Love has shoulder checked, OK'd for Cavs travel
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love can travel with the team for the remainder of the postseason after having his left shoulder re-evaluated, general manager David Griffin confirmed to ESPN.com.
Love traveled to New York to have the shoulder looked at by Dr. David Altchek last week while the Cavs were in Atlanta for Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Hawks, Griffin said.
Altchek, who performed the season-ending surgery on Love’s dislocated left shoulder at the end of April, said the All-Star forward also can stop wearing the sling he’s used to stabilize it for the past month.
Love rejoined the Cavs for Game 3 in Cleveland on Sunday, sitting in the second row behind their bench.
Love averaged 18.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists while shooting 47.1 percent from 3-point range in the first three games of the first round against the Boston Celtics before suffering the injury. He has not addressed the media since. Cleveland has gone 8-2 without him, sweeping Boston, beating the Chicago Bulls in six games and taking a 3-0 series lead on the Hawks.
Love can opt out of the final year of his contract and become a free agent this summer.
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