Isn’t there an argument the Cavs, given the plethora of circumstances working against them this season, have actually overachieved? Many predicted their downfall when Evan Mobley and Garland went down for more than a month. Few expected them to be in this position, jockeying with Milwaukee for the second seed coming down the stretch. That’s a credit to Altman, Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff and the entire organization. - Fedor
The preferred starting rotation of Garland/Mitchell/Strus/Mobley/Allen has played together in 24 of the team's 75 games so far, averaging 12.7 minutes per game. It comes out to a shade over 4 minutes per game for the season. If you told me the Cavs would be in 3rd place after 75 games with their preferred starting lineup missing over two-thirds of the games and averaging four minutes per game I would not believe it.
52-30 here we go!!!The race for the 3 spot about to get crazy - records below w/ remaining schedules:
3. Cavs (46-30)
at Phoenix
at Lakers
at Clippers
Memphis
Indiana
Charlotte
4. Orlando (44-31)
at NOLA
at Charlotte
Chicago
at Houston
at Milwaukee
at Philly
Milwaukee
5. Knicks (44-31)
Sacramento
at Chicago
at Milwaukee
at Chicago
at Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago
6. Indiana (43-33)
at Brooklyn
OKC
Miami
at Toronto
at Cleveland
Atlanta
7. Miami (42-33)
Philly
at Houston
at Indiana
at Atlanta
Dallas
Toronto
Toronto
garland driving the offense to a halt has a lot to do with itThe January-February Cavs overachieved for sure. But for whatever reason - Mitchell’s injury, the NBA catching up to our surprise role players - we are no longer that team.
At least Grayson Allen is questionable with a sore hipcant that old prick Durant ever take a night off against us
Lol, it's more complicated than that.garland driving the offense to a halt has a lot to do with it
Yeah. Fedor has a column on how opponents are blitzing Darius and the Cavs are working on a counter. We saw it last night when Garland had 8 points and the Cavs scored 129. When Mitchell comes back they'll be doing the same thing with him.Lol, it's more complicated than that.