Source: Cavs unsure of Mitchell's status for G5

Cleveland Cavaliers prima Donovan Mitchell is expected to beryllium a game-time determination for Game 5 against the Indiana Pacers aft an MRI showed helium aggravated a erstwhile near ankle injury, a root told ESPN's Shams Charania connected Monday.

Mitchell missed the 2nd half of the Cavaliers' 129-109 loss successful Game 4 connected Sunday night. After coming retired connected the tribunal to lukewarm up during halftime, Mitchell felt discomfort successful his near ankle and stopped midway done a changeable attempt, bending implicit astatine the waist earlier the team's grooming unit came onto the tribunal to analyse him.

He went backmost to the locker country earlier the 3rd 4th began and did not statesman the 2nd fractional connected the level with the team. He was listed arsenic doubtful to instrumentality but ne'er made it backmost to the court.

Game 5 of the best-of-7 bid is Tuesday night.

Mitchell scored 12 points connected 3 of 11 shooting (1-of-5 from 3) successful 20 minutes during the archetypal fractional of Game 4. He had recorded back-to-back 40-point games entering Sunday, the archetypal Cavs players since LeBron James to bash truthful successful consecutive playoff games.

ESPN's Jamal Collier contributed to this report.