Love sits Friday due to back issue

If the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to turn this thing around, they are going to need all their ducks in a row. They can't do that with key players hurt, as Kevin Love appears to be Friday.

Love will sit out against the Los Angeles Clippers with a back issue, Dave McMenamin of ESPN reports, although it is also the second night of a back-to-back in L.A.

Love had 17 points and seven rebounds in 37 minutes in a win over the Lakers on Thursday, a game he labored through due to his back.