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Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell crown Cavaliers after big-time season win vs Thunder, ‘Best team in the league’

January 9, 2025 5 Min Read
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All-Star guard Darius Garland despatched a daring proclamation for the Cleveland Cavaliers after beating the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder within the collision of the NBA’s prime two groups.

Within the aftermath of their 129-122 big-time win, Garland didn’t hesitate to crown the Cavs as the present league’s finest upon dismantling the Thunder.

“We’re relentless. Greatest workforce within the league,” Garland confidently stated. “I don’t know, man, this workforce is nice.

“This was an enormous win.”

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Wednesday night time featured the perfect of the East and the West. Each the Cavs and the Thunder entered the compelling matchup as the one groups which have received over 30 video games so far this 2024-25 season.

And for Cleveland, it’s merely a possibility for them to ship a press release that they’re a a lot superior group.

The Cavs’ recipe for achievement this season has been a robust collective assault, and this additionally served as their principal part in outlasting the Thunder regardless of the stoop of lead star Donovan Mitchell. Seven Cavaliers netted double-digit markers during which Garland poured 18 factors and seven dimes.

Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley — Cleveland’s imposing frontcourt towers — mixed for 46 markers and 21 boards to fully punish Oklahoma Metropolis below the rim.

In the meantime, the duo of Max Strus and Ty Jerome contributed 17 and 15 off the bench, respectively.

The battle was tightly contested as there have been 30 lead modifications and neither workforce pulled away with greater than a nine-point margin. However embracing the vitality and help of their raucous house crowd throughout the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, the Cavaliers blew previous Thunder in what could possibly be an early preview of an NBA Finals matchup in June.

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“It was a lovely sport,” Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson stated.

“I believe it had a playoff ambiance, playoff competitors, guys have been competing. I felt like there was no extracurricular stuff. It was simply pure basketball, pure competitors. I imply, clearly, whoever received, misplaced, it was only a good sport for the league and for the followers. 

“All of us get pleasure from competitors, however to see all that expertise on the market tonight, these have been the heavy hitters of the league, and the standard of the basketball was tremendous excessive.”

The Cavaliers are beaming with such delight and glory. With the main victory, they now prolonged their win streak to 11 at the price of halting the Thunder’s 15-game win skid.

They’re now parading a dominating 32-4 file that tops the Affiliation — strongly positioning them to a 70-win marketing campaign and be the first-ever workforce to clinch the historic feat for the reason that 2015-16 Golden State Warriors.

As there’s nonetheless a comparatively lack of consideration for them from the present accomplishments and stellar workforce efficiency they’ve been demonstrating, Mitchell hopes that their marquee victory towards the Thunder ought to be a transparent message that they’re right here and able to conquer.

“It’s very clear that we belong right here,” he stated. “I don’t suppose we’re ready for the nationwide media to be like, ‘Oh, they belong.’ I believe for us we knew, however you bought to go on the market and show it.

“We went 31-4, individuals nonetheless don’t imagine. We win tonight, individuals nonetheless don’t imagine. We bought to proceed to simply to be us.”

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Cavaliers getting the big-time victory towards the Thunder couldn’t be extra important, and this could actually persuade us that they do belong.

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