Kevin Love passes Anderson Varejao for 6th on Cavaliers rebounds list in loss to Jazz: Behind the Numbers

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Kevin Love continues to climb the Cavaliers all-time leaderboards in quite a lot of classes, passing one other Cleveland fan favourite in Tuesday’s 116-114 loss to the Jazz in Utah.

When Love grabbed the rebound off a Jarred Vanderbilt missed jumper early within the second quarter, he handed Anderson Varejao and moved into sixth on the membership’s all-time rebounds listing with 4,455.

Love completed with 9 boards to offer him a complete of 4,459, which is 110 shy of John “Sizzling Rod” Williams in fifth place (4,669). LeBron James holds the franchise file with 6,190 complete rebounds.

Love has averaged 9.3 rebounds per contest since becoming a member of the Cavs in 2014 after grabbing 12.2 boards per sport in his first six seasons with Minnesota. He led the league with 1,112 boards, together with a league-high 330 offensive rebounds in 2011 for the Timberwolves, however has averaged double-digit rebounds simply twice in his 9 seasons with Cleveland (2017, 2019).

At 9.3 per sport, Love must play slightly greater than two full seasons so as to catch James, additionally passing Williams, Brad Daugherty (5,227), Tristan Thompson (5,393) and Zydrunas Ilgauskas (5,904) alongside the way in which.

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Listed here are a number of extra details and figures from Tuesday’s sport in Utah.

Down 5 late within the fourth quarter, Utah rallied behind a uncommon seven-point possession because of a 3-point area aim by Jordan Clarkson and a pair of capturing fouls assessed to Caris LeVert. The scenario was harking back to a seven-point possession by the Warriors in final 12 months’s NBA Finals.

In Recreation 3, ultimately gained by the Celtics, Golden State received 15 factors within the third quarter from Steph Curry, who was fouled by Al Horford with 5:06 left on a made 3-point shot. Identical to the LeVert foul on Clarkson, officers dominated Horford’s closeout on Curry didn’t permit the shooter area to land, so the Warriors received to maintain the ball after Curry’s foul shot and Otto Porter Jr. knocked down a 3 for the seven-point possession.

In response to Elias Sports activities, it was the primary seven-point possession in an NBA Finals sport in additional than 25 years. However neither scenario matches the eight factors that Portland scored in a single possession towards Golden State in 2019.

This time the huge level swing went towards the Warriors after a flagrant foul and two technicals (plus an ejection) for Golden State coach Steve Kerr. After Damien Lillard and Zach Collins knocked down 5 straight free throws, Jake Layman completed off the possession with a 3-pointer that put the Blazers in entrance by 15.

LeVert drained a 3-pointer and drew a foul within the third quarter that reduce Utah’s result in 4.

LeVert wants simply two extra triples made so as to attain 500 for his profession. He entered Tuesday’s sport with 497 makes on 1,478 makes an attempt (33.6%) in his profession.

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