CLEVELAND -- Cavaliers starting forward Kevin Love will sit out against the Denver Nuggets because of an unspecified illness.
Love has missed four games this season for the Cavs, who can clinch the Central Division title with a win over the Nuggets on Monday.
Love did not participate in the team's morning shootaround, and the Cavs announced that he was not playing about an hour before tipoff.
Channing Frye will start for Love, who is averaging 15.6 points and 9.9 rebounds in his second season with Cleveland.
Love was recently rested for a game against the Los Angeles Lakers, part of coach Tyronn Lue's plan to keep his starters fresh for the playoffs. Love played only 16 minutes in Saturday's lopsided loss at Miami. The previous night, he scored 14 points in 23 minutes but was kept on the bench for the fourth quarter of a win over Orlando.
