Kevin Love Loses 10 Pounds to Bad Seabass, Still Powers Through Basketball Game

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Talk about a champ.

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ star basketball player Kevin Love recently came down with a bad case of food poisoning due to some sea bass, according to Business Insider.

Following an away game in Charlotte on New Year’s Eve, the power forward ate the fish in between that game and a matchup last night in New Orleans. According to Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue, Love lost a whopping 10 pounds over the course of two days as a result of the food poisoning. Yikes.

Ty Lue says Kevin Love ate some bad sea bass on the trip back from CHA, causing him to lose 10 lbs from food poisoning in the last two days

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Love was able to suck up his illness, however, and finished Monday’s game with an impressive double-double (12 points and 11 rebounds) before being forced to leave the game in the fourth quarter. His performance could have been the deciding factor in the win, however, as the Cavaliers only managed to win by 4 points.

Fish food poisoning is some of the worst you can get, and the microbes that can cause it lead to extreme bouts of nausea, diarrhea, and extreme dehydration. Fighting through all that and still playing hard in the NBA? That’s almost as impressive as Michael Jordan’s infamous flu game.

Kudos to you, Kevin Love. And get well soon!