INDIANAPOLIS -- On Monday Kevin Love scored a season-low five points on 1-of-7 shooting while pulling down a game-high 15 rebounds in a 97-84 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Rather than the Cleveland Cavaliers' 11th straight victory receiving the bulk of the attention, Love's ongoing battle to find a level of consistency within the offense stole the spotlight.

Three days later Love quieted the noise with a game-high 24 points and nine boards to lead his team past the robust Los Angeles Clippers. But in Friday's 103-99 loss to the Pacers, Monday's version of Love returned as he registered five points for the second time this week to go with eight rebounds.

He was 2-of-8 from the field, 0-for-4 in the second half. His Indiana counterpart, David West, supplied 20 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.

Cleveland's league-high 12-game winning streak was snapped and Love continues to labor.

"I felt last game I got in the post and got myself going and got to the free-throw line," Love said of his 24-point effort against Los Angeles. "Tonight I was more of a spacer so I wasn't necessarily being asked to score the ball tonight, but I felt LeBron [James] and Kyrie [Irving] and Timo [Mozgov] and those guys did a great job."

Something Love said stood out. He stated he wasn't asked to score the ball on this particular night. Northeast Ohio Media Group was granted a brief 1-on-1 opportunity with the power forward in an attempt to gain some clarity.

When is he actually asked to be a scorer?

"That's tough to answer," he responded. "I don't know. I just kind of go out there and play and affect the game. Right now, I'm trying to find my way."

Love's facial expression said it all. This up and down rollercoaster of a season is wearing on him.

"Oh yeah, definitely frustrating," he admitted. "Yeah, I think it's one of the toughest situations I've had to deal with, but at the end of the day we're winning basketball games. I know tonight was different. At the same time, there's no blueprint for what I should be doing, but I'll try my best to figure it out."

Down three with 3:30 left on Friday, coach David Blatt removed Love and went with a small lineup that featured Irving, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert, James and Mozgov. Blatt said he wanted mobility and spacing out on the court. Asked about Love specifically, Blatt understandably didn't want to go down that road again.

"I'm more concerned about our team than one or two guys," he said. "I think we win and lose as a team and we lost tonight. We lose as a team. That's the message."

After Monday's five-point outing, Blatt said, "That absolutely shouldn't happen" and he implied that it was up to him to get Love more involved in the offense. Last night he chalked Love's performance up as just being one of those games.

"There's not a problem with him," Blatt said. "He, like some others, didn't have a great game. That's part of basketball."

Love has experienced his share of nicks and bruises this season. Back spasms have been reoccurring and he has bumped knees in the paint on multiple occasions. Physically, he doesn't appear to be right.

He maintained that he's fine and that there's no physical ailment responsible for the way he's playing.

"It's 52 games into the season," he said. "Your body is going to be hurting, but I'm not going to use that as a crutch."

The evolution of Love resumes, and he's not giving up.