On November 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Cavaliers sat home to face the Timberwolves, due to injury problems, Mitchell did not have the opportunity to face old teammate Gobert, interior gate Allen was also absent due to injury, before the start of the game, both teams were in a three-game losing streak, but the Cavaliers still ranked third in the East with their proud performance at the beginning of the season, and the Timberwolves ranked last in the West.
The Timberwolves started the game with a comeback, leading by Russell to take an early double-digit lead, and due to Mitchell's absence, the Cavaliers were slow to get off to the offensive end, and by the end of the first quarter, the team was trailing by as many as 20 points.
In the second quarter, the Cavaliers gradually regained their outside touch, but the defensive end could not limit the Timberwolves, and the margin remained around 20 points, and at halftime, the gap was only narrowed to 17 points.
Yibian fought again, the situation did not change in the slightest, the point difference remained at 20 points, and in the final quarter under Garland's leadership, the Cavaliers once forced the point difference to 2 points, but at the key moment the team exposed the lack of experience of young players, the bottom line ball was destroyed, and finally lost 124-129, swallowing 4 consecutive losses.
Despite the team's loss, Garland, the core of the backcourt, still performed remarkably, never giving up when the team was always trailing by a large margin, and almost helped the team complete a big comeback in the final quarter.
Garland played 40 minutes, shooting 16 of 31, 10 of 15 three-pointers, and handed over 51 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.
The first record was Garland's 51 points, the league's first 50+ in a single game so far in the new season, and of course, Embiid scored a higher 59 points in a game over the 76ers that ended shortly after.
The second record is that Garland's single-game high of 51 points also set a new career high, and 10 three-pointers in a single game are also a career high, while equaling CJ Myers, ranking second in team history in single-game three-point shooting, and Irving ranked first with 11 three-pointers in a single game.
The third record was that after hitting 10 three-pointers, Garland hit 400 three-pointers in 188 games during his Cavaliers career, surpassing Irving's 226 to become the fastest player in team history to hit 400 three-pointers.
The fourth record is that Garland became the sixth player in league history to score at least 50 points, 5 assists and 10 three-pointers in a single game, along with Curry, Lillard, Irving, Harden and Klay.
The fifth was 51 points per game, making Garland the third player in team history to score at least 51 points, beating James (8) and Irving (2).
The sixth was Garland's 27 points in the final quarter, making it the Cavaliers' highest score in the final quarter and the second-highest score of any quarter, second only to Love's 34 points in a single quarter in 2016.
The seventh is Garland's 51 points, and the Cavaliers have already had three players this season who have delivered 40+ performances in a single game, Garland (51 points), Mitchell (41 points) and LeVert (41 points), the second time in Cavaliers history, along with James, Irving and Love in 2016-17.