Kevin Love has been doing well so far with the Cleveland Cavaliers and at the rate he is going, the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star forward is pretty focused on how to help his team go all the way. And that means until the very end, depending on where the Cavs end up this season.
The 2014–15 NBA season wasn't exactly memorable for Love. Aside from being criticized for his struggling play, he saw his season end abruptly during the first round of the NBA playoffs.
With the Cavs expectedly wrapping up their first round assignment against the Boston Celtics, Love was the casualty of that matchup.
This was where he suffered his shoulder injury, something that resulted as he and Boston Celtics' Kelly Olynyk got entangled.
The play was controversial, something that many felt was uncalled for and done on purpose by Olynyk. But if there were indeed any hard feelings between the two, well, it certainly didn't show.
Actually, Love said that he and Olynyk already talked after the incident. Olynyk apologized and Love has already forgiven him. In short, it's all in the past and it's really something that should have been forgotten by now.
Judging by the way he performed for the first time since that incident, Love seemed to be pretty much in the game.
There weren't any altercations or tension felt in the air, just a basketball game. Love tallied 20 points, eight rebounds, and five assists in 34 minutes as the Cavs won it handily, 89–76.
Contrary to what some believed, Love kept his word. Nothing out of the ordinary occurred and from the looks of it, all was forgiven. Love and Olynyk never really talked at any point, before, after and during the game. In all, there were no traces of that unfortunate incident, regardless if it was intentional or not.
"Time heals all wounds," says Love via Cleveland.com. "I know this is the first time coming back and this will always be a place where I'll remember my first playoff run and that fourth game being particularly tough."
