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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert to return to action tonight against the Toronto Raptors following a three-game hiatus stemming from a shoulder injury.

(Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com)

TORONTO - After missing the Cleveland Cavaliers' last three games with a left shoulder stinger, Iman Shumpert is expected to return to action tonight against the Toronto Raptors, coach Tyronn Lue said.

"He's going to go through shootaround and he's supposed to be a go," Lue said this morning.

Shumpert suffered the stinger on Feb. 18 in a game against the Chicago Bulls when he reached for a steal and banged his shoulder against Bulls forward Doug McDermott. He stayed in the game, but the next day the injury was revealed.

The Cavaliers were deliberate in the handling of Shumpert's injury since it was the same shoulder he dislocated a little over a year ago while playing for the New York Knicks.

On occasion, it gives him problems if he gets hit a certain way. Cleveland will be glad to have its defensive specialist back for a game with playoff implications.

Although Shumpert is having an off year statistically, arguably the worst of his career, he's still the team's best perimeter defender and is expected to be assigned to Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan.