Mo Williams (sprained right thumb) will not play Thursday night against Oklahoma City...

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mo Williams will not play in Thursday's game.

  http://freewallpaperpremium.blogspot.com/ - Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mo Williams will not play in Thursday night's primetime matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder. 

Williams sprained his right thumb during the second half of Tuesday's win against the Boston Celtics. He tried to work through the injury during Thursday morning's shootaround, but doesn't feel healthy enough to play.

The 32-year-old backup point guard is averaging 13.0 points and 4.1 assists per game this season.

Williams will be joined on the sidelines by Iman Shumpert, who injured his groin against Boston, and Kyrie Irving, who has yet to make his season debut following surgery on his fractured left kneecap this offseason.

That leaves the Cavs without three of their top backcourt players against an explosive Oklahoma City team led by Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. 

"That's a tall task, but we have never wavered from the approach that no excuses and no give," Cavs head coach David Blatt said about the missing players. "We go out there and compete with whatever and whoever we have."

Irving, meanwhile, remains without a firm timetable for a return despite participating in a number of practices recently. 

"We also have been pretty consistent about wanting to put Kyrie on the floor when he's ready and we still have some steps to go through before we're confident that he's ready," Blatt said. "When we get to that point, we will put him out there regardless of what team we are playing."

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