If the Cavaliers hope to advance deep into the playoffs they need Evan Mobley to keep doing what he did in Game 1 against the Magic.
Four minutes. That's how long it took Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley to knock down his first three in Cleveland's 97-83 Game 1 win over Orlando on Saturday. He followed it up with another one a little over 30 seconds later.
Forget the fact that after Cleveland started the game a perfect five-for-five from three, then went on to miss their next 18 long-range shots, before Darius Garland stopped the drought on the first bucket of the fourth quarter. Those two Mobley threes set the tone early in a game the Wine and Gold led wire-to-wire.
Mobley's ability to knock down threes has been a spark for the Cavs throughout the back half of the season. It wasn't really something he was asked to do early on during the 2023-24 campaign. However, after returning from a knee injury in late January it became a point of emphasis to utilize Mobley as a floor spacer and encourage him to take more of those shots. He obliged to the beat of a three-point percentage of 37.3% for the season.
Again, the sample size is extremely small, and more data is probably needed before we can make any major statements about Mobley's impact from long-distance. Still, the results have been there for the Wine and Gold so far. If Mobley can be a consistent threat from outside, the Cavaliers are well suited to not only advance past Orlando in the first round, but potentially make some noise beyond it.
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