April 23, 2025, on TheRinger.com
https://www.theringer.com/2025/04/23/nba/darius-garland-donovan-mitchell-kenny-atkinson-cleveland-cavaliers-nba-playoffs
It was as if Darius Garland were a kid again, counting down seconds on the shot clock.
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He’d dribble on the concrete court outside of his home in Gary, Indiana, picturing this moment: zooming past a defender to set up the game-winning shot.
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He’d launch a buzzer-beater from God knows how far, well beyond the 3-point line his mother, Felicia, painted on the driveway.
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“Kobe!” Garland would scream in those moments, leaving a silky follow-through in the air for emphasis, as Bryant often did, as if to say: In case you didn’t know, I am that dude. Other times, young Garland would yell: “Derrick Rose!” or “Dame Time!”
“You work for those big-time moments,” Garland says. (READ FULL STORY HERE).
Mirin Fader 