CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cavs battled through a sluggish start to chase down the Charlotte Hornets, 114-108, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte on Sunday night.
The Cavs are now three games ahead of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks for the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 12 games left to play.
Cleveland shook off a calamitous first-quarter stretch to chip away at the Hornets behind the aggressive nature of Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley. The Cavs dug in deep in the final stretch, rattling the hosts’ hive.