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Kevin Love is one of the many Cleveland Cavaliers out of sorts these days. The NBA Finals provide a much brighter light than anything the sport has to offer, and it can easily make one go dizzy.
Elbows to the head when you’re going for a rebound don’t exactly help on that front. Love caught some incidental contact from Harrison Barnes in the early goings of his team’s Game 2 matchup with the Golden State Warriors, and eventually had to leave the games. The NBA offered this press release:
NBA release on Kevin Love's status: pic.twitter.com/5ggKu4nVCl
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) June 6, 2016
Here’s what Doris Burke had to say about the precaution during the game.
Love missing games would make this series all but impossible for Cleveland, who are already struggling to keep pace. Then again, we’ve talked about Love’s defensive shortcomings before, something Mercury News sports columnist Tim Kawakami mentioned during the game.
This is really mean of me to say, but CLE is a lot tougher for the Warriors when Love is not playing.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) June 6, 2016
The Cavs handled Love’s symptoms correctly according to Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal.
League docs will follow up with Cavs on how Love was handled, but I'm told they aren't expected to face punishment for how they handled it
— Jason Lloyd (@ByJasonLloyd) June 6, 2016
And here’s the director of the NBA’s concussion policy talking about the difficulty in predicting trauma to the brain.
Jeffrey Kutcher, the director of the NBa's concussion program, to @usatodaynba last season: pic.twitter.com/2RNsLv8O8A
— Jeff Zillgitt (@JeffZillgitt) June 6, 2016
No word yet on whether Love will suit up for Game 3 on Wednesday in Cleveland, but you can be sure we’ll see plenty of updates in the next couple days.
