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Darius Garland scored 22 points and hit two free throws with 9.4 seconds left to give the Cleveland Cavaliers (9-5) a 91-89 (9-20, 29-32, 24-22, 29-15) come-from-behind victory Saturday night over the visiting Boston Celtics (6-7).

Player of the Game
Evan  Mobley
EFF
28
Evan Mobley
Points 19
Accuracy 8-13
Rebounds 9
Assists 1

Evan Mobley had 19 points, nine rebounds and three blocks as the Cavaliers won for the sixth time in seven games.

Ricky Rubio came off the bench to tally 16 points and seven assists as the Cavaliers overcame a 19-point, second-half deficit.

Boston was bidding for its first three-game winning streak of the season and got 28 points from Dennis Schroder and 21 from Jayson Tatum. But the Celtics withered in the fourth quarter.

Leading late in the third quarter 74-56, the Celtics yielded a 21-2 run to the Cavaliers. Cedi Osman hit a pair of 3-pointers in the spree and Mobley added three buckets as Cleveland took the lead midway through the fourth quarter.

It remained tight the rest of the way, with neither team leading by more than two points. Cleveland took a lead with 35.9 seconds left when Rubio fed Jarrett Allen (11 points) for an alley-oop slam dunk, but Tatum answered with a jumper with 29.4 seconds to go.

Garland then drew a foul with a drive to the hoop and converted the two free throws. In the closing seconds, Schroder missed a rushed 13-foot jumper.

The Celtics were down early, but a 16-point run gave them the lead. Jabari Parker, Robert Williams III, and Aaron Nesmith scored four points each during the spree, in which the Cavs failed to score during a 5:24 span as Boston grabbed a 22-9 lead early in the second quarter.

Cavaliers: Darius Garland 22 (6 AST), Evan Mobley 19 (9 REB), Ricky Rubio 16 (5 REB, 7 AST), Jarrett Allen 11 (8 REB).

Celtics: Dennis Schroder 28 (4 REB), Jason Tatum 21, Robert Williams III 12 (16 REB), Grant Williams 11 (5 REB).

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Cleveland Cavaliers
Boston Celtics
38%
31/81
Field goals
42%
33/78
44
Rebounds
55
17
Assists
20
10
Steals
7
19
Fouls
16
11
Turnovers
20

Best players

Darius  Garland
22 PTS
7/15 FG
6/6 FT
Dennis  Schroder
28 PTS
10/19 FG
6/6 FT
Evan  Mobley
9 REB
8 DREB
1 OREB
Robert  Williams
16 REB
11 DREB
5 OREB
Ricard  Rubio
7 As
1 TO
33 MIN
Marcus  Smart
8 As
2 TO
34 MIN
Evan  Mobley
28 EFF
64% 2P%
50% 3P%
Robert  Williams
32 EFF
86% 2P%
- 3P%