The Cavaliers overtake the depleted Magic to pick up an NBA-best sixth win

Darius Garland scored 25 points and Donovan Mitchell added 22 as the Cleveland Cavaliers remained undefeated with a 120-109 win over the visiting Orlando Magic on Friday.

Cleveland won its first six games to start the season, matching the franchise's best start since 2016-17.

Evan Mobley had 14 points and 12 rebounds, Caris LeVert scored 13 and Jarrett Allen grabbed 11 rebounds for Cleveland, which has scored at least 110 points in all six games under new coach Kenny Atkinson.

Cleveland led by a wide margin in a rematch of last year's Eastern Conference first-round playoff series, which the Cavaliers won in seven games.

Orlando trailed by as many as 22 points in the third quarter and lost its second straight game. Jalen Suggs scored a career-high 28 points, Franz Wagner and Tristan da Silva each had 17 and Moritz Wagner had 14.

The Magic were without All-Star forward Paolo Banchero, who suffered a torn right oblique in a loss to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. Banchero will be reevaluated in four to six weeks.

Orlando also played without Goga Bitadze (strained tendon in his left foot) and Wendell Carter Jr., who was sidelined before the game with tendinitis in his right knee.

Mitchell scored 13 points in the first quarter to give the Cavaliers a 34-16 lead. Cleveland shot 62 percent from the field in that period.

Since Wednesday's game in Chicago, Orlando missed 23 consecutive 3-point attempts before Jett Howard cut the deficit to 36-21 with just under 10 minutes left in the second quarter.

Mitchell had 17 first-half points to lead the Cavaliers, who took a 63-44 lead after an 8-0 run heading into halftime.

Cleveland extended its lead to 70-48 with 8:40 left in the third quarter before Orlando fought back and got within 10 points late in the quarter.

The Cavaliers ended the third quarter with an 11-4 run and maintained a double-digit lead heading into the final period.

Ty Jerome contributed nine points for the Cavaliers, who shot 50.6 percent from the field and 39.5 percent from distance.

–Field level media