Cleveland, OH
Orlando Magic And Cleveland Cavaliers Injury Reports
On Saturday afternoon, the Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Orlando Magic for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
For the game, both teams have announced their injury reports (updated as of 11:30 Eastern Time).
The Magic are fully healthy and have no one on their injury report.
Meanwhile, the Cavs have ruled out Ty Jerome, Craig Porter Jr. and Dean Wade.
Donovan Mitchell, who missed the team’s final regular-season game, is available.
The Magic are in the NBA playoffs for the first time since the 2020 season when Aaron Gordon and Nikola Vucevic were still on the roster.
They finished the regular season as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 47-35 record.
Over their last ten games, the Magic went 5-5, and they are also 18-23 in the 41 games they have played on the road away from Orlando.
As for the Cavs, they are in the NBA playoffs for the second straight season.
They finished the regular season as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 48-34 record.
Over their last ten games, they went 4-6, and they are 26-15 in the 41 games they have played on their home floor in Ohio.
Last season, the Cavs were also the fourth seed and they lost to Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks in the first round (in five games).
Game 2 of the series will be on Monday evening (also in Ohio).
The teams will then head to Orlando for Games 3 and 4.
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland firefighters battle blaze at storage unit facility
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Firefighters battled a blaze at a storage unit facility Thursday morning.
Crews were called out to the building at Grayton and Brookpark Roads just before 8 a.m.
According to Cleveland firefighters, 14 units had caught on fire.
Cleveland Fire Lt. Mike Norman said someone working with a torch accidentally caught stored clothing on fire.
There were no injuries.
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US Marshals arrest 20-year-old murder suspect in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – U.S. Marshals said a 20-year-old murder suspect was arrested Thursday after months on the run.
According to a news release, Kevin Wright was wanted by Cleveland police for aggravated murder.
Marshals said on Jan. 2, 2024, Tyrone Griffin, 17, died after he was hit by a car and then shot in the head.
The crash and shooting happened in the area of East 69th Street and Fleet Avenue in Cleveland’s Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood.
Cleveland officers identified Wright as a suspect and a warrant was issued, according to the release.
Marshals on Thursday tracked Wright to East 164th Street in the Lee-Harvard neighborhood, and they arrested him after a short chase.
“For over two decades, the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Cleveland Division of Police have been working together to combat violent crime in the City of Cleveland by taking violent fugitives like this off the street.”
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37-year-old man murdered in Cleveland’s Lee Harvard neighborhood
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A 37-year-old man was murdered on the city’s East side early Thursday.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Lashawn Roby.
Cleveland police said Roby was found in the 17300 block of Harvard Ave. around 5:35 a.m.
EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
At this time, there are no arrests.
Anyone with information is asked to call Cleveland police.
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