The Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers were delayed for 18 minutes in the third quarter by a blaring horn after a power surge caused the overhead scoreboard to malfunction.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/cavaliers/onsi as Cleveland Cavaliers Injury News Worsens at Undesirable Point in Season.

The Detroit Pistons' Friday game vs the Cleveland Cavaliers might get a bit easier, with Donovan Mitchell ruled out and James Harden questionable.

James Harden sat out the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game against the Detroit Pistons on Friday night as he recovers from a fractured right thumb.

Kevin Porter Jr. scored 20 points and hit the game winner to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a win over the visiting, short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers.

A game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons needed a buzzer-beater in the third quarter Friday. A clash of two of the top teams in the East was put on hold when the horn at Little Caesars Arena sounded continuously for more than 12 minutes.

Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell has been ruled out against the Detroit Pistons on Friday night once again.

According to a release from the team, postgame examination by the Cavaliers’ medical staff, followed by X-rays taken at the arena, confirmed a left index finger injury. The specific injury outlined by the team is a non-displaced solar plate avulsion of his left index PIP joint.