Heading into the Wednesday night matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Detroit Pistons ... the star guard Donovan Mitchell was downgraded to questionable shortly before the matchup.

DETROIT — In a season where Donovan Mitchell has thrived by ... Cleveland will exercise caution and sit Mitchell against the Pistons. “Shoulders are tricky,” Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson ...

Mitchell (shoulder) has been ruled out for Wednesday's game against the Pistons, Serena Winters of FanDuel Sports Network Ohio reports. Mitchell will miss a game for a third time this season for ...

Star. Perhaps, they have a future MVP candidate on their hands as well in the former No. 1 overall pick, Cade Cunningha ...

Jrue Holiday (finger) and Kristaps Porziņģis (illness) didn’t play, but the Cavaliers nonetheless had to deal with Boston’s ...

Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points to fuel the league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers in a 123-116 come-from-behind statement win ...

While it doesn’t appear Mitchell was dealing with anything serious against Boston, Cleveland could still rest him against Detroit. The Cavs cannot afford to be without Mitchell in the long term.

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