Cavaliers' duo named NBA All-Star reserves
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WKBN) – Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland and forward Evan Mobley were named Eastern Conference All-Star reserves on Thursday night.
They join Donovan Mitchell who was previously named an All-Star starter. Cleveland head coach Kenny Atkinson was previously named an Eastern Conference coach.
Garland is making his second All-Star game appearance while Mobley is an All-Star for the first time. The voting for reserves was done by NBA head coaches for their respective conferences.
Garland is averaging a career-high 21.7 points per game this season.
Mobley is averaging career-highs in points (18.2 PPG), steals (0.90 SPG), three-point percentage (.398 3FG%) and free-throw percentage (.754 FT%).
This is the fourth time in franchise history that the Cavaliers have earned three NBA All-Star selections (1989, 1993 and 2017).
Other Eastern Conference reserves include: Jaylen Brown (Boston), Pascal Siakim (Indiana), Cade Cunningham (Detroit), Damian Lillard (Milwaukee) and Tyler Herro (Miami).
The 74th NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET at Chase Center in San Francisco. The game will be televised on TNT.
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