MIAMI (AP) — Cleveland guard Darius Garland suffered a contusion on his surgically repaired left great toe during the Cavaliers' game in Miami on Monday, the team said.
Garland was ruled out for another Cavaliers-Heat meeting in Miami on Wednesday. He'll receive “daily treatment,” the Cavaliers said without specifying a timeline for his potential return to play.
Garland, the Cavs said, got hurt in the second quarter Monday when he made incidental contact
with Heat forward Nikola Jović on a drive to the basket. Garland tried to play through the issue but left midway through the third quarter of Cleveland's 140-138 overtime loss.
The left great toe is the same one that Garland struggled with through the closing month of the 2024-25 regular season as well as last season's playoffs.
Garland has played in only three games this season, sitting out the first couple weeks while finishing his recovery from surgery and ramping up into basketball shape.
Cleveland will also play Wednesday without guard Donovan Mitchell and forward Evan Mobley — the league's reigning defensive player of the year. Both are being held out for rest, the Cavaliers said.
Miami will again be without Bam Adebayo (toe) and Tyler Herro (heel). Adebayo will miss his fourth consecutive game and Herro has yet to play this season following surgery over the summer.
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