Pat Spencer scored a career-high 19 points in his first NBA start, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 99-94 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.

The NBA has fined the Cleveland Cavaliers $250,000 for sitting Darius Garland for the team's Nov. 24 nationally televised game against the Toronto Raptors, the league announced Thursday. Garland did play the previous day in a non-nationally televised game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

Pat Spencer dropped a career-high 19 points, four rebounds and seven assists. Buddy Hield had 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 29 points, four rebounds and three assists. Detroit shot 50 percent from the field while Milwaukee shot 45 percent.

NEW YORK — The NBA fined the Cleveland Cavaliers $250,000 on Thursday for violating the league’s player participation policy by resting All-Star guard Darius Garland for a nationally televised game against the Toronto Raptors on Nov. 24.

The Cleveland Cavaliers made one of their star players unavailable for the wrong game and paid a price for it.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been hit with a hefty $250,000 fine by the NBA for violating player participation rules. The team controversially played