BREAKING: Darius Garland's Final Injury Status For Cavs-Nuggets Game

Darius Garland will be in the starting lineup on Friday night.

On Friday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers are facing off with Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in Colorado.

For the game, they will have their starting point guard Darius Garland back in action, as he has been upgraded to available after missing the last three games.

The Cavs will start Garland, Caris LeVert, Issac Okoro, Evan Mobley, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen. 

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Even though they have played without Garland over the last three games, the Cavs are currently in the middle of a three-game winning streak.   

The former Vanderbilt star comes into the night with impressive averages of 21.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 1.3 steals per contest in 30 games. 

He has helped the Cavs get off to an excellent start to the 2022-23 NBA season, as they are the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 25-14 record in 39 games. 

As for the Nuggets, they enter Friday night tied with the Memphis Grizzlies for the first seed in the Western Conference.   

They are 25-13 in 38 games and 8-2 in their last ten. 

On the road, the Cavs are 7-10 in 17 games played away from Ohio, while the Nuggets are an outstanding 15-3 in the 18 games they have hosted in Colorado. 

This will be the first time that the Cavs and Nuggets teams have faced off this season.

In their most recent meeting (last season), the Cavs beat the Nuggets 119-116. 

Garland had 25 points, four rebounds and 14 assists in the victory.