Darius Garland joined elite company on Thursday night when he recorded his fifth 40-point game for the Cavaliers.

In this episode of the Wine and Gold Talk podcast, Chris Fedor and Ethan Sands focus on Darius Garland’s resurgence as an All-Star caliber player, emphasizing his recent bid to be a starter in this year’s game in San Francisco.

The Cavs lead the standings with a 33-4 record, six games clear of reigning champions the Boston Celtics. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Darius Garland has declared that the Cleveland Cavaliers should have four All-Star nominations after their historic start to the season.

Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson called Thursday a trap game. Cleveland avoided getting caught. Barely. Just 24 hours after an emotional and draining win, the Cavs held off the pesky Toronto Raptors, 132-126,

Darius Garland scored a season-high 40 points, Jarrett Allen had 18 points and 15 rebounds, and the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 132-126 to extend their win streak to 12. Evan Mobley collected 21 points,

It was games like this one against the Toronto Raptors the following night that was the challenge. That proved to be true as the Cavs understandably didn’t come out with the level of focus they had the previous night.