CLEVELAND — — Darius Garland scored 27 factors and Evan Mobley had 23 because the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Golden State Warriors 136-117 on Friday night time, extending their franchise-best begin to 10-0 this season.
The Cavaliers turned the primary group in NBA historical past to win their first 10 video games and rating at the very least 110 factors in every of them. Wilt Chamberlain and the 1960-61 Philadelphia Warriors had shared the mark with 9.
Cleveland additionally set a franchise document with a 41-point halftime lead at 83-42 — tying the eighth largest within the NBA’s shot clock period — and equaled its mark for factors in a half. Ty Jerome scored 13 of his 20 factors earlier than the break.
Jonathan Kuminga scored 21 factors and Stephen Curry had 12 factors and 6 turnovers for Golden State, which misplaced for the primary time in six street video games this season. Draymond Inexperienced had six factors, six assists and 4 fouls.
Takeaways
Warriors: Golden State was torpid on the fourth cease of a five-game street journey, seeing its five-game win streak finish. The Warriors had been outscored by 25 factors in Curry’s 24 minutes and by 23 in Inexperienced’s 21 minutes.
Cavaliers: The NBA’s highest-scoring group didn’t miss a beat on an off night time by All-Star taking pictures guard Donovan Mitchell, who was restricted to 12 factors. He missed 9 of his 13 area objective makes an attempt and dedicated 4 turnovers.
Key second
Garland made a pair of 3-pointers and Mobley scored six factors because the Cavaliers grabbed a 20-2 lead. Golden State missed eight of its first 9 area objective makes an attempt and Inexperienced picked up two fouls within the first 5:39.
Key stat
The matchup was the twenty first time in NBA historical past {that a} group with an undefeated street document performed an unbeaten house group, minimal 4 video games for every. Cleveland is now 5-0 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Up Subsequent
The Warriors go to Oklahoma Metropolis on Sunday. The Cavaliers host Brooklyn on Saturday night time.
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