Kevin Love played at last three games on his injured left knee that needed surgery this week.

"He was already heading for surgery," Tyronn Lue said. "It was already [hurt]. Loose bodies were already in there so he just played through it, and then after it got to a certain point he got the MRI and he found out it was loose bodies floating around."

One of the games included the second night of a back-to-back at Oklahoma City that Lue initially considered resting Love, Kyrie Irving and LeBron James.

Lue was asked if the Love injury will make him rethink how he manages the eight remaining back-to-back situations (Wednesday included) on the Cavs' schedule.

"Guys are going to get their proper rest going forward, even though Kevin is out," Lue said. "We're going to be fine. Next man up. Guys got to be ready to play, and last night you saw guys stepped up and was ready to play."