Cavs coach Tyronn Lue leaves game vs. Magic with undisclosed illness
Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue left Tuesday’s game against the Orlando Magic early in the second quarter, and stayed off the sideline for the remainder of the game with an undisclosed illness.
Lue, 40, left the court and headed back to the locker room at Amway Center in Orlando with team security with 8:02 left in the second quarter.
Ty Lue just left the bench to go to the locker room with Cavs trainer Steve Spiro during the timeout. The Cavs assistants drew up a play together and now Larry Drew is addressing the team in the huddle.
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) February 7, 2018
Cavs Head Coach Ty Lue has exited the locker room and is not headed back to the court
— Danny Thompson (@nbadt29) February 7, 2018
Entire Cavs coaching staff is outside the locker room with Lue. Players are in the locker room.
— Chris Barnewall (@ChrisBarnewall) February 7, 2018
Players are returning to the floor for Cleveland…. But no signs of Lue..No word from the Cleveland side of things at this moment
— Danny Thompson (@nbadt29) February 7, 2018
Ty is going to miss the rest of the game with an undisclosed illness. He will remain in the locker room for the rest of the second half
— Joe Vardon (@joevardon) February 7, 2018
FWIW, Lue was carrying a handful of water bottles when walking back into the locker room. Legit looked sick
— Chris Barnewall (@ChrisBarnewall) February 7, 2018
Cavs assistant head coach Larry Drew took the team’s reins after Lue’s second-quarter exit, and remained at the head of the bench for the rest of the game. It was a grim one for the reeling Cavaliers, who blew a 21-point lead with a horrendous second half, scoring just nine points in the fourth quarter and falling to the Magic, 116-98.
We’ll update this post with more information on Lue’s health and status as it becomes available.
