Kevin Love is out!!!

[rondofan1255]

wow...

[Phantom255x]

At TD Garden, Kevin Love averaged 18/10 in the three games (Games 1, 2, 5).

Despite CLE still playing well without him AT HOME, I think going on the road could be a different story. We just got to execute better on both ends of the floor.

[hpantazo]

Kinda sucks though for both Conference Finals series that missing CP3 and Love is going to affect the outcomes.

[Boris Badenov]

So, Ty Lue has one day to adjust to his 2nd best player being out, and Brad Stevens has one day to adjust to his opponent's 2nd best player being out.

It almost seems unfair.

Well, they also had half the game yesterday to adjust to it and that didn't work out for us.

Come on. You can't come up with a new game plan in minutes, after the game has started. Though if you take after halftime, we outscored them slightly.

[hpantazo]

I'm still a bit worried about Rozier's ankle. We've had no update on that yet.

[SparzWizard]

Cavs defense is going to be better because of this. The Celtics have to come out even harder instead of thinking they caught a break with Love out.

If our guys take it for granted, then the stage is set for a historical Lebron playoff game with our young guys as sacrificial lambs.

After Love went down, their defense held the Celtics to 99 points yesterday.

[celticinorlando]

Cavs saying Jeff green is an improvement is just ridiculous. Jeff green never plays two good games in a row. He is a bum

[hpantazo]

So, Ty Lue has one day to adjust to his 2nd best player being out, and Brad Stevens has one day to adjust to his opponent's 2nd best player being out.

It almost seems unfair.

Well, they also had half the game yesterday to adjust to it and that didn't work out for us.

Come on. You can't come up with a new game plan in minutes, after the game has started. Though if you take after halftime, we outscored them slightly.

In minutes, no, but you have to be able to make mid-game adjustments, especially at halftime, if you expect to win playoff games.

[SparzWizard]

Kinda sucks though for both Conference Finals series that missing CP3 and Love is going to affect the outcomes.

Warriors sweep NBA Finals book it lol

[Bucketgetter]

I hate when people get excited about injuries. Especially after the season we had.

I was having this debate with myself earlier this morning. I'm certainly not happy Love is out, however his concussion (whether I like it or not), puts my team in a better position to get to the Finals, and that's what I'm happy about, not the concussion itself.

But since my being happy that my team has a better chance of winning Game 7 correlates with Love's injury, am I glad that he's injured?

Yeah, that's what you're saying. Even if you're motivated by the Celtics winning.

[celticinorlando]

Cavs played better yesterday because it was in Cleveland. Same thing happened in games 3 and 4. Had nothing to do with love being out

[CelticsElite]

Kinda sucks though for both Conference Finals series that missing CP3 and Love is going to affect the outcomes.

does kyrie , Hayward, theis, and Larkin out affect anything?

[Boris Badenov]

So, Ty Lue has one day to adjust to his 2nd best player being out, and Brad Stevens has one day to adjust to his opponent's 2nd best player being out.

It almost seems unfair.

Well, they also had half the game yesterday to adjust to it and that didn't work out for us.

Come on. You can't come up with a new game plan in minutes, after the game has started. Though if you take after halftime, we outscored them slightly.

In minutes, no, but you have to be able to make mid-game adjustments, especially at halftime, if you expect to win playoff games.

Right. And we outscored them by 1 after halftime. I'm not saying we did anything brilliant, but the second half was better than the 1st for us.

[celticinorlando]

Timing is everything. Lue showed his hand in how he is going to replace Love yesterday. Now Stevens gets a full day to counterattack

[jpotter33]

So, Ty Lue has one day to adjust to his 2nd best player being out, and Brad Stevens has one day to adjust to his opponent's 2nd best player being out.

It almost seems unfair.

This. Seems a bit strange on the Cavs’ part to announce this that early, as it gives Brad a full day to prepare solely for this gameplan rather than having to second guess whether Love plays.

While this will certainly make their D better overall and take away a significant mismatch for us, this severely hurts their offense, as no one other than Lebron and Love could score in Boston.

I imagine we go back to Rozier, Brown, Tatum, Morris, and Al in the starting lineup, as taking Love out of the equation makes it that much easier for us to shut down everyone else on the Cavs.