Cleveland Cavaliers @ Philadelphia 76ers
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PA | Game ID: 22500572
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHI 18 29 28 32 107CLE 33 27 33 40 133
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Mitchell has 35 points to power Cavs past 76ers 133-107 but Garland exits with foot injury
PHILADELPHIA -- — Donovan Mitchell had 35 points and nine assists, Darius Garland scored 20 points before leaving with an injured foot and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 133-107 on Wednesday night.
Garland was ruled out for the game late in the third quarter when he hurt his right foot diving for a loose ball. Garland already had surgery in June on the injured left big toe that hampered him during Cleveland’s exit from the playoffs.
The All-Star guard averaged 17.9 points after a slow start this season as he recovered from surgery. Garland continued his recent hot streak and shot 8 for 13 against the 76ers.
Garland averaged 20.6 points and 6.7 assists during the regular season to help the Cavs finish atop the Eastern Conference.
Joel Embiid scored 20 points and hit a 3-pointer that helped him reach 13,000 career points , the seventh player in team history to hit that mark.
Paul George had 17 points for the Sixers in the opener of a two-game series.
Sixers fans booed the team off the court in the third quarter headed into a timeout and trailing 75-53.
Tyrese Maxey and Quintin Grimes hit a pair of 3s during a 10-0 run and Embiid — who just earlier landed his 7-foot-2 frame on two rows of unsuspecting fans when he dove for a loose ball — buried a 3 that made it 79-66.
The good times were short-lived, and fans headed for the exits as the Cavs stretched the lead to 22 midway through the fourth.
Sixers forward Dom Barlow needed help up from the court and into the locker room after his legs gave out on him and he landed hard on his back and head on a driving layup attempt. He suffered a back contusion.
De'Andre Hunter hit early 3s that stretched Cleveland's lead to 30-14 and 60-47 headed into halftime. Hunter and Evan Mobley both scored 17 points. Mobley grabbed 13 rebounds.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CLECP C. Porter Jr.
DG D. Garland
DH D. Hunter
DM D. Mitchell
EM E. Mobley
JA J. Allen
JT J. Tyson
LB L. Ball
LN L. Nance Jr.
NT N. Tomlin
SM S. Merrill
TB T. Bryant
TP T. Proctor
PHIAB A. Bona
AD A. Drummond
DB D. Barlow
JE J. Edwards
JE J. Embiid
JM J. McCain
JW J. Walker
KO K. Oubre Jr.
PG P. George
QG Q. Grimes
TM T. Maxey
TW T. Watford
VE V. Edgecombe
CLE/PHI the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur