Cavaliers forward Lorenzen Wright will undergo surgery after breaking his thumb in Cleveland’s regular-season finale against the 76ers. Wright, who was not expected to play during the postseason, got hurt in the second half of Wednesday night’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. The team said the 12-year veteran will have an operation on Friday at [...]
Monday, April 13, 2009
An MRI taken at the Cleveland Clinic today revealed that Ben Wallace has a patellar tendon strain. Wallace will miss tonight’s game against the Pacers and possibly Wednesday night game. His status for the playoffs is unknown at this point. Patellar tendinitis or “jumper’s knee” is a condition resulting from overuse of the knee. It [...]
Monday, April 6, 2009
Anderson Varejao is being treated for a swollen and stiff wrist. He received therapy before Sunday’s game against the Spurs but it didn’t improve. X-rays taken at the arena showed no break and there’s a chance he’ll have an MRI today. The team believes it is not serious. Varejao said he could play if it [...]
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Ben Wallace received 14 stitches for an injury he received playing catch with a football during the All-Stars weekend. He was treated today at the Cleveland Clinic Sports Health for removal of additional glass pieces from his arm. He is listed as questionable for tomorrow’s game against the Raptors. More injury updates by Brian Windhorst: [...]
Monday, February 2, 2009
Delonte West, who suffered a fractured right wrist Jan. 15 in Chicago said he expects to have his hard cast removed Thursday and will begin shooting exercises later in the week. “That’s some exciting news for me,” West said Sunday prior to Cleveland’s 90-80 victory in Detroit. “I’m good, I’m in good spirits, and I’m [...]
Monday, January 26, 2009
Zydrunas Ilgauskas is ready to play with the bigger boys again. He has been playing one-on-one against Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry since he was cleared to practice last week. Ilgauskas said he went through the entire practice on Monday — fast-break drills, a lot of shooting, two or three defensive drills, four-on-four transition drills [...]
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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 [...]
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas suffered a left ankle sprain with 9:39 remaining in the fourth quarter in Wednesday’s game in Philadelphia. He did not return to the game. He was examined by Dr. Richard Parker at Cleveland Clinic Sports Health today. X-rays were negative and a moderate left ankle sprain is confirmed. He is listed [...]
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The Cavaliers lost again (90-86) to the Celtics in their third preseason game and again no Ben, Sasha and Delonte. After trailing to the Cavaliers 81-74 early in the fourth, the Celtics were able to rebound and win led by Leon Powe with 17 points, including the go ahead basket with just two minutes left [...]
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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