Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:26 pm
After X-rays taken at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday were negative, Irving was reevaluated by the Cavs' team doctors at Cleveland Clinic Sports Health on Monday morning. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and physical exams showed what head physician Dr. Richard Parker called a left acromioclavicular, or AC, sprain — the AC joint is what allows you to lift your arm over your head, which A) tracks with Irving's inability to raise his left arm to guide his free throws and B) is a total bummer, because it means Irving's not going to be able to take the floor for "a projected three to four weeks," according to the Cavs' injury update.
It could be longer than that, though. As Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal notes, though, there are only 5 1/2 weeks remaining in the season and just 19 games left on the Cavaliers' 2012-13 schedule. With Cleveland sitting at 21-42, 12 games out of the playoffs and hurtling headlong into a third straight trip to the lottery, there wouldn't seem to be a ton of reason for the Cavs to take any chances with getting Irving back into the lineup too quickly.
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