Cleveland Cavaliers big man Kevin Love said his reason behind leaving the bench during overtime of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday had nothing to do with the on-court scuffle that was occurring.
According to ESPN's Rachel Nichols, Love told her he was instead trying to get in the officials' line of vision to argue against teammate Tristan Thompson being ejected with 2.6 seconds remaining:
Rachel NicholsKevin Love told me he left the bench in OT to argue the call on Tristan, walking onto the court to get in the officials' eyeline, not in reaction to any scuffle & before it even broke out.