The Cleveland Cavaliers got back to winning ways on Saturday with a good win against the Chicago Bulls, but they did so for part of the game without their head coach in Tyronn Lue, and it's becoming concerning for some players.

The Cavaliers defeated the Bulls 114-109 at the United Center in Chicago yesterday with LeBron James leading the way for the visitors as usual with a triple-double performance of 33 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists. He also had a steal, two blocks, and was 15-of-26 from the field.

With Cleveland leading 69-52 at halftime though, Lue remained in the locker room and handed coaching duties to associate head coach Larry Drew, making it the third time this season that his health has kept him from coaching an entire game. The four-time NBA MVP is concerned for his coach.

James said after the game to ESPN: "I mean, he's the captain of the ship, so absolutely. We worry about his health, obviously. That's way more important than this game of basketball. We know he's been doing everything he needs to do to stay healthy. Take even more measures to get himself right. Everything that's been going on with our year, it's just another one."

The Cleveland icon added that he and his teammates are prepared to stay the course when Lue is not feeling well, but they are concerned when he doesn't come back to the bench.

The Cavaliers star said: "It doesn't catch us off-guard because he's been dealing with it for so long now. But any time he doesn't come back to the bench, it's just an alarm going off, obviously. Like I said, his health is more important. He's not going to talk about it, so I don't want to talk about it no more either. That's just how he is, and I don't want to get too much into it."

Lue didn't speak to reporters after the game, but his associate Drew did say he's unsure what the Cavaliers' head coach is dealing with.

He said: "I'm not sure exactly what it is. I just know that before coming out in the second half, he wasn't feeling well. And I thought that there was a chance that he would (eventually) come out, but he just wasn't well enough to come out, so we had to just go on."

The Cavaliers will be hoping Lue is able to coach again when they host the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night back in Cleveland.

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