149-128 victory<\/a> over the Miami Heat.<\/p>\nAllen has been out since he got hurt on March 3 while playing Detroit.<\/p>\n
The injury didn\u2019t initially appear serious, but the Cavs reported it as \u201csevere\u201d tendinitis and took a cautious approach while the 27-year-old recovered.<\/p>\n
Coach Kenny Atkinson said before the game that the 6-foot-11 Allen would likely be limited to 20 minutes as the Cavs play their second game in three nights against the Miami Heat. Allen finished playing just over 18 minutes.<\/p>\n
The Cavs have been dealing with injuries all season, and the timing of Allen\u2019s has been especially troubling with only nine games left in the regular season.<\/p>\n
Cleveland, which is holding the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, hasn\u2019t had many games at full strength.<\/p>\n
Allen has also only played a handful of games with James Harden, whose addition at the trade deadline raised title hopes for the Cavs.<\/p>\n
Atkinson said he\u2019s grateful the team has a \u201crunway\u201d to get Allen up to speed with Harden, All-Star Donovan Mitchell and others.<\/p>\n
Cleveland\u2019s defense has suffered without Allen, who paired with reigning defensive player of the year Evan Mobley, gives the Cavs one of the league\u2019s most formidable front lines.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt starts at the rim with him \u2014 at both ends,\u201d said Atkinson. \u201cHe gives us a threat and protects the rim, and it makes life easier. He\u2019s like a 7-foot goalie. He\u2019s a big part of what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Allen is averaging 15.3 points and 9.2 rebounds in 51 starts this season.<\/p>\n
Before getting hurt, Allen had one of the best offensive stretches of his career, a run that coincided with Mobley being out with a left calf strain. On Feb. 1, Allen scored a career-high 40 points and added 17 rebounds against Portland.<\/p>\n
While Allen is back, the Cavs are still without Jaylon Tyson (toe) and Dean Wade (ankle), two rotational players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran big man Jarrett Allen is averaging 15.3 points and 9.2 rebounds in 51 starts this season. CLEVELAND…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,218208,459,82],"class_list":["post-566289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jarrett-allen-return","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566289","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=566289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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