CLEVELAND, Ohio -- LeBron James will play tonight against the New York Knicks, but maybe only until he reaches 10 points, coach Tyronn Lue said.

Lue also said Kevin Love (sore right hip), Kyle Korver (sore foot), and Rodney Hood (sore left Achilles) are out, and Jeff Green was questionable. Cedi Osman and Larry Nance Jr. are starting with James, George Hill, and, for now, Green.

The Cavs need to beat the Knicks in tonight's regular-season finale and have the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Philadelphia 76ers to finish third in the East.

"We're going to play to win still, it's just we're going to play to win without LeBron," Lue said. "We understand that Milwaukee is playing all their guys tonight to try to beat Philly, so we're still playing to win but we want to be smart because since I've been here, we always preach health over positioning and we got to go from there."

James will play all 82 games for the first time in his 15 seasons. Lue said he tried to talk James out of playing, but to no avail.

James needs to play until he scores at least 10 points to maintain his NBA record streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures (currently 872 games).

"Once he gets his 10 points, don't be surprised if I yank him out," Lue said. "He might get mad but I don't care. I don't care."