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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cavaliers forward Kevin Love left Tuesday night's 109-101 loss at the Atlanta Hawks with back spasms.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Love went to the locker room after exiting with just over a minute remaining in the third quarter.&amp;nbsp;Cleveland later announced that he would not return to the game.\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;Love scored seven points on 1-for-8 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds in 24 minutes. The 26-year-old has averaged 17.1 points and 10.2 rebounds over 30 games.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Love, who has dealt with back spasms in the past, has not missed a game in his first year with Cleveland following a summer trade from Minnesota&amp;nbsp;involving 2014 top NBA draft pick Andrew Wiggins.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Tuesday, The Cavaliers were playing without star forward LeBron James, who sat out due to left knee soreness.&amp;nbsp;Cleveland dropped to 18-13 while Atlanta improved to 23-8.&amp;nbsp;\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;The Cavaliers, which host the Bucks (16-16) on Wednesday, have lost three of their last four games and are now in fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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