Including Tuesday’s home matchup, the banged-up Cavaliers schedule over the past two weeks has essentially been a war of attrition – trying to survive the slate as the litany of injuries continue to pile up.
That was the case again against the Jazz, with Andre Drummond joining the walking wounded, announced as a late scratch with a right Achilles contusion. With Drummond – along with Cleveland’s starting backcourt and a host of others – on the shelf, the Cavs simply didn’t have the firepower to compete with Utah – which pulled away early to hand the Cavs the 117-87 loss, their third straight and fifth in the last six outings.