Overview
- Garland was cleared after pregame warmups to play his first game of the season for Cleveland.
- The guard underwent left big toe surgery on June 9 and completed a four-to-five month rehab progression before returning.
- Center Jarrett Allen (finger) and guard Sam Merrill (hip) also went through warmups and were cleared to play.
- Philadelphia traveled in for the second night of a back-to-back after a 113-111 loss in Chicago in which it blew a 24-point lead.
- Embiid was listed as questionable, while Cleveland, which had slipped into the low-20s offensively, now adds Garland’s playmaking and spacing options.