Wally Szczerbiak broke his nose in Wednesday night’s win at New York in the third quarter but continued to play. Szczerbiak started the past two games while Sasha Pavlovic was out with the flu. Szczerbiak was fitted with the mask on Friday and practiced with it on Saturday as the Cavaliers prepared for their Sunday […]
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Delonte West out 6 weeks with broken wrist
Delonte West will miss up to six weeks with broken wrist he sustained during the a nasty fall on Thursday night late in the first quarter against the Chicago Bulls. West has been a key to the Cavaliers success this season. He’s averaging 12.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 33 minutes. “It’s going to […]
Cleveland’s Mettle Will be Tested Now
When a player who has just produced 28 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists correctly terms that performance “probably my worst game of the season” you know that player is very good. LeBron James, who also had a season-high eight turnovers and shot just 8-28 from the field–including a career-high 13 straight misses–put up those […]
The Potential Impact of Big Z’s Injury
The left ankle injury that Zydrunas Ilgauskas suffered versus Philadelphia on December 10 when he landed on former Cav Donyell Marshall’s foot was originally diagnosed as a sprain but further tests have revealed that he actually has a small fracture in the talus bone. The good news is that overall his foot—which had to be […]
Wally Szczerbiak out a week with a knee injury
Wally Szczerbiak will miss at least one week with a bruised right knee. The team said in a statement Saturday that Szczerbiak suffered right knee contusions during the last several games. He had an MRI at the Cleveland Clinic on Saturday that confirmed the contusions.
Daniel Gibson will miss two weeks
Daniel Gibson will miss two weeks for a sprained left toe he suffered last night in Cleveland’s win over Toronto. Gibson was examined by Dr. Jim Sferra at Cleveland Clinic Sports Health, which included X-rays and an MRI. He will rest for two weeks, then be re-evaluated. Gibson is averaging 24 minutes per game, averaging […]
Ben Wallace questionable for tonight’s game against Utah
Ben Wallace underwent an MRI exam on Friday and the results came back negative, but he is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game against Utah because of a left knee contusion. Wallace left Thursday’s game against Denver with 1:35 left in the third period and did not return.