1 stud and 1 dud from Cavs’ brutal loss to the Pistons on Thursday

Cavs dud: Kevin Love

Kevin Love has had a career revival this year, playing less minutes off the bench and excelling in this role, being in the running for Sixth Man of the Year. Love was not himself in this one, though, as he could not find the bottom of the net going 1-of-5 from the field and 1-of-4 from three. He finished the game with 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 fouls, and 2 turnovers in 17 minutes of action.

Love was far from the only dud for the Cavs but he stuck out the most to me due to his consistent play for the majority of the season. Love is one of the elders on the team, is often looked at in situations where the game starts to get out of hand and on Thursday night, he snowballed those situations.

All-Star big man Jarrett Allen played poorly, scoring 11 to go with 8 rebounds, both being below his averages. However, he was able to make his impact felt defensively, recording 3 blocks.

Cleveland will just have to put this one behind them. It was a tough loss, no question about it, considering Detroit is one of the worst teams in the league and it’s the second time they were able to defeat the Cavs this season. With the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics catching fire and flying up the standings it is starting to appear that every win will count in an absolutely loaded Eastern Conference.

The Cavaliers will look to redeem themselves on Saturday night when they square off against the Washington Wizards.