An MRI has revealed that Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving has a right foot strain and tendinitis in his left knee, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst. Nevertheless, Irving is not expected to miss any time, even though he admitted he's having a lot of trouble "running around."
Kyrie Irving will play through a right foot strain and tendinitis in his left knee
The Cavaliers’ point guard has multiple leg injuries, but will play through them anyway.
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“I should’ve been sitting out three or four games ago,” Irving said, via Windhorst. “But I can’t do it.”
Irving underwent the MRI on Monday morning after scoring just 12 points in 41 minutes of play against the Bulls in Game 4 Sunday night. Three days prior, Cavaliers head coach David Blatt informed the media that Irving has been playing on a strained right foot for nearly three weeks.
Irving looked more hobbled than he had all postseason on Sunday, however. His explosiveness and acceleration were gone and after the game he was seen limping out of the locker room, according to Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com.
“After the huge Game 4 victory over the Chicago Bulls to even the series, I asked him (Irving) directly in the media scrum to address if there’s anything wrong with his left leg, and he paused briefly, before responding ‘Nah. Nah, there’s nothing wrong,’” writes Haynes. “As soon as the media contingent dissipated, Irving said, ‘Chris, you’re very observant.’”
The knee pain, according to Haynes, happened because of Irving overcompensating with his left leg after suffering the right foot injury. The All-Star guard is averaging nearly 21 points and four assists during the playoffs and shooting just 40.3 percent from the field.
The Cavaliers will host the Bulls for Game 5 on Tuesday night.
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