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0 Per the team, Mitchell suffered a nose fracture in a 117-103 loss to the Rockets on Saturday and missed the team’s next game vs the Pacers. He had a medical procedure at Cleveland Clinic on Tuesday to realign the and will be re-evaluated in approximately one week.
An All-Star this season, Mitchell is averaging 27.4 points and career-highs in rebounds (5.3) and assists (6.1) while shooting 46.8% FG and 37.3% 3pt.
Aside from his nasal injury, the versatile guard remains slowed by a left knee bruise that has affected him since the break. Mitchell missed seven games before the loss to Houston because of the knee bruise injury and said after that game it has impacted some of his athleticism.
The Cavs (43-25) are the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff, however, the Cavs have gone 7-8 since the All-Star game and, as of Monday, had seen the NBA’s sixth-biggest drop in points scored per 100 possessions and the league’s fourth-biggest jump in points allowed per 100 possessions since the break.
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