Darius Garland was one victory away from making the playoffs for the first time in his career, but the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks in the play-in tournament.
While the losses still hurt, he is using them as motivation for the 2022-23 campaign.
"Getting into the playoffs, for sure," he told Tyler R. Tynes of GQ when asked what his goals are moving forward. "I want to make it to the first or second round. That’s my No. 1 goal. Having that play-in game experience and not getting into the playoffs, I was kind of hurt about it.