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The game after clinching home-court advantage for the first round in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. The Cleveland Cavaliers were back playing in Orlando for the second straight game playing the Magic.
The game saw the Cavs rest starters Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Jarrett Allen. The game saw the Cavs starting Robin Lopez at the center and Ricky Rubio at point guard. The Cavs were resting players for the start of the playoffs and still won the game by a final score of 118-94 over the Magic.
The Cavs bench came in and showed some depth that the Cavs could have going into the postseason.
The best player of the night for the Cavs bench players who were playing was Danny Green, Green led the team in points tonight. Finishing the game with 21 points.
The older brother of Cavs’ young star Evan Mobley his brother, Isaiah Mobley who came into the game averaging 1.1 points per game finished the game with 18 points tonight.
Cedi Osman also stepped up for the Cavs tonight leading the way for tonight’s starting lineup with 19 points for the game.
In total, the Cavs saw five players finish the game with double-digit points, including three players who came off the bench in tonight’s game.
The loss for the Magic was the 46th loss of the season for the team and it came against the Cavs bench. The best player tonight for the Magic was Jalen Suggs who finished tonight’s loss with 22 points.
Bol Bol scored 18 points for the Magic to go with Suggs’ effort tonight. Jay Scrubb was the third player for the Magic who scored 11 points tonight. Scrubb before the game came into the game averaging 2.0 points on the season.
The Cavs have one more game left in the 2022-2023 regular season against the Charlotte Hornets. It is unclear if the J.B. Bickerstaff will play the starters for the final regular season game. Unlike past playoffs with LeBron James, there is a week off for the team between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs with the NBA play-in tournament. The Cavs will have a full week off before they play the Knicks in the first round.
The Cavs will look to end the regular season as healthy as they can be, this is the first time the Cavs have made the playoffs in five seasons, and over twenty years since they made it without James.
