The Cleveland Cavaliers rattled off another win. This time over the New Orleans Pelicans.
All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player.
27 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds
A quiet game from Donovan Mitchell can mean one of two things. Either the team lost in a tragic fashion, or everyone else was playing so well that Mitchell never had to exert himself. Tonight was the latter. He had 27 points on 11-16 shooting, and you hardly even noticed him.
Don’t take it for granted. This type of stuff isn’t as easy as Donnie makes it look.
10 points, 8 assists, 1 rebound
Garland might give us a heart attack every time he falls for the rest of his career. But, hey, he keeps getting back up. This was another quality performance, and it has us feeling encouraged.
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18 points, 2 assists, 6 rebounds
Tyson was bumped back to the bench in favor of Sam Merrill. I’m not sure what that means for his role moving forward, but it did result in a bounce-back game from Tyson, who had struggled in his previous two outings.
14 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists
Allen hasn’t had a huge scoring game yet but he’s done more than enough to help his team win these last two games. We’ll take it.
Bonus points for his three-pointer in garbage time. That’s worth a half grade.
16 points, 4 assists, 5 rebounds
Wade connected on three triples in the first half and helped Cleveland build its early lead. This has been two stellar games in a row from Wade, just when he needed them most.
10 points, 1 assist, 2 rebounds
Hunter wasn’t as explosive as last night, but he turned in an otherwise helpful game. Getting to the rim a few times to shake up a poor three-point shooting performance was huge.
12 points, 7 assists, 8 rebounds
Porter saw some action tonight after riding the bench for most of Monday and missing Friday’s game with an illness. He had his hands in multiple cookie jars tonight, stuffing the stat sheet in BLANK minutes.
15 points, 0 assists, 6 rebounds
Bryant finished an and-one and screamed into the crowd early in the first quarter. That type of stuff always gets a positive reaction. We love it.
