{"id":561461,"date":"2026-01-26T07:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/561461\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:28:10","slug":"evan-mobleys-29-points-power-cavs-to-123-118-victory-over-kings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/561461\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Mobley\u2019s 29 points power Cavs to 123-118 victory over Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND \u2014 The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> outscored the Sacremento Kings 123-118 to grab their fifth win in their last seven games and ninth in their last 13. That\u2019s a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n

This game was back-and-forth throughout.<\/p>\n

Cleveland created separation at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth. They pushed their lead to 14, but the Kings quickly responded with a 12-4 run to get right back into the game.<\/p>\n

Sacremento briefly retook the lead with four-minutes left in the fourth. Donovan Mitchell then responded with back-to-back baskets to give the Cavs a four-point advantage they wouldn\u2019t relinquish.<\/p>\n

This game was the exact opposite of Wednesday\u2019s win against the Charlotte Hornets. Cleveland won this game on the offensive end. Their ability to grab offensive rebounds (12 second-chance opportunities) and score off 15 Sacremento turnovers helped buoy their offensive attack.<\/p>\n

It also helped that Evan Mobley aggressively attacked the basket all game.<\/p>\n

Before the game, Kings head coach Doug Christie said that the goal of his defense was to \u201cpush him off of his spots.\u201d They weren\u2019t able to do that as Mobley was able to continually get two feet in the paint and went up strong once he did. This allowed Mobley to convert six of his eight shots in the restricted area and go 12-18 on shots in the paint overall.<\/p>\n

Mobley also did a great job finding his teammates when the defense shifted over to cut off lanes to the basket, leading to seven assists. On top of that, Mobley was the best defensive player on the floor and had four rejections. This was his fourth game in a row with two or more blocks.<\/p>\n

This all led to Mobley finishing the evening with 29 points on 13-24 shooting to go along with 13 rebounds and seven helpers.<\/p>\n

Sacremento also struggled to contain Mitchell. He provided a game-high 33 points on 11-25 shooting to go along with eight assists to just one turnover.<\/p>\n

Jaylon Tyson added 17 points on 6-14 shooting with seven rebounds. Jarrett Allen had 15 points and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n

The Cavs as a team did a great job of protecting the ball. They turned it over just six times, which is much improved over the 21 times they gave it up in their previous two games.<\/p>\n

The defensive side of the court wasn\u2019t as pretty.<\/p>\n

Domantas Sabonis led the Kings with 24 points on 9-14 shooting to go along with 15 rebounds and six assists. Dennis Schr\u00f6der supplied 21 points on 3-5 shooting from deep.<\/p>\n

The Cavs will be back in action on Saturday as they hit the road to take on the Orlando Magic. Game time is at 7 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND \u2014 The Cleveland Cavaliers outscored the Sacremento Kings 123-118 to grab their fifth win in their last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,52699,305,193,3846,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-561461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cavs-scores","11":"tag-cleveland","12":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","13":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115960224577723495","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}