{"id":667624,"date":"2026-03-19T22:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/667624\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:16:13","slug":"cavs-could-be-without-star-guard-for-matchup-with-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/667624\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs could be without star guard for matchup with Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mitchell was added to the injury report on Thursday afternoon. He\u2019s questionable for the game with a left eye contusion he suffered in the win over the <a href=\"http:\/\/brewhoop.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> on Tuesday. Afterward he said that he couldn\u2019t \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisFedor\/status\/2034112930942206225?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">really see out of my left eye<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The lack of vision seemed to effect his play. Mitchell had one of his worst games of the season against the Bucks. He wasn\u2019t able to get anything going offensively, as he went 4-14 from the field. Additionally, he struggled defensively, which led to him having the worst plus\/minus on the team with a -15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Overall, it was just an uncharacteristically bad game from someone who\u2019s having arguably the best season of his career. Mitchell is averaging 28 points and 5.9 assists per game on .479\/.364\/.854 shooting splits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s worth noting that this would only be Mitchell\u2019s ninth missed game if he isn\u2019t able to go on Thursday. The Cavs are 4-4 this season in games without him. He can miss up to 17 games and still be eligible for postseason awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cavs will also be without the services of Craig Porter Jr. (groin) and Tyrese Proctor (quad) for Thursday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Bulls will be without several players. Isaac Okoro (right patellofemoral), Zach Collins (toe), Noa Essengue (shoulder), Jaden Ivey (left patellofemoral), and Anfernee Simons (left ulnar styloid) will all be unavailable for Chicago. Center Jalen Smith is questionable for Thursday\u2019s contest with a calf injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mitchell was added to the injury report on Thursday afternoon. He\u2019s questionable for the game with a left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,148,305,193,3846,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-667624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cavs-injury-report","11":"tag-cleveland","12":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","13":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}