The Cavaliers are in main bother.
Not solely did Cleveland get obliterated by the Pacers en path to Indiana taking a 3-1 sequence lead of their Jap Convention Semifinal Sequence, however Donovan Mitchell additionally left the sport at halftime with an damage and didn’t return.
“He’ll get an MRI tomorrow,” mentioned Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson. “I mean, no idea [of his status]. Obviously he couldn’t go in the second half, so we’ll see what the MRI says.”
Mitchell appears to have suffered the damage in probably the most unsuspecting of the way. It appeared to have come whereas he was warming up throughout halftime and abruptly went down whereas holding his ankle. Both that, or the star was testing if he may go after sustaining an damage earlier and understand he couldn’t.
Mitchell had 12 factors in 20 minutes because the Cavaliers trailed by an unbelievable 41-point margin at halftime earlier than in the end falling 129-109.
Accidents have been persistent for Cleveland on this sequence, as Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and De’Andre Hunter have all already missed time with accidents.
With different guys on the mend, and Mitchell being the star of the crew that he’s, he scored 40-plus factors in consecutive video games — 43 factors in Recreation 3 and 48 in Recreation 2.
Now, probably having to play Recreation 5 with out that sort of manufacturing, the Cavaliers could possibly be in some critical bother.
Cleveland posted an Jap Convention-best 64-18 file within the common season however has seemingly met its match with the Pacers.
Indiana stole the primary two video games in Cleveland earlier than the Cavaliers staved off a possible 3-0 deficit in Recreation 3 by walloping the Pacers 126-104.
However with the prospect to even the sequence, Cleveland confirmed no combat Sunday and now faces the inconceivable job of getting back from a 3-1 deficit.
Recreation 5 will tip off at 7 p.m. in Cleveland on Tuesday.
