Kevin Love - Miami Ground Machine

Except Love has been showing play on both sides of the ball in all three games. the 6 of 10 was icing and was taken because he was hot from downtown not because they didnt have anything else for him to do

Bigger challenges lie ahead for Kevin Love, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

If we look back at the entire season and analyze games played with one day off, 2 days off, and back to backs, I'll bet we'll find the Cavs playing much better with at least 2 days off. Playing every other day is also helpful. We might be the team who benefits the most with a playoff schedule. We get a very rested Kevin Love... and his back. We get a rested LeBron,... and his everything. We get a rested Kyrie,.. .not sure it matters to him. We get a rested Mozzy.... big men do need rest. We get a rested JR and Shumpy.... players who play defense need rest. We get a rested bench.... the more TT rests the more rebounds.

I believe this may be what we are seeing. Take this Sunday; the Cavs will start slow again, and mainly because of 2 off days. They will get their legs in the 2nd quarter and proceed to win by 15.

Rest is needed for Love and James. I welcome it. It means the Bulls are in big time trouble.

DougHeil said:

If we look back at the entire season and analyze games played with one day off, 2 days off, and back to backs, I'll bet we'll find the Cavs playing much better with at least 2 days off. Playing every other day is also helpful. We might be the team who benefits the most with a playoff schedule. We get a very rested Kevin Love... and his back. We get a rested LeBron,... and his everything. We get a rested Kyrie,.. .not sure it matters to him. We get a rested Mozzy.... big men do need rest. We get a rested JR and Shumpy.... players who play defense need rest. We get a rested bench.... the more TT rests the more rebounds.

I believe this may be what we are seeing. Take this Sunday; the Cavs will start slow again, and mainly because of 2 off days. They will get their legs in the 2nd quarter and proceed to win by 15.

Rest is needed for Love and James. I welcome it. It means the Bulls are in big time trouble.

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Its funny, someone actually did do this, and you're right. They looked at Love's numbers with no days rest, 1 day, and 2 days, and he was significantly better with one or two days rest. I don't know that they did it for James, but the results for Love were pretty clear.

I wish I could remember which site crunched the numbers.

Czvosec said:

Its funny, someone actually did do this, and you're right. They looked at Love's numbers with no days rest, 1 day, and 2 days, and he was significantly better with one or two days rest. I don't know that they did it for James, but the results for Love were pretty clear.

I wish I could remember which site crunched the numbers.

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I think most sites have them in their splits section. See below:

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/splits/_/id/3449/kevin-love

Kevin Paul Dupont, of the Boston Globe, has pleaded with Celtic fans to show as much "love" to Love, as a recruiting ploy. I guess Kevin spent some time in Boston at the end of the season, so this ass wipe is speculating "everyone knows Boston is a place he really wants to be".

Pure speculation, then follows it up with saying no one really knows what he will do.

He's urging fans to cheer for him. Has Boston become that pathetic of a basketball town? Cheer for an opposing player, because your team sucks balls so much, you're desperate for him to come there? Hilarious.

Makes me happy we're playing this shitty as team.

Kevin Love would never profane himself by wearing Celtics green or by consorting with their brainless, no-class, boorish uncouth fans.

He is a GQ model. Therefore he has taste. Sorry, Boston fans! I guess it is back to being unintelligible misanthropic mouth-breathing malodorous drunks for you! Condolences!

Lord Mar said:

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That's my line!

King Stannis said:

I guess it is back to being unintelligible misanthropic malodorous drunks for you! Condolences!

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Nice adjectives

King Stannis said:

He is a GQ model. Therefore he has taste. Sorry, Boston fans!

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Depends on your definition of "taste". Rhianna, 50 Cent, and Kendall Jenner have also been on the cover of GQ and they are some of the most narcissistic, uneducated, and hedonistic individuals that this world has ever seen.

But yes, Boston fans are the worst.

I like the atmosphere in Boston...

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Nice adjectives



Depends on your definition of "taste". Rhianna, 50 Cent, and Kendall Jenner have also been on the cover of GQ and they are some of the most narcissistic, uneducated, and hedonistic individuals that this world has ever seen.

But yes, Boston fans are the worst.

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I have to edit it for alliteration purposes.

godfather said:

Kevin Paul Dupont, of the Boston Globe, has pleaded with Celtic fans to show as much "love" to Love, as a recruiting ploy. I guess Kevin spent some time in Boston at the end of the season, so this ass wipe is speculating "everyone knows Boston is a place he really wants to be".

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Laughable- there's no way this works out....I mean, he heard the Garden crowd tearing Bron a new one with the personal shots...why would Love go there if he has to treat his body like a 60 yr old man now? You know he doesn't want any of that...

(Haynes article) They spewed some of the most offensive and demeaning insults imaginable. It might have caused the late Richard Pryor to cringe (OK, maybe not). And they never let up. This went on from the first quarter to the closing minutes. Some of the taunts were creative, but a lot was horrendous and classless.


Most of the malicious jeers were aimed towards LeBron James, as they attacked his mother, manhood and anything else they could conceive.


A nice, sweet-looking young lady screamed, "LeBron's a b****," from the top of her lungs, and then she looked around to see everyone's response with an innocent-looking grin on her face. http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2015/04/celtics_fans_vicious_vile_taun.html

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Pip said:

I like the atmosphere in Boston...

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Great to see Kevin really break out in Game 3. I expect him to continue to do well, overall, in the postseason.

Love is made for the playoffs, for three reasons:

A. The playoffs are about effort. Every team and every player has to pretty much go all out on every possession. This is the way Kevin Love plays on a nightly basis (usually, although sometimes not the case on defense). His entire game is based on effort and skill as opposed to athleticism. No one is going to out-effort Kevin Love. I think it was in the second half of Game 2 where he just decided he was going to get the ball near the basket and get offensive rebounds and get fouled. And that's exactly what he did. Expect more of that as the playoffs continue.

B. You get at least a day of rest between games in the playoffs, if not more. This is critical for all players, but especially for players who rely on out-working other players. Which is what Kevin Love is.

C. There is more post-up play and slowed-down play in the playoffs. A good chunk of this will be run through LeBron for us, but a good chunk of it will also be run through Love. And some of the around-the-basket play will just be Love asserting himself on the offensive boards and drawing fouls.

This is just the beginning of Love in Cleveland. Year 1. With a bad back and everyone figuring things out about how to use Love best.

It's going to get better. A lot better. At least as long as Love can stay healthy.

Still, I think the playoffs will bring out the best version of Love we've seen all year. Things are set up for him to do well, and the Cavs need him to do well.

What Love needs to do when Noah guards him in the next series is just bust Noah's ass. Because of Noah's knee, he can't keep up with a high pace or heavy minutes. Make him run the court. Wear on him. Pound on him.

Noah will block a number of Love's shots, as will Pau and even Taj. But Love just needs to keep attacking, keep hitting the boards, keep running the floor. Pau is old and soft. Noah is gimpy. Drive them into the dirt and they'll crack.

They have good rim protecters in Noah and Gasol, don't they? If that's the case, wouldn't our way to beat them pass through the three point line?

LeShaq said:

What Love needs to do when Noah guards him in the next series is just bust Noah's ass. Because of Noah's knee, he can't keep up with a high pace or heavy minutes. Make him run the court. Wear on him. Pound on him.

Noah will block a number of Love's shots, as will Pau and even Taj. But Love just needs to keep attacking, keep hitting the boards, keep running the floor. Pau is old and soft. Noah is gimpy. Drive them into the dirt and they'll crack.

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I agree with this.
The fact that Love is a threat from 3 will need to be exploited. Love needs to be constantly moving on offense, in and out of the paint. Running Noah to the ground. He can't just leave him open on the perimeter. Running an offense with love starting on the elbow, cutting inside, receiving a screen or two and back out to the 3 on the other side, should have Noah gasping for air by the time the play is done.
Pau is extremely slow these days and we should be able to take advantage of that too with both our centers playing well on the PnR.