{"id":343578,"date":"2025-12-13T23:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/343578\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:59:07","slug":"cavaliers-evan-mobley-sidelined-up-to-four-weeks-with-calf-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/343578\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers&#8217; Evan Mobley sidelined up to four weeks with calf injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The calf-strain injury bug has now bitten the reigning Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Mobley, 24, suffered the injury in Cleveland&#8217;s win over the Washington Wizards on Friday night. After experiencing tightness in the area post-game, an MRI on Saturday revealed a Grade 1 strain.<\/p>\n<p>The former third-overall pick in 2021 has missed just one game this season, averaging a career-high 19.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.6 blocks. In Friday&#8217;s victory, Mobley racked up 23 points, 13 rebounds and six assists in 36 minutes of action.<\/p>\n<p>He ranks second on the Cavaliers in scoring and steals behind Donovan Mitchell, while leading the team in rebounding and blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland is 15-11 this season, good for seventh place in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers return to action on Sunday, hosting the Charlotte Hornets.<\/p>\n<p>As for Mobley, the one-time all-star is the latest to suffer a calf injury, on what&#8217;s become a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UnderdogNBA\/status\/1999964710897434886\" rel=\"nofollow\">laundry list of players<\/a> dealing with the lingering issue. Others to miss time with calf injuries this season include Giannis Antetokounmpo, Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Davis, and Ja Morant, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The calf-strain injury bug has now bitten the reigning Defensive Player of the Year. Mobley, 24, suffered the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-343578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}