Cavaliers rule out Darius Garland for Game 4 with sprained toe

MIAMI — Darius Garland will get not less than a pair extra days off, after the Cleveland Cavaliers dominated the All-Star guard out of Recreation 4 of their Japanese Convention first-round collection towards the Miami Warmth on Monday evening.

Garland is coping with a sprained left nice toe.

The Cavs entered Monday with a 3-0 collection lead. Recreation 5, if obligatory, will likely be at Cleveland on Wednesday. If Cleveland wins Recreation 4, will probably be off till a house collection opener within the Japanese Convention semifinals towards Indiana or Milwaukee — and that matchup will not begin till Saturday on the earliest.

Garland aggravated the problem late in Recreation 2. He sat out Cleveland’s 121-84 win in Recreation 3 on Saturday, then tried to do some issues on the courtroom previous to the sport Monday earlier than the Cavs made the choice to take a seat him once more.

“I think I’ve said this: I don’t think it’s an eight-week thing,” Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson mentioned. “I think it’s managing pain, and the toe’s a tough one. You’re just constantly hitting it.”

Garland was one in every of about 10 Cavs gamers at an non-obligatory exercise Sunday on the College of Miami. He did not participate in any scrimmaging throughout that session.

Garland averaged 24 factors and a team-best seven assists per sport within the first two video games of the collection.

For the season, Garland averaged 20.6 factors and 6.7 assists for Cleveland. The Cavs entered Monday at 62-15 when Garland performs this season, together with playoffs, and 5-3 when he doesn’t.