A year ago, Kevin Love’s absence  could be seen as the Golden State Warriors took down the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games.

Cleveland might have to cope without Love once again.

After taking an elbow in the head in the first quarter of Game Two on Sunday, Love played more than one quarter before undergoing NBA concussion protocol. Love’s delayed exit brought questions from many regarding the NBA and its handling of Love’s symptoms.

Here’s video of the initial hit:


Love managed to stay in the game for the rest of the first half. In 21 minutes, Love scored five points.

At the start of the third quarter, Love headed to the locker room, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein:

ESPN’s Doris Burke was all over the Love news on the broadcast. She broke it down for the fans:

The NBA is aware of how it handled Love’s concussion symptoms. It has since released a statement regarding its handling of Love:

With all of the talk around concussions, it’s bad PR for anyone to mishandle concussion symptoms. It’s obviously getting plenty of commentary on social media:

It will be interesting to see if the NBA changes its protocol with Love’s issues.

On the court, the Cavaliers can use any help it can get against the Warriors. Golden State thoroughly outplayed Cleveland in Game Two, coming away with a 110-77 win to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the series.

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