Cavs News: Kyrie Irving Sits Out Sunday's Practice

Cleveland Cavs coach David Blatt sat Kyrie Irving out for Sunday's practice as Irving nurses his knee problem, and Irving's status for the Eastern Conference Finals opener against the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday remains up in the air.

''We sat Ky out and he's going through a lot of treatment and we're monitoring and just hoping that he progresses from here until game time,'' Blatt said, via Yahoo! Sports. ''We're very much on top of this obviously and Ky is doing everything he possibly can to get well.''

Irving has been banged up for the duration of the postseason both with a right foot sprain against the Celtics in the first round and his ongoing battle with tendinitis in his knee.

It's been a trying postseason for the Cavs altogether taking into account Irving's injuries, Kevin Love being sidelined, and JR Smith's two-game suspension, but LeBron James is doing his best to keep the ship going forward on-court.

''Every experience for us is a learning experience,'' James said. ''Even for myself being the leader of the team. Throughout adversity, with the injuries, with the suspension, with everything we've had, we've gotten tougher and tougher. We've grown even closer together. So it's definitely been great to see.

''To be able to overcome everything we're going through internally, to put it out on the floor and just say, 'No matter what we're going through we're going to continue to play for one another and whatever happens, happens.' That's all we can give. We can give our maximum effort, what we've been doing, and we'll see what happens at the end of the day.''

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