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NBA 19/03/2017, 09.55

NBA unhappy for Cavs decision to rest LeBron, Love, Irving and Korver in a nationally televised game

The NBA called the Cavs after they announced that LeBron, Love, Irving and Korver were not going to play against the Clippers. Cavs GM Griffin: I don't feel like we did anything terribly egregious

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The Cleveland Cavaliers played the Clippers on Saturday without LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love and Kyle Korver.

The game was nationally televised on ABC. But the NBA did not like the decision of the Cavs to keep out their stars. Last Saturday, in another nationally televised game, the Warriors played the Spurs without Curry, Thompson, Green and Iguodala.

Per ESPN, "Yeah, they were not happy," Griffin said.

But the GM also said it isn't his job to appease the league and its television partners (which include ESPN).

"Yeah, and they're paying me to win a championship," he told Shelburne. "I'm not overly concerned about the perception of it. We literally had one guy rest tonight, and everybody else was reasonably injured, so I don't feel like we did anything terribly egregious."

Asked why the Cavs didn't rest their stars Sunday at the Lakers, Griffin cited rehab schedules.

"Because if they play tomorrow, they get two days off in a row now, and then they get two days off before Denver [on Wednesday]," Griffin told ESPN. "So from a rehab standpoint, he wouldn't have gotten the same amount of rest between games. We were never going to play Kevin this game, so he could get two days off. And Kyrie is off after leaving the last game hurt."

"It was nothing like the last time that happened," he told ESPN, referring to last weekend. "Those were three healthy dudes that rested. That's not what happened tonight. Yeah, it sucks from a timing perspective. I feel bad for the league. I really do. I feel bad for the league, but it is what it is for us, from an injury standpoint. As you know, we haven't had a team together for more than a week at a time all year."

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