{"id":109093,"date":"2022-09-06T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=109093"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:52:18","slug":"can-cavaliers-with-donovan-mitchell-beat-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/can-cavaliers-with-donovan-mitchell-beat-celtics\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Cavaliers with Donovan Mitchell Beat Celtics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cavaliers acquired Donovan Mitchell from the Jazz for Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji and Collin Sexton via a sign-and-trade, solidifying Cleveland&#8217;s scoring next to Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen. Cleveland already boasted one of the league&#8217;s best defenses when healthy last year, so how will the addition of Mitchell impact their ability to beat a team like the Celtics?<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Can Cavaliers with Donovan Mitchell Beat Celtics?\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LmBq55R7ngc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bobby Manning predicts how they&#8217;ll stack up in the east and what a continued fire sale from Danny Ainge&#8217;s Utah team could mean for Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cavaliers acquired Donovan Mitchell from the Jazz for Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji and Collin Sexton via a sign-and-trade, solidifying Cleveland&#8217;s scoring next to Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen. 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