Darius Garland had 21 points and seven assists, Donovan Mitchell scored 20 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers led by 35 points in a 114-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.
Cleveland is 40-26 and leads surging New York by 1 1/2 games for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
“We need to take care of business because we know what having home-court advantage means,” Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “But we want to keep our guys’ focus on the day-to-day things, instead of being caught up in the big picture.” Neither team led by double-digits until Mobley made a floater to open the third quarter, putting Cleveland up 56-45. Ricky Rubio’s 3-pointer early in the fourth gave the Cavaliers their largest spread at 102-67. — the son of Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim — scored his first NBA points on a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter. He only played one minute without taking a shot in his lone previous game. has seen his playing time double since being acquired in a Feb. 9 trade with Golden State.
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