Jackson Flickinger

2 days ago | fearthesword.com | Jackson Flickinger

Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Nothing is going right for the Cleveland Cavaliers right now. They’re playing awful, they’re injured, and things don’t seem to be getting better any time soon. Shams Charania of ESPN reported on Monday afternoon that Mitchell’s MRI has shown a “reaggravation of an ankle injury.” He’s expected to be a game-time decision for Game 5 on Tuesday in Cleveland. "Donovan Mitchell had an MRI today and he has been diagnosed with a reaggravation of an ankle injury..

3 days ago | fearthesword.com | Jackson Flickinger

Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images INDIANAPOLIS — The Cleveland Cavaliers essentially had their season on the line tonight, but you wouldn’t have known it with the level of aggressiveness and physicality they played with. It’s cliché and usually reductive to say that a team wanted it more. Maybe it is here as well. But it’s difficult to come away from this game with a major conclusion other than that. The Indiana Pacers thoroughly embarrassed the Cavs 129-109.

3 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jackson Flickinger

INDIANAPOLIS — The Cleveland Cavaliers essentially had their season on the line tonight, but you wouldn’t have known it with the level of aggressiveness and physicality they played with. It’s cliché and usually reductive to say that a team wanted it more. Maybe it is here as well. But it’s difficult to come away from this game with a major conclusion other than that. AdvertisementThe Indiana Pacers thoroughly embarrassed the Cavs 129-109.

3 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jackson Flickinger

The Cleveland Cavaliers found themselves down 41 after the first half in what can only be considered their worst half of basketball all season. Donovan Mitchell wasn’t with the team when they returned to the court for the second half. He was held out for the remainder of Game 4 with what the team called an ankle injury. Head coach Kenny Atkinson didn’t have an update postgame besides that he was going to get an MRI on it on Monday. AdvertisementMitchell wasn’t injured during gameplay.

3 days ago | fearthesword.com | Jackson Flickinger

Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images INDIANAPOLIS — Darius Garland paused for 17 seconds when asked postgame why the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t come out with enough force and match the Indiana Pacers’ physicality in Game 4. “It just didn’t happen tonight,” Garland finally said. It certainly didn’t. Everything that could go wrong, did. The Cavs didn’t make any threes, the Pacers made seemingly every one they took.