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The Cleveland Cavaliers took part in this year’s playoffs as the top seed of the Eastern Conference. After that, the Cavs cruised a Round 1 Series At the Miami Heat.
However, the second round series of Cavs Indiana Pacers It has proven to be much more challenging. The Pacers’ 114-105 victory over Cleveland on Tuesday won the Eastern semi-finals for Indianapolis. Indy is waiting for the winner of the Knicks-Celtics series.
Amid criticism of the Cavs’ disappointing playoff run, the team’s star guard Donovan Mitchell was caught up in the crosshairs of former NBA player Kenyon Martin.
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Kenyon Martin is looking at the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah as part of the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend. (Nathaniel S. Butler/nbae by Getty Images)
Among his recent appearances on Gilbert Arena’s “Gil’s Arena Podcast,” Martin also targeted Mitchell’s teammates, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and DeAndre Hunter. Martin expressed his dissatisfaction with the lack of availability of the three players in the East semi-finals.
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“You put on a suit, mate, will you give me something? We’re already down the Darius Garland, we know he’s not healthy. We know we’ll get into this, he missed Game 1. They didn’t play in Game 2. Martin said.
April 2, 2025. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley (4) and guard Donovan Mitchell (45) will wait to join the game alongside head coach Kenny Atkinson in the first half of the matchup against the New York Knicks at Rocket Arena. (Ken Blaze-Imagn image)
“If I were Donovan Mitchell, I would go like that mother f-r.
Mobley exacerbated his ankle in Game 1 of the second round series, and Hunter dislocated his thumb. Both players left Game 2, but were available in Game 3. After the East Semi-Final Open Game, Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson It suggested that Indiana’s level of physicality contributed to the injury.
March 23rd, 2025. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The Cleveland Cavaliers celebrate Darius Garland (10) and Cleveland Cavaliers forward/guard DeAndre Hunter (12) after shooting a three-point shot against the Utah Jazz late at the Delta Center. (Peter Creveling-Imagn image)
“I don’t think they’re dirty plays, but I think it went through the line of physicality.” Atkinson said.
“We’ve been talking about where it was overloaded. So, No. 1 was a non-call for De’andre’s layup… I felt he absolutely expunged and dislocated his thumb, so he’d doubt his thumb. Game.”
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Mobley scored 18 points in a 120-119 victory, earning his only victory in the series. The Hunter finished Game 3, eight points off the bench. Meanwhile, Garland fought a persistent toe injury in the Cavs in the first round against the heat.
The Pacers eliminated the Cavaliers in five games.
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