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UPDATE: Donovan Mitchell's Current Status For Jazz-Cavs Game

Donovan Mitchell is on the injury report for Wednesday's game.

Ben Stinar

UPDATE: Donovan Mitchell's Current Status For Jazz-Cavs Game
UPDATE: Donovan Mitchell's Current Status For Jazz-Cavs Game /

UPDATE: Donovan Mitchell has been ruled out (h/t Cayleigh Griffin of Bally Sports Cleveland).  

On Wednesday evening, the Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Utah Jazz in Ohio.  

For the game, the Cavs could be without one of their best players, as Donovan Mitchell was added to the injury report.    

Via Underdog NBA: "Donovan Mitchell (illness) now listed questionable Wednesday."

Mitchell has played in 22 games so far this season and is averaging 27.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.8 steals per contest while shooting 45.3% from the field and 35.1% from the three-point range. 

The Cavs are 15-12 in their first 27 games, which has them as the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference. 

They are 6-4 over their last ten games and in the middle of a two-game winning streak. 

Most recently, the Cavs defeated the Houston Rockets (in overtime) by a score of 135-130 on Monday in Ohio. 

In 45 minutes of playing time, Mitchell had 37 points, one rebound and six assists while shooting 14/27 from the field and 4/11 from the three-point range. 

Following the Jazz, the Cavs will play their next game on Thursday evening when they host Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans. 

At home, they are 8-6 in 14 games played in Ohio. 

Mitchell spent the first five seasons of his career with the Jazz and is in his second season with Cleveland.

The former Louisville star has made the All-Star Game in each of the previous four years and helped the Cavs make the 2023 NBA playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Confernece. 

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Ben Stinar is the NBA reporter for Fastbreak on FanNation.

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