Kevin Love was born on September 7, 1988 in Santa Monica, California, USA, an NBA basketball player who plays both power forward and center positions, and currently plays for the Miami Heat of the NBA. Love entered the 2008 draft and was drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies with the fifth pick in the first round before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Playing for the Timberwolves, Cavaliers and Heat, Love has entered the playoffs 6 times in his career.
The 2014-2015 season was the first playoff season in Love's career, and he was at the peak of his career, forming the Big Three with James and Irving. Due to injury problems this season, Lefu only played 4 playoff games, played an average of 26.7 minutes per game, averaged 14.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 0.5 blocks per game, and the three shooting percentages were: 41.5%, 42.9%, and 73.7%.
The 2015-2016 season was the second time in Love's career that he made the playoffs, and that year's playoffs were injury-free and the Cavaliers won their first championship in the city. Love played in 20 games in the playoffs this season, averaging 30.6 minutes per game, contributing 14.7 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.4 blocks to the team, shooting 38.5%, 41.4% and 84.0% respectively.
The 2016-2017 season is the third time in Lefou's career that he has entered the playoffs, and this year is the best season of Lefou's career in the playoffs. This season, Love played 18 games in the playoffs, averaging 32.1 minutes per game, contributing 16.8 points, 10.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.9 blocks per game, and the three shooting percentages were: 43.6%, 45.0%, and 84.0%, entering the playoffs for three consecutive years.
The 2017-2018 season was the fourth time in Lefou's career that he made the playoffs, and this season was a slight decline compared to his peak season, but it can be said that this season is also the second peak season of Lefou's career. In the playoffs this season, Love played 21 games, averaging 31.3 minutes per game, averaging 14.9 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.4 blocks per game, and the three shooting percentages were: 39.2%, 34.0%, and 92.2%, this season became the last time that Love entered the playoffs in his career with the Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers have amassed a number of young teams in the years since James' departure, and after a few seasons, they have also emerged, and Love was traded to the Miami Heat after the team completed a rebuild. The 2022-2023 season is the fifth time in Lefou's career that Lefu has entered the playoffs. This season's playoffs Love played 20 playoff games for the Heat, averaging 37.8 minutes per game, contributing 6.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.4 assists per game for the team.
This season, the Heat entered the playoffs again through the play-offs, which is also the sixth time in Lefou's career to enter the playoffs, this season can clearly see that Lefou's old lady is fully revealed, once that high-spirited teenager, now he is also gray, time is really a pig-killing knife of the years, I have to sigh that the years are not forgiving! The league has accompanied us with the veterans of youth is becoming less and less, and after all retirement, our youth will come to an end, and finally shout a slogan: "Veterans do not die, only slowly wither!"
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