LeBron James misses Blazers game due to wrist injury

The Cleveland Cavaliers are riding high, owners of a seven-game winning streak, but to continue it, they’ll need to do so without LeBron James. The Cavaliers announced just before Wednesday night’s tipoff that James would miss his career-high 10th game of the season with a sore right wrist. He is also likely to miss an 11th game on Friday against Sacramento.

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James suffered the injury during Wednesday night’s game in Detroit when he blocked a Jodie Meeks shot then fell hard to the ground on both wrists. James remained in the game to finish off a 32-point effort that helped carry the Cavaliers to the finish line for the win.

Cleveland is just 1-8 in the nine games this season that they’ve been without No. 23, suffering many painful blowouts during that period. He missed eight games with a multitude of soreness that included his knee and back in addition to an early season matchup against the Thunder due to his sore left knee.

Shawn Marion started the game in James’s absence. Portland, who looked much gloomier one week ago due to injury, gets Nicolas Batum back from his own wrist injury and Lamarcus Aldridge continues to play through a ligament tear in his thumb.