Jarrett Allen setting tone for Cavaliers breakthrough with massive sacrifice

Jarrett Allen is playing through pain and doing what it takes to win—an unnecessary, but inspiring sacrifice.

Detroit Pistons v Cleveland Cavaliers | Jason Miller/GettyImagesJarrett Allen has made the unnecessary, unadvisable, and admirable decision to play through a broken left ring finger. It's a decision that no one should make for him, nor should it be applauded to the extent of convincing other players, Cleveland Cavaliers members or otherwise, to do the same.

What Allen has done by playing through an injury that should be keeping him sidelined, however, is set the tone for the changes that need to be made for Cleveland to make the leap.

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