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Cavaliers doctors failed Kevin Love by letting him stay in after concussion blow

Anyone watching Game 2 of the NBA Finals knew that Kevin Love was dealing with concussion symptoms — except, apparently, the Cavaliers' doctors. Love eventually left the game for good — at his own discretion — and entered the league's concussion protocol after looking disoriented on the defensive end and heading back to Cleveland's bench.

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He didn't do it after spending about 30 seconds on the court crumpled in a heap, courtesy of Harrison Barnes' accidental elbow. Play continued on the other end of the court while Love was on Mars, and Cleveland's doctors didn't bother to take him out of the game to check.