Cavaliers' Ante Zizic starting in place of Kevin Love (hip) Saturday night
According to ESPN's Dave McMenamin, he Cleveland Cavaliers will start center Ante Zizic with Kevin Love out on Saturday.
What It Means:
Love was experiencing hip soreness during warmups so the Cavaliers are holding him out against the Philadelphia 76ers. In his place, the 20-year-old Zizic will start, however, Channing Frye and Jeff Green should see substantial minutes off the bench for Cleveland.
In 9 games, Zizic has averaged just 3.8 FanDuel points with 1.2 points and 1.1 rebounds per game this season.
Source:
Dave McMenamin, ESPN
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