Before tipping off against the Toronto Raptors to commence Group A play in the Emirates NBA Cup, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson provided a wave of updates on Donovan Mitchell , Jarrett Allen , and Darius Garland . Both Mitchell and Allen are out for Friday night's game , their first missed action of the season.

They'll join Sam Merrill on the sidelines as the latest Cavs to hit the inactive list.

Mitchell attended Cleveland's morning shootaround and underwent treatment, followed by further evaluation of the tightness in his left hamstring.

Atkinson said that Allen's injury occurred on a freak halftime injury in Boston, where Dean Wade swished a shot that landed directly on his hand: “Jarrett was saying, ‘I could see if it was like a brick that I’d be mad a

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