Game Reports

Cavs Hint at Who Will Replace Kevin Love in Starting Lineup of Game 3

Published by
Brad Sullivan

With Kevin Love officially out for Wednesday night’s Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers need to find a replacement for him in the starting lineup as they take on the Golden State Warriors.

If Akron Beacon Journal beat writer Jason Lloyd’s tweet is of any indication, the decision has officially been made with Richard Jefferson being the choice:

Lloyd indicated that the 35-year-old Jefferson was wearing a starter’s jersey during the team’s shootaround this morning. During the regular season, he started five of the 74 games he played for the team.

Three of those starts came in the first five weeks of the season, another came in place of LeBron James against Washington on February 28 and the last one came in the regular season finale against Detroit on April 13. All of his postseason performances have been as a reserve.

Brad Sullivan

Brad Sullivan is a lead writer for Cavaliers Nation. He has spent much of life in the Cleveland, Ohio area, and has remained a Cavalier fan from their 1970 beginnings through the return of LeBron James. While that fandom was sorely tested during the Reign of Error known simply by one word, Stepien, that overall historical perspective will be part of his writing for Cavaliers Nation in the months ahead.

Published by
Brad Sullivan

Recent Posts

Report: Cavs teammates had ‘patronizing’ reactions to Darius Garland 3-pointer earlier in Magic series

Teammates of Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Daris Garland reportedly gave the floor general multiple "patronizing…

12 hours ago

Emoni Bates signs off on idea that he could win Most Improved Player in 2024-25 NBA season

Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Emoni Bates may have come into the 2023-24 campaign in hopes of…

1 day ago

Donovan Mitchell shoulders blame for ugly Cavs loss: ‘I’m disappointed in myself’

Cleveland Cavaliers star guard Donovan Mitchell said that he's to blame for the team's blowout…

2 days ago

Was Jarrett Allen’s praise of Orlando’s head coach a slight shot at J.B. Bickerstaff?

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell back down to Earth in Game 3 of their series against…

3 days ago

Report: Multiple Magic starters were ‘screaming’ at Cavs bench in Game 3

Orlando Magic players Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs reportedly were talking to the Cleveland Cavaliers'…

3 days ago

Magic fans upset at referee assignments for Game 3 vs. Cavs: ‘We are so f—-d’

Fans of the Orlando Magic franchise voiced frustration on X (formerly known as Twitter) in…

4 days ago