The Cleveland Cavaliers will be without Kevin Love for the entirety of the second round after the power forward sustained a dislocated left shoulder in the team's sweep-clinching Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday, the team announced.
Kevin Love will miss entire 2nd round for Cavaliers with dislocated shoulder
The Cavs will be without one of their top players in the next round of the playoffs.
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The team issued the following statement:
The injury occurred when Love became tangled with Boston forward Kelly Olynyk while the two were chasing after a loose ball. He immediately left the game and did not return.
“I thought it was a bush-league play,” Love told reporters after the game. “Olynyk was in a compromising position, had no chance to get the ball, and it’s just too bad that he would go to those lengths to take somebody out of the game and do that to someone. I have no doubt in my mind that he did that on purpose.”
Love, playing in his first postseason, averaged 14.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game against Boston while shooting 43 percent from the three-point line. In the seven games he sat out during the regular season the Cavaliers went 3-4.
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