Jackson FlickingerThu, January 15, 2026 at 2:06 AM UTC·2 min readThe Cleveland Cavaliers have struggled with health all season. That has included Darius Garland, who admitted to the ESPN broadcast team before Wednesday’s game that he’s only playing at 70% due to the left toe injury that kept him out of playoff games last spring and the start of this regular season.
Unfortunately, Garland has run into more bad injury news. He left Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers with a right foot injury. This occurred after taking a hard fall while fighting for a loose ball in the third quarter. Fortunately, this injury occurred in the opposite foot that required toe surgery last summer.
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AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGarland was having one of his better games of the season until the injury. He poured in 20 points on 8-13 shooting, which included going 3-7 from three. Garland also had seven assists, three rebounds, and a steal in 23 minutes of action.
We don’t know the severity of the injury at this time. But it’s safe to say, any setback for Garland — even if it’s on a different foot — is awful news for the Cavs. The offense is at its best when he’s playing up to the All-Star standard he set last season. The toe injury has kept him from reaching that level as consistently this campaign, but he’s looked much more like himself in recent weeks.
The Cavs have two games in their next five days. They take on the 76ers again in Philadelphia on Friday before hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
On the season, Garland is averaging 17.9 points, 6.9 assists, and 2.4 rebounds per game on .445/.357/.870 shooting splits in 26 games played.
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