Kevin Love cleared for travel to Cleveland after Game 2 head injury (Ball Don’t Lie)
As if the start of the 2016 NBA Finals wasn't going poorly enough for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they lost star forward Kevin Love midway through Sunday's Game 2. And his status for Game 3 is not yet known. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Love went down hard after taking an elbow to the back of the head from Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes during a scramble for a rebound with just over five minutes remaining in the second quarter and the Warriors leading by nine: Barnes came away with the rebound, and Love lay slumped in the paint under the Warriors basket, holding his head, as play continued. Draymond Green eventually drove to the basket for an and-one layup, nearly landing on the prone Love as he came down. Despite the head shot and the lengthy stay on the floor before getting back up to his feet and heading back to the bench on his own power after being attended to by Cleveland's trainer , Love was not "removed from participation [to] undergo evaluation by the medical staff in a quiet, distraction-free environment conducive to conducting a neurological evaluation," as would be required if he was "suspected of having a...
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