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Caris LeVert scores 22 points, Cavaliers rout 76ers 113-85

Caris LeVert scores 22 points, Cavaliers rout 76ers 113-85

CLEVELAND (AP) — Caris LeVert scored 22 points off the bench, Darius Garland had 21 points and nine assist and the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Philadelphia 76ers 113-85 on Wednesday night.

Donovan Mitchell added 18 points and six assists for Cleveland, which led by a season-high 33 points in the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers are 9-1 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, the third-best home mark in the NBA.

All-Star center Joel Embiid led Philadelphia across the board with 19 points, six rebounds and six assists, and Shake Milton scored 14 points. The 76ers had their three-game win streak snapped in the opener of a three-game trip.

Cleveland built multiple 30-point leads in the second half before pushing it out to 109-76 on LeVert's 3-pointer. LeVert also had six rebounds and four assists, and Evan Mobley scored 16 first-half points and grabbed eight rebounds.

Philadelphia’s starting backcourt of All-Star James Harden and Tyrese Maxey remains out with injuries. The 76ers had won five straight over Cleveland.

The Cavaliers played without All-Star center Jarrett Allen, who missed his third consecutive game with a low back bruise.

Cleveland scored 44 points in the second quarter, two shy of its franchise record, to carry a 69-48 advantage into the break. Mobley went 8 of 10 from the field in the first half, soundly outplaying Embiid.

Embiid missed a pair of technical free throws and was whistled for one of his own in his second game back after missing four straight with a sprained left mid-foot.

Two-way forward Mamadi Diakite made his first NBA start for Cleveland, scoring six.

STEPPING UP

76ers G De’Anthony Melton was acquired from Memphis over the summer to add depth off the bench, but has started 12 games since Harden was hurt.

Melton, who is averaging 11.0 points and 3.3 assists, extended the NBA’s longest active streak of games with multiple steals to seven.

“De’Anthony is a very easy guy to play with, but I don’t think he loves being the primary ballhandler at times,” coach Doc Rivers said. “We told him if you want to get respect in the locker room, go out and stop somebody. De’Anthony has done that.”

TIP-INS

76ers: Harden (right foot tendon strain) missed his 13th consecutive game and G Jaden Springer (right quad strain) sat out his eighth in a row. … Maxey (left foot fracture) was injured against Milwaukee on Nov. 18 and could return in mid-December. … Two-way G Julian Champagnie is on a G League assignment with Delaware.

Cavaliers: F Kevin Love (right thumb fracture) has missed six of the past seven games since breaking his thumb on Nov. 18 against Charlotte. “So much of what he does is with his hands, so we’re trying to get it to calm down,” coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. … F Lamar Stevens (non-COVID illness) was unavailable for the fourth straight game.

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