After pulling out a Friday night thriller in Charlotte on Friday night, the Cavaliers return for their final two home games before the NBA All-Stars take the floor in two weeks – welcoming the shorthanded Pacers to town on Sunday night.
The Wine & Gold (32-21) keep finding ways to win, and they were at their resourceful best on Tobacco Road – snapping a three-game road skein in one of the season’s craziest finishes, having now managed to win two of three without their All-Star point guard.
Still nursing a sore lower back, Darius Garland watched as his teammates built a 17-point fourth-quarter lead, squandered said lead, then pulled ahead on Kevin Love’s two free throws with 1.