{"id":364503,"date":"2025-12-23T20:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364503\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:55:08","slug":"cavaliers-injury-report-for-dec-23-vs-pelicans-darius-garland-picks-up-new-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364503\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers&#8217; injury report for Dec. 23 vs. Pelicans: Darius Garland picks up new setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/cleveland-cavaliers\/news\/cavaliers-injury-report-pelicans-darius-garland-new-setback\/fade1ffa8a0dc5fc6b35ee05?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cavaliers&#039; injury report for Dec. 23 vs. Pelicans: Darius Garland picks up new setback;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cavaliers&#8217; injury report for Dec. 23 vs. Pelicans: Darius Garland picks up new setback<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/cleveland-cavaliers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cleveland Cavaliers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> were able to snap their three-game losing streak on Monday in the first half of their back-to-back to begin the week.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This win puts their record at 16-14. Now they will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/new-orleans-pelicans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Pelicans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> (8-22) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into the matchup, the team&#8217;s injury report includes updates to five different players.<\/p>\n<p>Darius Garland, Lonzo Ball highlight Cavs&#8217; injury report vs. Pelicans<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2025-12-23_02_00PM.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBA.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NBA.com<\/a>, Lonzo Ball (injury management), Evan Mobley (calf), Larry Nance Jr. (calf), and Max Strus (foot) have all been ruled out for the Dec. 23 game against the Pelicans.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Darius Garland (quad) is a new player on the list as well. He is dealing with a left quadricep contusion and has been listed as questionable.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old can&#8217;t shake away the injury bug so far this season. He&#8217;s been gradually ramping up his minutes while continuing to monitor offseason toe surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it appears that he&#8217;s dealing with another lower-body injury that may result in him missing Tuesday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>After being elected to the All-Star game in 2024-25, Garland has struggled to find the same momentum in 2025-26. Through 14 games, he&#8217;s averaging 17.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 6.8 assists while shooting 39.5% from the field and 35.4% from three.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>With Lonzo Ball already being ruled out, the Cavs may have to rely on Donovan Mitchell and Sam Merrill a little bit heavily in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Porter Jr. and Tyrese Proctor could also see a raise in minutes if Garland is unable to suit up.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cavaliers&#8217; injury report for Dec. 23 vs. Pelicans: Darius Garland picks up new setback originally appeared on The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,2357,2359,2360,2358,37217,91282,59195,16550,459,8214,49961,82,2355],"class_list":["post-364503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-craig-porter-jr","tag-darius-garland","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-evan-mobley","tag-larry-nance-jr","tag-lonzo-ball","tag-max-strus","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-sam-merrill","tag-sports","tag-tyrese-proctor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}