots that he really wants to get instead of him just forcing his way there. And the guys are really complimentary. You guys have like five, six different swing swing kind of actions going on when you got the ball in the corner and it just kind of flew around like did it feel like kind of like last year and and what you guys know that you are as an offense? Yeah, it’s it’s getting there. Um, it takes time though. We still not even 100% healthy yet. So, uh, it’s going to take some time. Um, especially when everybody else gets back. It’s still going to take a little bit more, but, um, yeah, we’re starting to get we’re starting to get some flashes of some stuff from last year. There’s your note for as a player that plays with a lot of joy. You talked about loving this game and wanting to play it for a long time. Jaylen Tyson also is a player that does that. Kenny Atinson kind of talked about you two kind of invoking that into the entire arena. Being around Jaylen for a year now and yourself, what is just the joy that you play with and seeing that come out of him? Uh, man, he’s the one thing I can say about him, he’s learning. Like he’s from last year to this year is a huge step and I tip my hat off to him cuz we’ve been on him a lot. Um, and he’s just he’s responding really well, man. Um, it’s good to see. I’m super happy for him. He worked his tail off this summer to get here and um he’s going to be a really big part of of our next jump. Um he does all the little stuff for us. Uh he guards some of the best wings on the other team. Gets offensive rebounds, deflections, all the stuff that we really need and all the stuff that don’t even show up on the stat sheet. So, uh yeah, we we really needed him tonight. He brought a lot of energy for us and we going to need that for 82 and plus. It’s your first year playing with Lonzo alongside and first time actually playing in rotations with him as well. How have you seen how you guys kind of complement each other and how his transition offense and your half court offense get changed the geometry of the defense? Yeah, so he just he magician with the rock for real. Um it was a couple passes tonight that was like oh [ __ ] like that was a dime. So um yeah, just him and his pace and my pace as well. Um, I get a lot of movement off the ball so I can create for others and then he can create for others with the ball in his hand. So, um, with that us two in the in that second unit, uh, it’s going to be a lot of fast pace, a lot of threes. Uh, get a couple stops and get out in transition and see what we can do from there. Um, you talking about JT just kind of brought up to me like you haven’t really talked about the young guys because you haven’t had the opportunity to. um Quan and and CP and even Tyrese just what has it meant to watch them from the sidelines uh you know contributing to to real games in real game situations? Yeah, it’s super cool to see um especially Jaylen Quan and CP um they’ve been around for a little bit so actually getting a chance to get on the floor and actually produce a little bit. Um I’m happy to see it. Everybody else in the organization is as well. Um they’ve been playing their tails off. They’ve been keeping us in a lot of games and winning us a lot of games with their energy and their impact. So, um it’s super good to see. Then the rook, I mean, he’s going to be really good in my opinion. He’s going to be super good. Um his pace, his mind, he’s always thinking about what we can get to next. Um he plays at his own speed. He gets to any shot that he wants to shoot the ball really well. um it’s just about him just learning and just seeing the game now and uh reacting instead of just doing stuff. So, um I’m super excited about Tyrese for sure. Um I’m always in his ear about just just getting better. Just come to the gym with me, come get some shots up with me. Um, so yeah, I’m really excited about about Tyrese, but Tomlin and Porter, they gonna help us a lot and Tyson, they’re gonna help us a lot during during this season. So, I’m super excited for them. CP was busy like heck over the summer, just getting his body right, getting his conditioning right, just the dedication that he put into it and and to see the results come um in the first, you know, few weeks of the season here. He’s been one of your guys’ best players easily. Yeah, for sure. Um, he has put in a lot of work. Uh Kenny used to text me in the summertime like, “Yeah, I got your boy Craig here.” Uh I’m like, “Man, give him a break.” But Kenny was on him a lot and Craig took it. So it was super good to see the mindset that he had going into this summer and uh he knew that Kenny was going to beat on him heavy. So uh it was good that he responded really well and I’m super happy that he was playing really well in the season.

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland spoke with the media following 120-109 win over the Indiana Pacers on November 21, 2025 at Rocket Arena.

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