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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cleveland Cavaliers forward&amp;nbsp;Kevin Love is expected to play in Friday's game against the Hornets in Charlotte, according to multiple reports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Love left Tuesday night's loss to the Atlanta Hawks with back spasms and sat out the team's loss the the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Over 31 games this season, Love has averaged 16.7 points and 10.1 rebounds while posting a 17.8 Player Efficiency Rating.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;GOLLIVER: Will revamped voting process improve the NBA All-Star Game?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prior to Wednesday, Love had not missed a game in his first year with Cleveland following a summer trade from Minnesota.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cavaliers&amp;nbsp;announced&amp;nbsp;on Thursday that star&amp;nbsp;LeBron&amp;nbsp;James would miss two weeks after being diagnosed with a knee strain and lower back strain.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cleveland has lost four of its last five games and is now in fifth place in the Eastern Conference.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;MORE NBA: SI's 10 favorite NBA moments of 2014&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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