Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving will wear a mask when he plays after being elbowed in the face Wednesday night.
The team said Irving doesn't have a broken nose and called the injury a "minimally displaced right nasal fracture." The All-Star has a bruise under his right eye and will wear the mask for an undetermined period of time.
"I think it's probably going to be two weeks, but however long they think it's necessary, I'm going to wear it," Irving said before Friday's 86-80 loss to Charlotte, in which he had 18 points and 10 assists.