On Friday, Dec. 12, the Cavaliers will be taking on the Washington Wizards in the team's first ounce of action since last weekend. In the early hours of Friday, the injury report was released with four Cavaliers being ruled out.

Mitchell scored 24 of his 48 points in the fourth quarter. He drilled eight 3-pointers on the evening. And in the process, he passed Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and tied Jayson Tatum on the all-time 45-point game list. Tatum and Mitchell have both had nine such games in their careers now, according to StatMuse.

The Cavaliers are searching for consistency and took a step against another banged-up team, the San Antonio Spurs. Here's how the action unfolded.

The Cleveland Cavaliers barely escaped their third loss in five games with a Friday-night win over the Washington Wizards.

WASHINGTON — Donovan Mitchell couldn’t fully process his emotions late Friday night. On one hand, he had just put the finishing touches on another masterpiece — one of his best regular season games ever,

The Washington Wizards played one of their better games of the season, but it wasn’t quite enough. They dropped to 3-20 with a 130-124 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Wizards trailed by two at the half,

The Cavs host the new-look Houston Rockets tonight, in the fourth game of the current six-game home stand. Houston is at 9-3 in the season's early goings

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A shocking revelation from Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson after Friday’s narrow win over the Washington Wizards has the Wine and Gold Talk podcast questioning the team’s coaching decisions and player-coach dynamics.

Donovan Mitchell has been balling from the time this season first got going. Not much has stopped him, and it seems that not much will.

It was only a matter of time until second-year pro Jaylon Tyson broke out. The talented guard dominated the Indiana Pacers with a career-best performance to help lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a win on Monday night.

SAN ANTONIO — Without Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle due to injury, the San Antonio Spurs lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 130-117 on the road. Devin Vassell led the team with 28 points. The Cavs outscored the Spurs 44-19 in the third period.