Lauri Markkanen is out for the game between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Cleveland Cavaliers receive the Golden State Warriors on Thursday evening in Ohio and have to do without striker Lauri Markkanen for the game. </ Markkanen's status for the game can be seen in a tweet embedded below from The Athletic's Kelsey Russo Twitter account.
Markkanen was drafted from Arizona with the seventh overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft and had spent the first four seasons of his career with the Chicago Bulls before joining the Cavs last off-season.
Coming into the game, the Cavs are 9-7, which is an impressive start for a team that has been out of the postseason since the 2018 NBA final with LeBron James.
The team they lost to in the 2018 NBA final were the Warriors, and they come up with an NBA best 12-2 Record into play.
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