At the start of the last quarter against Indiana, on a penetration and after contact with Oshae Brissett, who was trying to steal the ball from him, Darius Garland injured his right thumb. The Cavaliers playmaker collapsed before quickly getting up, grimacing, still with his left hand on his right.
The pain will not go away and the player will stay out of the game, before being substituted. Examined by the medical staff on the bench, Darius Garland will finally return a few minutes later, with a bandaged thumb.
But without taking the slightest shot until the end of the meeting…
“It bothered me a lot,” recognizes the All-Star at the Plain Dealer. “I tried to play despite everything. The last two free throws, I looked at my coach as if I didn’t want to shoot them. I tried to put them on, but failed on both attempts. With my bandage, I couldn’t do anything, so I wasn’t going to be effective like that. The pain was already there, as well as the swelling. »
After the game, which Cleveland lost, Darius Garland was seen with an ice pack around his right hand, hoping it would be enough to hold his place Saturday night in Chicago. But within the franchise, pending new examinations, it is feared that this injury will keep the leader away from the courts for a while.
“I deal with it on a daily basis. I hope to be ready for Chicago,” he announces. “I will fight despite this. »
It must be said that Darius Garland has been managing physical glitches since the start of the campaign, he and his franchise complaining about the aggressiveness of opponents, which keep causing him problems.
| Darius Garland | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2019-20 | KEY | 59 | 31 | 40.1 | 35.5 | 87.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 12.3 |
| 2020-21 | KEY | 54 | 33 | 45.1 | 39.5 | 84.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 17.4 |
| 2021-22 | KEY | 68 | 36 | 46.2 | 38.3 | 89.2 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 21.7 |
| 2022-23 | KEY | 29 | 36 | 44.4 | 39.6 | 88.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 21.5 |
| Total | 210 | 34 | 44.3 | 38.1 | 87.7 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 17.9 | |
