Joe Vardon
Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic
Covers NBA for @TheAthletic. The white line’s getting longer and the saddle’s getting colder. [email protected]
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | Joe Vardon
INDIANAPOLIS - This story is not going to be about Donovan Mitchell scoring more than 40 points in a playoff game, again, although that's exactly what he did Friday night in what his coach said was his "best performance of the year."Nor will it be about Max Strus, who scored 20 points with seven rebounds, seven assists and four quarters of defensive harassment against Tyrese Haliburton, who was taken out of his game. Mitchell's coach, Strus' coach, said Strus is "becoming our forceful leader ...
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6 days ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Joe Vardon
Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and De'Andre Hunter will all try to play in Game 3 against the Indiana Pacers, sources told Joe Vardon of The Athletic. All three players are listed as questionable. Garland has missed the last four games with a sprained toe. Mobley has been out with a sprained ankle, with Hunter suffering from a sprained thumb. “They participated in the walk-through and we’re hoping for the best,” Kenny Atkinson said. “I think it’s frustrating for all of us, right?
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Joe Vardon
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - There is optimism that all three of the Cleveland Cavaliers' injured star players, including All-Star guard Darius Garland, who has missed the last four games, will try to play Game 3 Friday against the Indiana Pacers, two league sources told The Athletic. "I don't think he has a choice," one league source who is close to the Cavs said of Garland, who hasn't played since Game 2 of the first round.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Joe Vardon
CLEVELAND - As if things couldn't get worse for the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell is playing through a calf strain. Mitchell was nowhere to be found on Cleveland's crowded, star-studded injury report for Game 2, but the TNT broadcast reported he was playing hurt, and Mitchell confirmed as much after the Cavs' gutting 120-119 loss to the Indiana Pacers. "I'm banged up, but we all are," Mitchell said. The Cavs are banged up, starting with their record in these Eastern Conference semifinals: 0-2.
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1 week ago |
spokesman.com | Chantel Jennings |Joe Vardon
USA Basketball will announce a major shift in its structuring on Thursday when Sue Bird is announced as the managing director for the USA women’s national team for the 2028 Olympic cycle, according to two sources close to the program.
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What we know about Donovan Mitchell’s injury situation after a disaster Game 4 for him and the rest of the Cavaliers, @TheAthleticNBA https://t.co/1gwgb3t0eC
Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell to undergo MRI on Monday, says he ‘will be good’ for Game 5 vs. Pacers — but calf strains are dangerous, @TheAthleticNBA https://t.co/1gwgb3t0eC
Other than call timeout to get Darius Garland and Evan Mobley out of this game, there is nothing else for Cleveland to do tonight
