Several Cavs accused Kevin Love of faking sick, so things are going great in Cleveland.

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Well, it’s late January and the Cleveland Cavaliers are eyebrows-deep in the midst of their annual midwinter malaise, so you know what that means: it’s time to blame Kevin Love for something!

The Cavs have lost nine of their last 12, and they got absolutely blasted by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday. Love saw just three minutes and four seconds of floor time in what would go on to be a 24-point drubbing, checking out with 8:56 to go in the opening quarter and missing the rest of the game with an illness. Not only did the four-time All-Star exit the game; he reportedly exited Quicken Loans Arena, heading home after a first half that saw the Cavs give up 76 points to Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony and company in a performance that elicited boos from the hometown crowd in Cleveland.

The jeers Love missed on Saturday apparently came his way on Monday, and they came from his fellow dudes in uniform. During what sources described to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN as “a fiery team meeting” before Monday’s practice — which, hey, the Cavs practice now, Isaiah! — several Cleveland players “challenged the legitimacy of” the illness that sidelined him for both the rest of Saturday’s game and the team’s Sunday practice. More from Woj:

Several players were pushing for the Cavaliers’ management and coaching staff to hold Love accountable for leaving the arena before the end of Saturday’s game, and then missing Sunday’s practice, league sources told ESPN.

The meeting was loud and intense, only calming down once Love spoke to those gathered in the room and explained himself, league sources said.

The meeting included Cavaliers coach Ty Lue and general manager Koby Altman, league sources said.

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