The Cavaliers held off Orlando to take a 3-1 series lead.
There was a tenseness inside Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse walking around the concourse pregame. Fans in attendance knew that Game 5 against the Orlando Magic had potential franchise-altering stakes for Cleveland. A loss, would guarantee a massive shakeup this offseason from the front office on down.
It was Garland though who picked up the slack in Mitchell's absence. The 24-year-old point guard played all 12 minutes of the opening quarter, scoring more than half of Cleveland's 33 points with 17. That figure marks a career-high for Garland in a single quarter in a postseason game. It was also the second most points he's scored in a opening-quarter in the regular season or playoffs during his career.
What started as another rough night for the 28-year-old quickly turned into a three-point Cavalanche in the third quarter. Strus knocked down his first three of the night a mere 1:08 into the quarter, then went on to add 8 more points, including two more three pointers.
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