Powe unable to make a return trip to Boston

Leon Powe has played over 100 games at the TD Garden.

This week, however, he won’t be able to add to that total.

Powe, who played the first three years of his career in Boston, suffered a torn right meniscus earlier this month and will stay back in Cleveland to continue his rehab when the Cavaliers take on the Celtics on Tuesday.

“I was disappointed,” Powe told CSNNE.com. “I wanted to go out there [to Boston]. I haven’t seen some people, especially the fans, in a while. I wanted to go out there just to say hi to everybody and make sure they see my face.”

“I was just starting to get into playing some consistent minutes,” Powe recalled. “I drove and I took somebody from Toronto off the dribble and got fouled. But when I came down, his knee hit my knee in an awkward position. I think my knee shifted a little bit and messed up something inside of it, some cartilage on the meniscus a little bit. I’ve got to sit out for four to six weeks, so I’m doing rehab for that. It’s never fun, but I know how to do it.”