The Cavaliers will once again be without starter Evan Mobley and key contributor Isaac Okoro for Monday’s matchup against the visiting Phoenix Suns (3:30 p.m.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have officially reached the midpoint of the season. They’re sitting atop the charts as the best team in the league, but that will mean little unless they get the job done when it matters the most.

PHOENIX -- Life comes quickly - even in the NBA - and the Phoenix Suns learned that lesson on Monday afternoon in a crushing loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. What was a competitive first quarter that looked to potentially develop into a potentially strong victory quickly turned into an embarrassing blowout.

For the Suns, not having to face off against the Cavaliers’ two-headed monster of Mobley and Jarrett Allen inside is a positive one thanks to their poor center play but newly acquired Nick Richards did impress in his first game with the team on Saturday.

The Phoenix Suns (21-21) looked overmatched in nearly every aspect in a 118-92 blowout loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who continue to have the best record in the NBA at 36-6, Monday afternoon. The Cavaliers outscored the Suns by 23 points in the second and third quarters to propel themselves to the win.

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal is expected to play against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday while Jusuf Nurkic is out.

Donovan Mitchell erupted for 33 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers cooled off the visiting Phoenix Suns with a 118-92 victory on Monday.Mitchell also had five rebounds and five assists for Cleveland

Will the Cavs be able to contain Kevin Durant and the Suns without Evan Mobley? This will be Cleveland's first of two matchups against Phoenix. Since both teams are in separate conferences, they only face each other twice a season.

The Phoenix Suns (21-20) play their fourth of a five-game road trip at the Cleveland Cavaliers (35-6) on Monday.

CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points — 23 in the second half — and Darius Garland added 16 as the Cleveland Cavaliers began the season's unofficial second half by dominating the Phoenix Suns 118-92 in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day matinee on Monday.

Phoenix takes on Cleveland for a non-conference matchup. The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.

The Phoenix Suns are set to face the Cleveland Cavaliers ... For Cleveland, they will be without Evan Mobley, Isaac Okoro and Caris LeVert. This is a major blow to the Cavaliers’ lineup as ...