Cavaliers take 41-point halftime lead and rout Warriors 136-117 to improve to 10-0

CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland scored 27 points and Evan Mobley had 23 as the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Golden State Warriors 136-117 on Friday night, extending their franchise-best start to 10-0 this season.

The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to win their first 10 games and score at least 110 points in each of them. Wilt Chamberlain and the 1960-61 Philadelphia Warriors had shared the mark with nine.

Cleveland also set a franchise record with a 41-point halftime lead at 83-42 — tying the eighth largest in the NBA’s shot clock era — and equaled its mark for points in a half. Ty Jerome scored 13 of his 20 points before the break.

Jonathan Kuminga scored 21 points and Stephen Curry had 12 points and six turnovers for Golden State, which lost for the first time in six road games this season. Draymond Green had six points, six assists and four fouls.

Warriors: Golden State was lethargic on the fourth stop of a five-game road trip, seeing its five-game win streak end. The Warriors were outscored by 25 points in Curry’s 24 minutes and by 23 in Green’s 21 minutes.

Cavaliers: The NBA’s highest-scoring team didn’t miss a beat on an off night by All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell, who was limited to 12 points. He missed nine of his 13 field goal attempts and committed four turnovers.

Garland made a pair of 3-pointers and Mobley scored six points as the Cavaliers grabbed a 20-2 lead. Golden State missed eight of its first nine field goal attempts and Green picked up two fouls in the first 5:39.

The matchup was the 21st time in NBA history that a team with an undefeated road record played an unbeaten home team, minimum four games for each. Cleveland is now 5-0 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

The Warriors visit Oklahoma City on Sunday. The Cavaliers host Brooklyn on Saturday night.

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Golden State Warriors forward Kevon Looney, left, goes to the basket in front of Cleveland Cavaliers forward Dean Wade (32) and forward Evan Mobley (4) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome, left, and Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski, right, reach for the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) goes to the basket in front of Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen, rear, and forward Isaac Okoro (35) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Golden State Warriors forward Kevon Looney, left, and Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) reach for the ball in the first,half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley (4) shoots as Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome, right, celebrates a three-point basket with teammate Caris LeVert (3) in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Shreyas Iyer was provisionally named in India’s squad on Saturday for the home one-day international series against New Zealand starting Jan. 11.

India will host the Black Caps in a white-ball engagement — three ODIs and five T20s — in the build-up to the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Iyer returns to the international fold after sustaining a spleen injury during an ODI against Australia in Sydney last October.

His selection is subject to fitness clearance from BCCI’s medical team and he will return as India’s vice-captain for the three-match series.

Skipper Shubman Gill also returns, after he missed the ODI series against South Africa in December. He had a neck spasm in the test series earlier, and subsequently played in the T20s against the Proteas.

Ruturaj Gaikwad and Tilak Verma missed out. Gaikwad had scored a maiden ODI hundred against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.

Rishabh Pant is retained as second keeper-batter behind Lokesh Rahul, who had stood in as captain against the Proteas.

Star batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had both participated in the domestic List A tournament — Vijay Hazare Trophy — and return to the international stage for the ODIs.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya is fit, but not sufficiently enough to bowl 10 overs in an ODI. Thus, he has been rested further ahead of the 2026 T20 World Cup (in India and Sri Lanka) starting Feb. 7. Nitish Kumar Reddy is included in the squad.

Pacer Mohammed Siraj returns to lead the bowling lineup with Jasprit Bumrah rested again. Siraj had missed the South Africa series because of workload management.

The three ODIs will be played in Vadodara (Jan. 11), Rajkot (Jan. 14) and Indore (Jan. 18), with the five-match T20 series starting Jan. 21.

Squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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FILE - Captain of Punjab Kings Shreyas Iyer addresses a news conference on the eve of the final match of Indian Premier League at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)