What a bummer for Kevin Love: as a six-year veteran of the Minnesota Timberwolves, he had never made the playoffs before this season. And now, after gutting through a difficult but successful regular season with his new employer, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Love is going to miss the rest of the playoffs after having his shoulder literally ripped out of its socket by Kelly Olynyk in the first quarter of the Cavs’ Game 4, series-ending victory over the Boston Celtics.
Depth is not exactly a feature of this Cavaliers’ team. While one-time lottery pick Tristan Thompson can ably fill in at power forward in the starting lineup—Thompson started in 15 games this regular season—things could get dicey as the Cavs are forced to dig deeper into their rotations against their next opponent, the Chicago Bulls.