CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cavaliers said Ante Zizic could leave Las Vegas and head home to Croatia to be with his family for the country's World Cup final match Saturday.

And, as you might've guessed, Zizic took them up on it and boarded a flight Friday morning for home.

Zizic, 21, is traveling to his hometown of Split, Croatia, to watch the game. Croatia plays France in Moscow for World Cup glory. The match is at 11 a.m. Sunday, Cleveland time.

The Cavs play another Summer League game at 4:30 p.m. Saturday against Houston. Zizic is out for that and really for however many games Cleveland has remaining (the Cavs are 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the tournament portion of the Vegas Summer League).

Zizic was acquired along with two other players and two draft picks from Boston in last summer's blockbuster trade for Kyrie Irving. He hasn't been home to Croatia in 11 months, a Cavs source said.

Zizic averaged 3.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in 32 games as a rookie, though his stats are largely skewed by the relatively few minutes he played in most of the games in which he appeared. He had a stretch of four games out of five in March when he scored at least 10 points in extended minutes, due to injuries to players ahead of him in the frontcourt.

The 6-11, 250-pound Zizic played in two Summer League games with Cleveland and averaged 20.5 points and 12.5 rebounds.

Zizic didn't play in the Cavs' last Summer League game Wednesday, and was seated on the baseline watching Croatia beat England on a Cavs' front office member's tablet.