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LeBron James: 'Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving injuries were costly'

LeBron James believes that the Cleveland Cavaliers were robbed of a "better shot" of winning the NBA Finals because of injuries to Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving.

LeBron James has claimed that the Cleveland Cavaliers would have had a "better shot" of winning the NBA Finals had Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love been fit.

Irving sustained a knee injury in game one of the Finals, while Love suffered a dislocated shoulder earlier in the playoffs, which ruled both All-Stars out of their matches against the Golden State Warriors.

The Cavs held a 2-1 lead in the Finals due to a series of fine performances from James, but the Warriors' quality proved too much for David Blatt's men to overcome as they achieved a 4-2 victory.

"If we had our two All-Stars in the lineup it gives us a better shot," James told Bleacher Report Radio. "Does it say we're gonna win the championship?

"[It] does not. You've still got to go out on the floor and play the game, but it definitely gives us a much better shot than we had."

James averaged 35.8 points in the six games of the Finals.

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LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers smiles after a play in the first half against the Atlanta Hawks during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2015 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena on May 26, 2015
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