Sources: Cavaliers' Kevin Love likely out 6-8 weeks with fractured hand

DETROIT -- Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has suffered a fracture in his left hand, the team announced.

Love will likely miss six to eight weeks with the injury, sources told ESPN's Brian Windhorst.

The injury occurred in the first quarter of the Cavs' 125-114 loss to the Pistonson Tuesday.

"It's just unfortunate for our team,'' Cavs forward LeBron James said after the game. "Obviously with everything [that's] been going on as of late with our ballclub, just trying to figure out how we're going to play every night, different lineups and getting everybody into the flow, we don't need to have Kev go out like that. He's going to be out for quite a while -- maybe two months -- so it's just tough.''

The team said Love received X-rays at the arena that revealed a non-displaced fracture in the fifth metacarpal. The Cavs will update his status after additional examination and consultation Wednesday in Cleveland.

After seeing his coaches and teammates at halftime, Love got in a car for the two-and-a-half-hour drive to Cleveland from Detroit, rather than fly and have the hand be subject to air cabin pressure.

"Down. Down," Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said when asked about Love's spirits. "It's just part of the game. You hate to see anyone get injured at any point in time of the season, and now we've got to rally the troops, and we've got to have his back until he gets back."