The Cleveland Cavaliers will be without star guard Donovan Mitchell for Game 4 of their second-round play-off series against the Boston Celtics on Monday. (More Basketball News)
The Cavs ruled Mitchell out about an hour ♏before tip-of𒀰f due to a left calf strain.
Cleveland also ruled ouꦇt center Jarrett Allen, who will miss his seventh straight game with a rib injury.
The Cavaliers are facing a 2-1 series deficit to the NBA-best Celtics. In Cleveland’s Game 2 win, Mitchell contr🅰ibuted 29 points, s🃏even rebounds and eight assists.
Mitchell, who sustained his calf injury late in Saturday’s Gꦍame 3 loss, is averaging 29.6 points this post-season, including a combined 89 points in Games 🐬6 and 7 of the Cavs’ first-round series against the Orlando Magic.
Earlier in ♏the day, backcourt mate Darius Garland told reporters that it would be important for others to attack if Mitchell were s💟idelined.
“Just be aggressive,” Garland said. “Play as a team, keep the ball moving and trust each other. We have a lot of guys that are super confident in themselves, so we'll need꧑ them to be super confident tonight and make the extra pass and play as a team and pull us🍌 together.”
