Cavaliers star Darius Garland dealt with a nagging toe injury that caused him to miss multiple games during the team's 2025 playoff run. Garland missed the final two games of the team's opening-round playoff series against the Miami Heat and also was sidelined for the first two contests against the Indiana Pacers in the ensuing round.

Darius Garland of the Cleveland Cavaliers faced a toe injury during the 2025 playoffs. He missed several games and eventually underwent surgery. Garland mentioned the difficulty he faced with movement and playing with the injury.

I wasn’t myself,” Darius Garland told cleveland.com when asked about the decision to have surgery. “It was difficult. I was hoping to avoid it for the long run, but it got to the point where I had to get surgery.