Love to rejoin Cavaliers on Thursday vs. Jazz

CLEVELAND -- Kevin Love will make an earlier-than-expected return to the Cavaliers.

The All-Star forward will start Thursday night against the Utah Jazz, with the team making the announcement a day after general manager David Griffin had said Love likely would be back on the Cavs' upcoming four-game road trip.

On Feb. 14, Love underwent arthroscopic surgery to have a loose body removed from his left knee. He was expected to miss six weeks.

Kevin Love will be on a minutes restriction and likely will be held out of both ends of back-to-backs for the time being."The medical staff just said he was great," coach Tyronn Lue said Thursday of Love's quick recovery. "He felt great after the few…