The Cleveland Cavaliers will once more be with out Donovan Mitchell as they battle to maintain their season alive in opposition to the Boston Celtics Wednesday night time, based on The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania.
Mitchell can be sidelined for the second consecutive recreation with a calf pressure, an harm that has begun to outline the NBA playoffs. Some, notably CelticBlog’s personal Invoice Sy, are starting to name it “The Postseason of the Calf.”
In Sport 4, the Cavaliers managed to maintain the sport aggressive even with out Mitchell, although the Celtics had been in a position to maintain off Cleveland’s overtures to safe a seven-point win. In Mitchell’s absence, Darius Garland led all Cavaliers scorers with 30 factors. Max Strus added 15 first-half factors however was held scoreless within the second-half, fouling out within the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers must devise defensive options for Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown, who’ve appeared practically unstoppable on the rim within the final two video games. The Cavaliers can also be with out Caris Levert, one in every of their predominant scoring choices with out Mitchell, who’s questionable with a knee harm.
The Celtics proceed to be with out Kristaps Porzingis, a long-term sufferer of “The Postseason of the Calf.” Nonetheless, given the Cavaliers’ harm woes, Boston can be below great strain to shut out the sequence tonight at house and safe a spot of their sixth Jap Convention Finals in eight years.
