On Thursday night, the Cavaliers continue their prolonged roadie, playing the second half of a back-to-back against the equally shorthanded Grizzlies in Memphis.
J.B. Bickerstaff’s banged-up squad plays game five of their six-game trip after dropping two straight in Orlando – including last night’s lopsided loss, with the Magic taking a six-point lead before half, extending it to 23 early in the fourth, and hung on down the stretch.
The Cavaliers got rookie Isaac Okoro back after missing the previous five contests, but continued without Kevin Love, Matthew Dellavedova, Dylan Windler, Kevin Porter Jr. and learned yesterday that Dante Exum could miss the next 6-8 weeks with a calf injury and Darius Garland, possibly a week nursing a right shoulder sprain.