The Cavaliers will have to hope the injury doesn’t affect Love’s shooting too much.
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Yet, the biggest issue for the Cavs right now doesn’t have anything to do with the “x’s and o’s” (Tyronn Lue).
Love left the game with just fewer than four minutes remaining in the Cavaliers’ 100-97 victory. But it’s not the case for the 6-foot-10 Love. It begs the question: Even with LeBron’s heroics, do the Cavs have what it takes to win this series?
After sweeping through the First Round in each of the previous three postseasons, the Wine & Gold find themselves in an unfamiliar spot heading into Sunday’s Game 4 in Indiana.
Eric Bledsoe and Jabari Parker scored 17 apiece and Thon Maker had 14 for Milwaukee, who trail the best-of-seven series 1-2.
After the Pacers cut the 57-40 halftime deficit to 69-63 at the end of three, the Pacers continued to apply pressure and eventually Bogdanovic finally broke through with a four-point play that gave IN an 81-77 lead with 6:10 left.
Hill felt stiffness in his back between Games 1 and 2.
Thompson is coming off what was likely his worst pro season (career lows 5.8 ppg in 20.2 minutes), but is averaging 8.0 points and 9.3 boards for his career in the playoffs.
By way of sharp contrast, the Cavs shot a sub-standard 38.5 percent overall and an ice-cold 23.5 percent from 3-point range.
Love ended up playing only 59 games in the recently concluded regular season.
Green went 0 for 7 from the field and missed his three free throws in the opener.
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Bradley Beal had 28 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals in the Wizards’ win. The ball is already in his hands the majority of the time, but coach Lue would rather another player be responsible for that to begin the game “because I don’t want LeBron to have to do everything”. That’s something that’s on Lue.
