Love Gets First Playoff Victory, Cavs Beat Celtics, 113-100
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Christian Petersen/Getty Images(CLEVELAND) — After six seasons in the NBA, Kevin Love finally experienced a playoff game and victory on Sunday in the Cavaliers 113-100 win over the Celtics in round one of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Love scored 19 in the win and Kyrie Irving scored 30 in his first playoff game. LeBron James added 20 in the win.
“I just try to find a way to get [Love] touches,” James said. “Even though he was missing shots early, those were great shots and he was very aggressive and I just wanted him to stay with it.”
Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points and 10 assists in the loss and Avery Bradley was held to seven points.
“We’re still confident,” Thomas said. “Guys are ready for Game 2, knowing that good or bad you’ve got to have a short memory. There are possibly seven games in this series and it could go either way.”
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