Kevin Love scores 34 points in first quarter
Love dominated the first quarter vs. Portland
Kevin Love scored 40 points, including an NBA-record 34 in the first quarter, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 137-125.
Love fell three points shy of the league record for points in any quarter, set by Golden State's Klay Thompson, who scored 37 in the third on Jan. 23, 2015.
Love, who set a team record for points in a period, made 11 of 14 field goal attempts, including 8 of 10 on 3-pointers in the first quarter. He made his first six shots with five 3-pointers.
Love didn't realize he was closing in on Thompson's milestone.
"I didn't know that was the record," he said. "I wasn't really aware of it."