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Cavaliers get back forward Dean Wade against Celtics. Center Jarrett Allen still out with rib injury
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers forward Dean Wade made his playoff debut in Game 3 — and made an immediate impact — against the Boston Celtics on Saturday night after being sidelined the past two months by a strained right knee. Wade hadn't played since March 8, three days after he...
Cavs and Mavs try to keep home-court edge in Game 3s against Celtics and Thunder
Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers took the home-court advantage with a Game 2 victory in Boston, the same way Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks did in Oklahoma City. Now the Cavs and Mavs will try keep that edge against the top seeds in each conference in their...
Cavaliers' Jarrett Allen out for Game 2 against Celtics with bruised ribs
BOSTON (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers will be without center Jarrett Allen for Game 2 against the Boston Celtics on Thursday as he continues to deal with bruised ribs. Allen is missing his fifth consecutive game. He hasn't played since Game 4 of the Cavaliers' first-round series...
The Celtics and Cavaliers last met in playoffs in 2018. This time Boston is the team to beat
BOSTON (AP) — One of the things Celtics forward Jaylen Brown remembers about his time inside the NBA’s Florida bubble in 2020 during the pandemic was his random sightings of Donovan Mitchell. Mitchell, then with the Utah Jazz, seemed to pop up in the common spaces of the bubble...
Cavaliers pull together to overcome Orlando, but challenge stiffens with top-seeded Celtics up next
CLEVELAND (AP) — It took Donovan Mitchell's magnificence, a historic comeback and plenty of grit for the Cavaliers to escape the first round. It will take even more to go any further. Cleveland avoided a second straight first-round playoff knockout — and a...
Cavs center Jarrett Allen is out for Game 7 vs. Magic with rib injury, missing 3rd game in series
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen will miss Game 7 against Orlando on Sunday with a painful rib injury that sidelined him for the final three games of the series. Allen, who grabbed 20 rebounds in Game 2, had been the Cavs' most consistent player in the series before...
Cavaliers and Magic to settle playoff series standoff with Game 7 -- the 'best two words in sports'
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell pushed himself to his physical limits, leaving everything he had on the floor while trying to close out the precocious Orlando Magic. Cleveland's star came up short. He gets another shot. One more. Game 7. "Best two...
Cavaliers C Jarrett Allen ruled out for Game 6 of first-round playoff series against Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers are playing Game 6 of their first-round NBA playoff series against the Orlando Magic without center Jarrett Allen, who is sitting out for the second straight game Friday night because of a bruised rib. Allen, who has arguably been the...
Cavaliers, Mavericks trying to close out 1st-round NBA playoff series in Game 6s
The Orlando Magic desperately want an opportunity to go back on the road. The Los Angeles Clippers are hoping to go home, though not for good. There are two more elimination games in the NBA playoffs Friday night, with the Magic hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Clippers...
Cavs center Jarett Allen doesn't practice with rib injury and status for Game 6 in Orlando uncertain
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers starting center Jarrett Allen did not practice as he continues to be slowed by a painful rib injury that could keep him out of Friday night's critical Game 6 in Orlando. Allen didn't dress for Cleveland's 104-103 win in Game 5 on...
