CLEVELAND: When Kevin Love returned Thursday night, there was a sense the Cavaliers had weathered the storm.
They came into the game against the Utah Jazz at Quicken Loans Arena with a two-game lead over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference standings.
J.R. Smith has five games under his belt after missing 36 with a fractured right thumb. Moving back into the starting lineup, Love cut nearly two weeks off his projected timetable following arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Kyle Korver is close to getting back on the court after missing five games with a sore tendon in his left foot.