The problems keep piling up for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Besides playing horrendously in January, they have now lost their second best player on the team. Kevin Love fractured his left hand in the 125-114 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday and will likely be out for six to eight weeks.
The injury occurred few minutes into the first quarter of the game when he made contact with Pistons’ Anthony Tolliver trying to catch a pass from Jeff Green under the basket. He tried to stay on the court for a few more possessions but had to leave the game and head straight to the locker room. The Cavs will provide further information about his injury after additional examination, while Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports reports that “need for surgery is still uncertain.” It is worth noting that Love already had a surgery on his left hand in 2009.
“It’s just unfortunate for our team,” – said LeBron James after the game. “Obviously with everything [that’s] been going on as of late with our ballclub, just trying to figure out how we’re going to play every night, different lineups and getting everybody into the flow, we don’t need to have Kev go out like that. He’s going to be out for quite a while — maybe two months — so it’s just tough.”
So far in the season, Kevin Love has been averaging 17.9 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.
With Love out, the Cavs will have to find a way to overturn their longs stretch of bad games and it will be on newcomers Jae Crowder and Isaiah Thomas to step up their game. Even before Love got injured, the Cavs were looking for a trade to boost their roster, and now they might be even more active on that field.
