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Al Horford will play vs. Cavaliers, Kyrie Irving out (rest) - drama possible

Al Horford is slated to play tonight against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Boston's third exhibition game. He did not play in Sunday's contest versus the Hornets due to a sprained wrist.

Kyrie Irving will not play, apparently to simply get him some rest. MassLive's A. Sherrod Blakely gives us more on Kyrie being out:

"We probably won’t play Kyrie tomorrow, just rest-wise,” said Celtics coach Brad Stevens. “He practiced all the way today, practiced hard. We practiced pretty good today, we went at it pretty good.