Leon Powe is latest addition to a growing injury list in Cleveland: Cavaliers Insider

Powe joins forward Joey Graham on the inactive list for Friday night's game against the Pacers, costing the Cavs two of their more physical defenders.

INDIANAPOLIS — Cavs forward Leon Powe entertained reporters in the locker room before Friday's game by showing off the nasty gash on his right middle finger suffered when he was hit by rookie Samardo Samuels while trying to dunk the ball during practice here on Thursday.

Powe joined forward Joey Graham (strained right quad) on the inactive list for Friday night's game against the Pacers, costing the Cavs two of their more physical defenders. 

Powe wasn't exactly sure how he opened the two-inch gash on his finger. The good news is that he didn't injure any tendons or ligaments. He's not getting stitches, but will let it heal naturally. 

"I tried to dunk it, hit the rim and grabbed the net," he said. "I think it was the net. I got it caught in the net when I was falling. It wasn't bleeding, so I didn't know what to think. Everybody told me to get up. I was like, 'Hold on. I don't know what to make of this right now.' " 

Powe said it could take a couple of weeks to heal fully, but he figured he wouldn't be out of action that long. 

"It depends on how much [pain] I can tolerate with it wrapped," he said. "Right now it's real tender because it's fresh. So when I tried to go out there, and it was real tender and sore. When I try to shoot the ball or pass the ball, I couldn't be real accurate with it. 

"I'll do something. I'll wrap it up. I'll find a way. I'm just trying to wait until it's not so tender." 

Graham missed time during training camp with a similar quad injury and aggravated it when he tackled Dwyane Wade and the two fell into the stands during Wednesday's loss in Miami. 

"I don't think this one is as bad as the one in training camp, so hopefully it doesn't keep him out that long," Cavs coach Byron Scott said. 

Meanwhile, Scott said Jamario Moon would be activated for the game. Moon has been inactive since Scott took him out of the starting lineup against Chicago on Dec. 8. 

Tait replay: While legendary Cavs broadcaster Joe Tait awaits heart surgery in the new year, WTAM will air Tait's call of what he considers the greatest regular-season game in team history -- a 154-153 quadruple overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Jan. 29, 1980. WTAM will air this Cavaliers Classic presented by Time Warner Cable in its entirety at 8 p.m. Tuesday. 

"That is the one game I remember most fondly," Tait said in a news release announcing the broadcast. "The Lakers were in championship mode. We had Bill Willoughby, who came out of high school directly to the NBA. Bill was guarding Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar] in the fourth overtime. In spite of it, we won the game, 154-153."