Bogut fractures left tibia two minutes into Cavs debut

The 32-year-old Bogut only signed with Cleveland last week, turning down bigger contracts and more playing time to help the Cavs defend their National Basketball Association title.

Bogut evaded a screen and showed out on Miami big man Okaro White, whose knee collided directly with Bogut’s shin before the Aussie went down in a heap.

He appeared to tell Cavs staff on the sidelines that he believed his leg was broken.

Bam. Fractured tibia for Bogut.

This a bad loss for the Cavs, and it was made even worse by the Andrew Bogut injury update.

After Richardson missed an open 3-pointer on an offensive scramble, Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson then worked his way to the line with 1:47 left, making on the second of the two free throws to draw Cleveland within 103-96.

Bogut, a three-time Olympian with Australia, had helped the Golden State Warriors beat the Cavaliers in the 2015 NBA Finals.

Bogut’s season with the Cavaliers could now threaten to be over as soon as it started.

Bogut officially signed with the Cavaliers this week after he was traded by the Mavericks and bought out by the Sixers at the trade deadline.

To add insult to injury, the Cavs lost the game 106-98 and fell to 42-20 on the season, clinging onto the first place spot in the Eastern Conference by only a few games over the Boston Celtics.

Before the match the 213cm centre said he was excited to join a team with a legitimate shot at another title.

“Never seen anything like it, so it’s the toughest part of the schedule for us”, Kerr said, “but it is what it is and every team has their own point in the schedule that they circle and everybody is justified in complaining. I have to get him back”. But the second quarter is where things heated up as Miami quickly took a 4 point lead and things were pretty history from there as the heat took control of the game with an impressive offensive display. I thought it was 65 at first.

James and Irving sat out Saturday’s game in Miami to rest and the Heat took advantage with a 120-92 victory.