Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell is predicted to be a game-time resolution for Sport 5 towards the Indiana Pacers after an MRI confirmed he aggravated a earlier left ankle harm, a supply instructed ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.
Mitchell missed the second half of the Cavaliers’ 129-109 loss in Sport 4 on Sunday night time. After popping out on the court docket to heat up throughout halftime, Mitchell felt discomfort in his left ankle and stopped halfway by a shot try, bending over on the waist earlier than the workforce’s coaching workers got here onto the court docket to look at him.
He went again to the locker room earlier than the third quarter started and didn’t start the second half on the ground with the workforce. He was listed as uncertain to return however by no means made it again to the court docket.
Sport 5 of the best-of-seven sequence is Tuesday night time.
Mitchell scored 12 factors on 3-of-11 capturing (1-of-5 from 3) in 20 minutes in the course of the first half of Sport 4. He had recorded back-to-back 40-point video games getting into Sunday, the primary Cavs gamers since LeBron James to take action in consecutive playoff video games.
ESPN’s Jamal Collier contributed to this report.
