Tristan Thompson effectively took himself off the court with a 25-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs . Now, he's also accidentally taken a teammate out for at least a week.
Cavaliers All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell broke his nose during Saturday's game against the Houston Rockets and underwent a procedure Tuesday morning at the Cleveland Clinic to realign the affected area, according to a team release.
Mitchell will be reevaluated in approximately one week.
While going for a rebound, Thompson inadvertently elbowed Mitchell in the nose on his way down to the court in Houston, which led to a nasal fracture. Mitchell joked about the incident on X, formerly Twitter.
Mitchell had just missed seven of the Cavs' previous nine games with a knee injury prior to being out Monday night with the broken nose. He played just 27 minutes in his return March 13 in New Orleans , and had logged only 25 minutes before Thompson's elbow connected with Mitchell's face.
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The Cavs play five games between Wednesday (at home against the Miami Heat ) and March 27 (in Charlotte). Mitchell is in jeopardy of missing most or all of those games before he's even able to be reevaluated.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Cavs Donovan Mitchell to miss time, suffered broken nose Saturday
