Overview
- Cleveland erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the 76ers 117-115, with Jaylon Tyson scoring a career-high 39 and setting up Evan Mobley’s decisive dunk with 4.8 seconds left.
- Donovan Mitchell posted 13 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds in the win, two days after his 35-point night headlined a 133-107 blowout that featured 41 Cavaliers assists.
- Darius Garland (right big toe soreness) and Sam Merrill (right hand sprain) were out Friday and will be re-evaluated when the team returns to Cleveland, coach Kenny Atkinson said.
- Philadelphia’s guards struggled in the first meeting, and the team is assessing Dominick Barlow’s back contusion after he exited that game with imaging planned, while Joel Embiid led Friday’s effort with 33 points.
- In Portland, the Trail Blazers topped the Hawks 117-101 without All-Star candidate Deni Avdija (lower-back soreness) as Shaedon Sharpe scored 24 and Jrue Holiday continued a limited-minutes return from a calf injury.