Kevin Love Injury: Updates on Cavaliers Star's Knee and Recovery
Cleveland Cavaliers star forward Kevin Love suffered a knee injury after stepping on an official's foot in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Toronto Raptors. However, he's ready to return.
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Love Active vs. Raptors
Wednesday, May 25
Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue said Love will play in Game 5 on Wednesday, per Tom Withers of the Associated Press.
Latest on Love's Practice Status
Tuesday, May 24
The Cavaliers provided footage of Love from practice Tuesday:
Injuries Beginning to Wear on Love
Love scored 10 points while collecting seven rebounds and three assists in 31 minutes of action in Cleveland's 105-99 loss in Game 4.
Love only missed five games during the regular season, but his body has been getting banged up lately. He left Cleveland's game against the Los Angeles Lakers in February with a contusion on his surgically repaired left shoulder that was dislocated in the playoffs last year.
The good news is Love did not miss time after that game, but the Cavs did pick spots to give him rest. The 27-year-old sat March 4 against Washington, and swelling in his knees kept him out of a March 10 game against the Lakers.
The Cavs steamrolled their way through the first two rounds of the playoffs, allowing Love to get extra rest in this long season.
While Love is not the sharpshooter he once was in Minnesota, he's been terrific from beyond the arc in the postseason (44.8 percent), like virtually everyone on the Cavs.
No one on the bench can match his ability to score and rebound at a high level, and that makes his presence very important Wednesday night.
