November 11: Garland’s latest injury is affecting his left big toe, the same one he underwent surgery to address during the offeason, Fedor confirms for Cleveland.com (subscription required). According to Fedor, there was “palpable concern” about the setback on Monday night.
Garland will undergo further evaluation on Tuesday to determine the severity of the injury, Fedor adds.
November 10: All-Star point guard Darius Garland has been ruled out for the remainder of Monday’s contest in Miami after sustaining a left toe injury. He will be reevaluated after the game, the Cavaliers announced (Twitter link via Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com).
According to Fedor (Twitter links), Garland came up limping in both the first and second halves. While the 25-year-old was able to shake off the discomfort the first time around, he took an intentional foul to leave the game in the second half and went straight back to the locker room.
It’s a worrisome development for the Cavaliers, as Garland just made his season debut last Wednesday after working his way back from offseason surgery on his left big toe. It’s unclear if Garland’s latest injury is on the same toe.
Garland had an excellent regular season in 2024/25, averaging 20.6 points, 6.7 assists, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.2 steals in 30.7 minutes per game. He posted a .472/.401/.878 shooting line and earned the second All-Star berth of his career.
However, a turf toe injury forced Garland to the sidelines for the final two games of the Cavs’ first-round series vs. Miami and the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Indiana. Surgery was ultimately deemed necessary to address that toe injury, and Garland underwent a procedure in early June.
Prior to Monday’s game, Garland had made two appearances this fall, averaging 14.0 PPG and 6.5 APG in 27.0 MPG.
Sam Merrill, Lonzo Ball, Jaylon Tyson and Craig Porter Jr. are among the Cavs who could receive more minutes if Garland is sidelined beyond Monday’s game.
Not good .. but can’t say I’m surprised .. sucks for Cavs
Guy can’t catch a break!
Got no luck. This is worse for Cavs. They can’t afford him missing too much time. Hopefully this is just a setback not an injury that needs surgery.
Imo, he was playing too many minutes way too soon. Dumb.
Reminds me of Jalen Green – play big minutes in the 1st game after being declared healed and then right back on IR.
Should have traded him when they had the chance…
I don’t understand Cleveland they are a 2nd round exit with 2 6″1 guards in the back court. People don’t realize Stephen is 6″3-6″4 and Klay was 6″7. So they back court can’t win in the playoffs. They need to trade him move Mitchell to the point. Get a big guard at the two
He didn’t look fully ready when he returned.
And yesterday, he picked it up quite early, but stayed on the court, kept playing and putting strain on it, looked more and more in pain until he couldn’t run… Dude, why are you playing with an injury making it worse? Just get subbed off…
I swear, this bullshіt NBA “you have to be tough and play through it, MJ is a legend he played with a flu” mentality is costing so many players their health…
He rushed to play in the playoffs, which didn’t matter anyway, made it worse, and now it’s a serious problem for him and for the team. He should have never played a minute in the postseason. Should have been ruled out for the remainder of 24-25, healed up over the summer, and came back ready for the new season.
Nobody is say play through injury. Your making up your own thing. We are say resting every other game when healthy is not good. You can go out for 20 minutes on back to backs. Actually players get more hurt because they are not really playing.
Players have been injury prone in every decade bill Walton, Grant Hill, Brandon Roy, Greg Oden. He is a injury prone player. Nothing more nothing less. He was most likely heathly and reaggravated it when he played game speed. It’s happened