Donovan Mitchell, Cavs Steamroll Steph Curry, Warriors as NBA fans praise 10-0 start | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors

by Junna Base November 9, 2024

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More than two weeks have passed in the 2024-25 NBA season and the Cleveland Cavaliers have yet to lose a game.

Darius Garland scored 27 points against the Golden State Warriors as the Cavs improved to 10-0 with a 136-117 home win on Friday night.

DynastyCLE @DynastyCLE

The Cleveland Cavaliers are the best basketball team in the NBA, and that’s not remotely possible! pic.twitter.com/pevzdXF81W

RB @RyB_311

The Cavaliers look absolutely terrifying

Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham

The Cleveland Cavaliers have tied the franchise record of over 130 points in a season through five games.
You played 10 games.

Colb @___Colb___

The Cleveland Cavaliers have scored 130 points five times this season.
The Cleveland Cavaliers scored 130 points four times all of last year.

The Cavaliers began Friday night’s game with 20 of the first 22 points of the night.

At the end of the first half, the Cavs had a 41-point lead and were shooting over 65 percent.

NBA.com/Stats @nbastats

This is the most points the Cavaliers have scored in a first half in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98).
This is the highest score they have scored in a half. https://t.co/XC1XfDvs7X

Cavs notes @Cavs Notes

The @cavs first half…
83 PTS (TIES FRANCHISE RECORD FOR POINTS IN A HALF)
41 POINT BOARD (LARGE HALF-TIME BOARD IN TEAM HISTORY)
14 3FG (tied for second most in a half in team history)#LetEmKnow

The Cavs got off to a hot start, with Donovan Mitchell contributing just seven points.

Moose @Moose_NBA

83 points in the first half and Donovan Mitchell only has 7 of them and that’s shocking to me

The Cavaliers scored in double figures with more than five minutes left in the third quarter.

The core four of Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley combined for 75 points in the win. Allen recorded his third straight double-double, while Garland added six assists to his team-high point total.

Joey – Cade Smith connoisseur @GuardsJoey

JB Bickerstaff almost convinced us that Darius Garland was bad at basketball

🧙🏾‍♂️🧣 @Precision80

Darius Garland is an elite playmaker. NO DEBATE. special passerby

Nikki Goel @MrNikkiG

Imagine if we fired Koby Altman.
Imagine if we traded Darius Garland.
Imagine if we traded Jarrett Allen.
Imagine if we did something the doubters said we had to do.
The Cavs have been fighting for a championship for years. All because they doubled in size.

Isaac Okoro contributed 16 points in his second start of the season while effectively guarding Steph Curry on the other side of the court.

Colb @___Colb___

Isaac Okoro hits threes and blocks Steph Curry. Yes, this is the best non-LeBron Cavs team of all time.

Mack Perry @Devaron Perry

Isaac Okoro rotates and shares, plays elite defense and blocks shots. This is the player the Cavs thought they were getting all along.

Ty Jerome added 20 points off the bench while shooting 7 of 8 from the field.

Year 22 @johnrivers131

Ty Jerome is the backup point guard of the generation

Denver @doubled

Ty Jerome just walked into a 30 foot area, what are we supposed to do with that 💀

gabb @gabbgoudy

When will Ty Jerome first get the 6th Man of the Year mention?

preethi⭐️ @preethimasina

Ty Jerome, band after band with Curry, you’re all scared already

Jonathan Kuminga led the Warriors with 21 points off the bench, while Steph Curry was held to 12 points in the loss.

The Cavaliers are them now first team since the Warriors started the season with a 10-0 record in 2014-15. Some fans believe that the Cavs, like the Warriors in 2015, could win it all next spring.

Sagging @tntaint

June 2025: Your 74-8 Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA championship for the first time since 2016

Terrence ✨️ @KingTerrbear

The Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA Finals.

Cleveland is the only undefeated team in the NBA since the Oklahoma City Thunder suffered their first loss of the season against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday.

The Cavs will look to extend their season-opening streak to 11-0 with another home win Saturday night, this time against Cam Thomas and the 4-4 Brooklyn Nets.