Kevin Love had surgery on his badly damaged left shoulder that could require six months of recovery, officially ending any remote chance he had of returning during Cleveland’s playoff run. Love, whose arm was yanked from the socket on Sunday by Boston’s Kelly Olynyk during Game 4, had the operation at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Cavs general manager David Griffin said it
The Tampa Bay Lightning are eager to take another shot at the Montreal Canadiens. A year after being swept by their Atlantic Division rivals in the opening round of the NHL playoffs, the confident Lightning will be looking for redemption when the teams meet again in the Eastern Conference semifinals. ”This sure does make us feel better about ourselves,” coach Jon Cooper said Wednesday night after Braydon Coburn snapped a
Al Horford banged his dislocated finger and spent much of the game fiddling with it. Jeff Teague twisted his right ankle and hobbled to the locker room for a quick tape job. Horford and Teague scored 20 points apiece, helping the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks hold off the Brooklyn Nets 107-97 Wednesday night in an NBA playoff series that’s closer than anyone envisioned. Down by 17 at the end of the
Cleveland star Kevin Love faces up to six months on the sidelines after undergoing surgery to repair a shoulder injury sustained during last weekend’s NBA playoff win over Boston, his team confirmed. Love, 26, went under the knife in New York on Wednesday to fix his left shoulder, which was dislocated during a clash with Boston’s Kelly Olynyk on Sunday as the Cavaliers completed a series sweep. The Cavs had
World number one Rory McIlroy and Masters champion Jordan Spieth opened their WGC-Match Play Championship campaigns with easy wins Wednesday on a day of upsets at the new-look $9.25 million event. Northern Ireland star McIlroy carded just one birdie and 13 pars but was too good for Jason Dufner, winning 5&4 at San Francisco’s picturesque Harding Park course. Didn’t really hole anything,” said McIlroy. In-form Spieth, fresh from a scintillating
Centre Marc Gasol scored 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 99-93 to wrap up their first-round Western Conference playoff series. The fifth-seeded Grizzlies will meet the top-seeded Golden State Warriors in the NBA playoff quarter-finals beginning Sunday in Oakland, California. “It is going to be a tough battle,” said Grizzlies power forward Zach Randolph on playing Golden State.
(Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers have confirmed forward Kevin Love is out of the playoffs after “successful” surgery on Wednesday to repair his dislocated left shoulder. Love was injured when he got tangled up with Boston Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk in Game Four of Cleveland’s first-round playoff series sweep on Sunday. In a statement, Cleveland projected Love’s recovery time at between four and six months, which means he should be
The NBA fined Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers $25,000 for publicly criticizing the officiating in his team’s home playoff loss to San Antonio. The reigning NBA champion Spurs lead the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series 3-2. Rivers was upset by a travelling call on Blake Griffin, and a goal-tending call on Matt Barnes that he disagreed with.
