Kevin Love won’t suit up for the Miami Heat ahead of Friday night’s game. Miami will be without one of their front court pieces in the final game of the Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament against the Atlanta Hawks. According to Miami Heat beat writer Ira Winderman, the former NBA champion is stepping away from the Heat to handle family issues.
This isn’t the first game that Kevin Love has missed this season due to family reasons, but the Heat will miss his veteran presence in their most important game of the season. Keving Love has been in and out of the Heat lineup as he has dealt with personal problems off the court, only playing in 23 games this year.
Zachary Howell is an NBA and WNBA journalist at Sportskeeda with a degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism from Syracuse University and over a year of experience in the field.
Being introduced to the digital side of content inspired Zachary to become a writer, and his love of basketball made this an obvious transition.
His favorite team is the OKC Thunder, and Zachary started following them in 2011 when they were on the rise with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. His favorite basketball players from the past are Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal. Those three came to define their eras of basketball and were dominant without beating their chests too much. Zachary is a big fan of quiet greatness and these three players are good embodiments of that.
When not writing or watching sports, Zachary enjoys reading and exercising, as well as gaming. He loves to be outside and spend time with friends and family, including his three dogs.
