Anyone watching Game 2 of the NBA Finals knew
Michael Brockers Jersey that Kevin Love was dealing with concu sion symptoms except, apparently, the Cavaliers' doctors.Love eventually left the game for good at his own discretion and entered the league's concu sion protocol after lookingdisoriented on the defensive end and heading back to Cleveland's bench.MORE: He didn't do it after spending about 30 seconds on the court crumpled in a heap, courtesy of Harrison Barnes'accidentalelbow. Play continued on the other end of the court while Love was on Mars, and Cleveland's doctors didn't bother to take him out of the game to check.He didn't do it after halftime, when those same doctors finally looked at him and said "yep, good to go. No symptoms."A few minutes later, Love, clearly lost, checked himself out of the game with "dizzine s" and ended his night.It was reiterated on the TV broadcast and in a release by the team during the game: Love didn't show any symptoms during the first half or athalftime, so the medical staff thought he was fine. That ignores the fact that getting crushed in the back of your head hard enough to end up on the ground for a little minutes is, in itself, a concu sion
Greg Zuerlein Jersey symptom.MORE: Why did that happen? How did it happen? Was it an honest mistake by the staff, or were they thinking about the NBA's concu sion protocol? Like Jeff Van Gundy said, it's not a quick proce s. Love can't do anything until 24 hours post-impact, and even then, he's got a ways to go. :A player who had a concu sion may not return to participation until:1.He is without concu sion-related symptoms at rest;2. He has been evaluated by a physician;3. He has succe sfully completed the NBA return-to-participation exertion protocol;4. A
Kayvon Webster Jersey team physician has discu sed the return-to-participation proce s and decision with the Director of the NBA Concu sion Program, Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher. Note that the final return-to-participation decision is to be made by the players team physician, in order to maximize the consistency of care for the player.Now, Love can't come back until he's symptom-free, in order, "froma stationary bike, to jogging, to agility work, to non-contact team drills."That's a
Los Angeles Rams Jersey lot to deal with. And in a series that the Cavs already trail 2-0, it's time they may not have. Game 3 is Wednesday (9 p.m. ET, ABC) in Cleveland.If they rolled the dice on Love being OK, despite his in-game nap, they lost. Twice.MORE: Brain injuries don't come up often in the NBA; it's not a contact
Marcus Peters Jersey sport in the way that football and hockey are, so TV audiences, media and teams are le s used to reacting in the moment but Love, for his own safety and public perception,should've been taken out immediately. You do not react the way he did if you are OK.Now, you're going to see cluele s people wonder why Love came out at at all, since he was "fine" initially. It's a failure of the proce s, and for Cavs fans, it should be as much of a disappointment as the final score.
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