Kevin Love is sick. No, not in the crazy, high-caliber sense but in a literal one, and it's not pretty.
The Cavaliers forward left Monday's game against the Pelicans midway through the fourth quarter after missing all seven of his 3-pointers. He didn't look right all game, knocking down just 5 of 19 shots. We now know why the big man wasn't himself.
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Cavs coach Tyronn Lue told reporters following the 90-82 win that Love dropped 10 pounds in two days because of what the team is calling food poisoning. Love thinks he became ill after eating fish on the Cavs' flight home from Charlotte on New Year's Eve.
Lue said he canceled the Cavs' shootaround to give Love a chance to rest.
"We didn't think he was going to be able to play (Monday)," Lue said, via Cleveland.com. "He said he's going to give it a go. He came out there and gave us 24 strong minutes, which we needed. He had 12 and 11 in those 24 minutes but just his presence on the floor was big for us and for him to gut it out the way he did was big for us."
Love, who is averaging 22.2 points and 10.9 rebounds this season, should be considered questionable for Wednesday's game against the Bulls.