INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Despite the joy surrounding Kevin Love's eventual return, Larry Nance Jr. wanted to make something perfectly clear about the team's mindset: They aren't simply relying on their All-Star to provide an emotional lift and can't afford to count down the days until he's back.
"We're excited about it, but don't get us wrong now, we're not a beaten dog," Nance said. "We're not sitting here moping around like, 'Oh we're going to be sellers at the deadline.' Nobody knows that and there's no point in worrying about anything. We're not moping about our record. We're just trying to get better game by game and I think we've shown that the last couple of games.