Evan Mobley Dishes on Cavaliers' Injuries After Playoff Elimination

The Cleveland Cavaliers' 2024-25 season effectively came to an end on Tuesday night as a result of their rough Game 5 loss against the Indiana Pacers, 114-105– ultimately an abrupt and disappointing finish to the team's best regular season showing since the 2008-09 campaign.

It was a five-game series with Indy that was faced with no shortage of challenges, but one notable factor that ended up derailing the Cavs' efforts was the tough breaks faced within their injury luck.

Multiple key players wound up missing time throughout the series, from three starters missing full games worth of action, or even down to Donovan Mitchell's absence in the second half of Game 4 due to an ankle hangup, Cleveland struggled to hold to full strength throughout the five-game stretch.

Yet, even with the misfortune Cleveland faced with their injury luck, Evan Mobley isn't one to make excuses for how things panned out within the series.

Following the results of Game 5, Mobley was asked just how much injuries played a factor in the Cavaliers' series outcome.

"A good amount, but that's just the playoffs– everyone gets hurt, Mobley said. You've just got to find a way to win certain games that you're supposed to win. You've got to win. I look back to Game 2, when you're up 20, like, you've just got to finish games out, and the series just looks a lot different."