Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Cleveland Cavaliers celebrates with teammates after hitting the ball in the second half of a game against the Chicago Bulls on October 22, 2022 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Cleveland beat Chicago 128-96. Jamie Sabau/Getty Images/AFP
Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points and Darius Garland scored 18 points and 12 assists to lift the Cleveland Cavaliers home team to a 100-99 extra-time win over the short-handled Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.
Dallas’ Kemba Walker made a deflection to make it a draw with 3.5 seconds remaining in the fourth inning. He then sank 3 points in opening extra time against Caris LeVert and Jarrett Allen responded by scoring to give Cleveland a 100-99 lead.
Christian Wood failed in his attempt to score a deep 3 at the end of stoppage time.
Evan Mobley scored 17 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists to give the Cavaliers their second win over the Mavericks in four days. Cleveland won 105-90 over Dallas on Wednesday.
Donovan Mitchell led the Cavs to the first half tonight with 25 points ️ pic.twitter.com/7sPDPw55AM
– NBA (@NBA) December 18, 2022
Isaac Okoro collected 10 points and six rebounds as the main starter for Lamar Stevens (knee pain).
The Cavaliers won the first two of their top six games of the season to improve to 14-2 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse this season.
Dallas has competed without the All-Star three times Luka Doncic (right quadriceps strain), Spencer Dinwiddie (right knee), Josh Green (right elbow sprain), Dwight Powell (left thigh injury) and Maxi Kleber (right hamstring).
Walker had 32 points and 7 assists on Saturday. He scored a total of 14 points in the first two games of the season before taking 12 of 25 shots from the floor on Saturday.
Kemba Walker vs Cavs:
32 PTS (high in game)
5 REB
7 AST
4 3 pm pic.twitter.com/BX3bZG1ijj– NBA (@NBA) December 18, 2022
Wood scored a second straight double after collecting 26 points and 14 rebounds for the Mavericks, which have lost four of their last six games.
Wood and Walker each made one of two free throws to shorten Cleveland’s lead to 95-94 with 22 seconds remaining in the fourth inning. Allen shot a free-kick to double the Cavaliers’ advantage before Walker’s drive finished it off.
Dallas scored 11 of the first 14 points in the third round and took a 70-62 lead after Walker ate all three points with 2:53 left. Cleveland overcame the deficit before Reggie Bullock hit a 3-pointer with 5.5 seconds of play to keep an 8-point advantage late in the third inning.
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