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cleveland cavaliers big man jarrett allen He missed practice for the second consecutive day due to a right knee injury, and, unsurprisingly, as a result, he has been ruled out of Sunday’s matinee contest with the Boston Celtics.
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“He’s still having a little soreness,” Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson said Saturday. “We’ll take feedback today and see where he’s at. But, as I said [Friday]Not worried about long term.
Allen did some individual exercises after practice, which Atkinson described As a shootaround over live ball. Cleveland’s center was doing some light work around the basket, polishing his jump hook with each hand with player development assistant Costa Koufos.
He suffered the injury last Tuesday against the Detroit Pistons. While jumping to pull down a rebound in the opening moments of the second half, Allen was hit by an opponent’s knee upon landing. Allen was ejected midway through the third quarter and did not finish the game.
He was held out of practice on Friday and did not participate in team activities on Saturday.
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