Cavaliers starting point guard Mo Williams will miss at least one month with a sprained left shoulder, a major blow to the Eastern Conference’s top team.
Williams injured his shoulder in Tuesday night’s win over Toronto when he reached for a steal in the third quarter. He was taken to the locker room for an examination and treatment before returning to the floor and making a key 3-pointer in the fourth quarter.
The Cavs said Thursday before their game against the Los Angeles Lakers that an MRI taken at the Cleveland Clinic revealed the sprain and that Williams is projected to be out for the “next four to six weeks.”
On Tuesday, the Cavs initially said Williams had sustained a strain, but changed the diagnosis to a sprain, which indicates there is a tear in the shoulder. It is not yet known if surgery is an option for Williams, the club’s second-leading scorer behind LeBron James.
Not the news the Cavs were hoping for, particularly right before a matchup with the Lakers (whom Williams lit up when they played on Christmas Day). Presumably this means more time for Daniel Gibson, and plenty of opportunites for announcers to break the record for number of times the word "Boobie" is uttered during an NBA broadcast.
