Larry Nance Jr. will miss six weeks due to a fractured left hand

Larry Nance Jr. will be missing the next six weeks of the season after fracturing his left hand in last Saturday's 124-99 loss against the Milwaukee Bucks. Lance had previously been playing on a sprained right wrist before this injury

Nance had been starting in place of Kevin Love, who is also out with a leg injury. While Nance has been out the last few games, Taurean Prince has been filling in as his replacement. This is likely the route the Cavs will continue to follow either if it works or if Love is cleared to come back fully, which does not look promising in the next five games.

Nance has averaged 9.3 points and 6.8 rebounds in 33.4 minutes a game in the 19 games that he's played this season. He is an extremely valuable player to the Cavs right now. He may very well be in one of the best seasons of his career.

With the uncertainty of what will happen in the next few games for the Cavs, not having Nance really tears the team down more than they had already been with the loss of Love.

Praying for a speedy recovery for Nance.

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