Darius Garland

Darius Garland scored 29 points in his return to the Cavaliers' starting lineup Wednesday night after missing the last five games with a left eye injury.

He added three assists, two steals and moved around the floor with his usual fluidity. "He really set the tone," Mitchell said. "We were winning and I was happy about that, but I wanted to be on the floor with them and feel that energy," he said. But back doing what he does best, Garland led the Cavs to another signature win in this young season. "They're hungry and they want to make some noise," Brown said. Afterward, Garland lamented not having his sunglasses as he squinted from the lights in the arena's TV studio.

Garland is back. Therefore, so is one of the most devastating backcourt duos in the NBA.

Garland and Mitchell combined to take 11 of the Cavs’ final 14 shots during the last three minutes of regulation and overtime. The Cavs will go where Mitchell and Garland shoot them. When you start camp off with Coach having to sit both of us down and say, ‘Stop passing the ball to each other — shoot the ball,’ I think that’s a good start.” Aside from a sloppy second quarter and a few too many iso possessions late in the fourth quarter and overtime, the Cavs’ ball movement and distribution were on point. Garland and Mitchell together on the floor are devastating to opposing defenses. One of the pieces they were missing last season was a closer, someone they could anoint to finish games with big shots late. Even Mitchell acknowledged it was like a playoff environment despite being early November, and the Cavs have now scored two big wins over the defending Eastern Conference champs within the season’s first 10 games. The Cavs’ starters registered 14 assists on 20 baskets during their time on the floor together, which is a big reason Allen, Mobley and LeVert all finished in double figures in points. It’s an easy trap when both are trying to play nice rather than just playing naturally and letting the rhythm of the game dictate who initiates. There were times when the offense stagnated, when it fell into the trap of too much isolation. “We have to involve other guys because we can’t give teams the opportunity to just load up and feel like the other guys aren’t threats,” Cavs coach J.B. “But the ball is in their hands to start.”

Garland has not played since the season opener in Toronto against the Raptors.

Adding Garland back into the fold won’t be fully seamless for the Cavaliers. [Toronto Raptors](https://www.raptorshq.com), has missed the last five games for the Cavaliers. But, when things start firing on all cylinders, things are bound to get explosive on the court offensively for Cleveland.

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland went into detail about his scary eye injury suffered on opening night.

Garland had the same worry. Garland had just gotten swiped across the face by Raptors swingman -- and fellow Klutch Sports client -- Gary Trent Jr. It was late in the second quarter of the season opener against the Toronto Raptors on Oct.

Darius Garland, who had missed the previous five games with an eye injury, helped lead the Cavaliers to a second gutsy overtime win over the Celtics.

Darius Garland was back. Like he never left. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The thunderous roars boomed throughout Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse shortly before tipoff, as his name was announced first during pregame introductions.

Garland logged 29 points (9-20 FG, 5-11 3Pt, 6-7 FT), five rebounds, 12 assists and three steals in 42 minutes during Wednesday's 114-113 overtime victory ...