Isaiah Thomas says taking so much blame 'not fair', denies bad blood with Kevin Love

Isaiah Thomas said he is shouldering an undue amount of blame for the Cleveland Cavaliers' struggles.

"We've been a lowest five [rated] defensive team in the NBA the whole time [this season]," Thomas said after practice Saturday. "So when I come back, it's my fault now. Which, life isn't fair, but that's not fair, bro. At all. I just laugh at those things because I know in this circle and this team, everybody believes in each other, and everybody's in here for it to work and for us to be playing in June. That's the ultimate goal."

He also said the various reports detailing Monday's team meeting as having been instigated in part by him criticizing Love for missing most of Cleveland's blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder with an illness, and then exiting the arena early and missing practice the following day, were inaccurate.