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Cavs' Kyrie Irving sits out again with injured hamstring

NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers

CLEVELAND -- Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving will miss his second straight game with a right hamstring injury, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said during his pregame media session Monday before Cleveland hosted the New Orleans Pelicans.

"Hamstring tightness," Lue said.

When a reporter asked if Irving's status has improved since he originally hurt the hamstring Thursday after colliding with LeBron James during a game against the Boston Celtics, Lue reiterated, "Just hamstring tightness."

Lue said he did not know yet whether Irving would be available for Wednesday's game against the Chicago Bulls.

The Cavs will also be without Mike Dunleavy (ankle) Monday, giving them just 10 healthy bodies for the Pelicans game.

Jordan McRae, who scored a season-high 20 points while starting in Irving's place in the Cavs' 121-109 win in Charlotte on Saturday, will start again.

"Well, just defensively, I thought last game he was good on (Nicolas) Batum," Lue said of McRae. "I thought he went to the defensive challenge. It's hard to score the basketball when you're playing spurt minutes and you're not really in the rotation every single night, and giving him the chance to start last game, he came in and he produced and he played well. So hopefully we get the same input from him tonight."

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