Both the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers may be without multiple key players in Wednesday night's matchup.

Cleveland plays Detroit for an Eastern Conference matchup Monday. Monday's meeting is the first this season between the two teams.

The Cavaliers are coming off of a dominant win versus the Detroit Pistons. Which is very clearly the best game they played this season. As the Cavaliers (3-1) h

Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, including 13 during a 20-3 run to end the first half that helped the Boston Celtics pull away from Cleveland to win 125-105 on Wednesday night and snap the Cavaliers’ three-game winning streak.

Donovan Mitchell pumped in 35 points and the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers won their third consecutive game, pounding the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 27.

The Celtics started this season by losing three games in a row, the first three-game lull since Joe Mazzulla’s first season as coach in 2022-23. Mazzulla said that every season includes peaks and valleys.

He’s made the most of his opportunity to start with Garland sidelined at the beginning of the season. Through four games, Merrill has averaged 17.3 points, two rebounds, and two assists per game on .523/.