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Wiggins, Bennett don’t dress for Cavs’ final game

When the Cleveland Cavaliers took the court for their final NBA Summer League game Friday against the Miami Heat at the Thomas & Mack Center, the team’s top draft pick from each of the past two seasons was missing.

Andrew Wiggins, this year’s No. 1 overall pick, and former UNLV star Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall selection in 2013, did not dress for the game. It heightened speculation that one or both are going to be part of a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves that would send star forward Kevin Love to Cleveland.

Wiggins and Bennett had played in each of Cleveland’s previous four games. But a team spokesman told the Akron Beacon Journal that the plan was to sit the two if the team fell into the consolation round.

Wiggins started each game and averaged a team-high 15.5 points in 31 minutes a game. Bennett also started each game and averaged 13.3 points and a team-high 7.8 rebounds in 32 minutes a game.

Contact reporter Steve Carp at scarp@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2913. Follow him on Twitter: @stevecarprj.

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