Kevin Love

Cleveland Cavaliers Kevin Love (illness) will miss Monday night's game against Denver.

(Chuck Crow, The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love won't play in Monday night's game against the Denver Nuggets because of an illness that forced him to miss the morning shootaround.

With Love out, Channing Frye will make his second start since arriving in a midseason trade.

Love came to the arena on Monday evening and wanted to see how he felt before Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue made an official determination about an hour before tipoff.

Monday marks the fourth game Love will miss this season. Most recently, he sat out March 10 against the Los Angeles Lakers, in the midst Cleveland's four-game Western Conference road trip.

Love is averaging 15.6 points to go with 9.9 rebounds in 31.8 minutes this season.

In his most recent game, Love scored seven points on 3-of-7 shooting in Saturday's blowout loss to the Miami Heat. He scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds in Friday's win over the Orlando Magic.

The Cavs can clinch the Central Division title with a win against the Nuggets.