Report: Cavaliers’ Garland expected to play Game 3 vs. Pacers

The Cleveland Cavaliers could be getting a much-needed boost ahead of Friday’s high-stakes showdown.

May 9, 2025 - 19:19

Report: Cavaliers’ Garland expected to play Game 3 vs. Pacers

The Cleveland Cavaliers could be getting a much-needed boost ahead of Friday’s high-stakes showdown.

Guard Darius Garland is expected to play in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Indiana Pacers, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported.

Injured forwards Evan Mobley and De’Andre Hunter are also aiming to suit up for the game, Charania added.

All three players were present at the team’s shootaround on Friday morning.

The Cavaliers are currently down 2-0 in the series, with both losses coming at home, and now travel to Indianapolis for Game 3 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Garland has missed the Cavaliers’ last four games after suffering a sprained big toe in Game 2 of the team’s first-round series against the Miami Heat. In the two playoff games he has suited up for, Garland averaged 24 points, 2.5 rebounds and seven assists while shooting 51.6 per cent from the field and 41.2 per cent from three-point range.

Meanwhile, Mobley, the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, and Hunter were both injured in a 26-second span in the fourth quarter of Game 1 on Sunday night.

Mobley sprained his left ankle when he was boxed out by Indiana’s Myles Turner and didn’t have room to land after his turnaround hook shot went in. Mobley is averaging 17 points and 7.2 rebounds in the playoffs.

Hunter, averaging 23.8 minutes off the bench in the post-season, dislocated the thumb on his right shooting hand after Bennedict Mathurin blocked his running dunk attempt.

Despite missing all three players, the Cavaliers nearly came away with a win in Game 2, only to lose in the final seconds after a Tyrese Haliburton three-pointer. Game 3 of the series tips off at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT.

–with files from The Associated Press

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