NBA-Hot Love 推進するs Cavs to 強くたたくing 勝利，勝つ over 雷鳴
Feb 21 (The Sports Xchange) - For much of the first half of the season, Cleveland Cavaliers 今後 Kevin Love was part of 貿易（する） 噂するs, にもかかわらず the team's success.
But in the two games since the 貿易（する） 最終期限 passed, Love has shown how 価値のある he can be to a 肩書を与える-競うing team. That 含むd 地位，任命するing 29 points and 11 回復するs in the Cavaliers' 115-92 road victory over the Oklahoma City 雷鳴 on Sunday.
"He gave it to us on both ends," Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said. "Defensively he was engaged, he was in the 権利 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs contesting 発射s, he was physical in the postups, and his 選ぶ and roll 弁護 was 広大な／多数の／重要な."
Love 発射 9 of 18 from the field and was 11 of 12 from the 解放する／自由な-throw line. 今後 LeBron James, 得点する／非難する／２０d only two points in the game's first 10 minutes, but finished with 25 points, 11 補助装置s and seven 回復するs. Guard J.R. Smith 追加するd 15 points as the Cavaliers 改善するd to 40-14.
But it was the Cleveland's physical nature that impressed the players the most.
"We have to bring the fight no 事柄 who we're playing," James said. "It just makes us 焦点（を合わせる） more when we're physical. We're more in tune. That's two straight games that we've been able to do that and I think that needs to be our 中心的要素. I think the guys know that."
今後 Kevin Durant 得点する／非難する／２０d 26 points on 10-of-21 狙撃 to lead the 雷鳴. Guard Russell Westbrook 追加するd 20 points, 11 補助装置s and nine 回復するs. 今後 Serge Ibaka 得点する／非難する／２０d 12 points but was held to only two points after halftime as the 雷鳴 dropped to 40-16.
Oklahoma is 0-2 since the All-星／主役にする break, but it's the way the team has competed that has the 雷鳴's 星／主役にするs calling everyone out.
"We've got to dig 負かす／撃墜する 深い," a 失望させるd Durant said. "X's and O's and shootarounds and 計画／陰謀s, and practices, that (stuff) is out the window. You've got to dig 負かす／撃墜する 深い and decide what you want to do. And that's everybody."
For the second time this season, Cleveland wore out the 雷鳴 on the backboards with a 44-38 advantage.
"They just played more 積極的な and made some 発射s," Westbrook said. "We didn't make much. In 移行 they got some 平易な buckets."
The loss dropped the 雷鳴's 記録，記録的な／記録する to 13-11 against Eastern 会議／協議会 teams this season. That 含むs a season sweep by the Cavaliers.
"We've got to 再編成する and 人物／姿／数字 out what we can do better and move on," Durant said. "It's the 正規の／正選手 season." (Editing by Andrew Both)
