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I think one of the most important things about the winning streak is how badly opposing point guards have been doing against us. At some point we have to talk about Irving taking his defense to another level as well. Mozzy has been huge in allowing Kyrie to gamble, but Kyrie has also been doing a great job at keeping them in front of him.
The Cavs had Kyrie defend Batum in stretches, letting Shumpert or Dellavedova try to deal with Lillard, while Irving conserved some energy. Lillard seemed to have much more success going against the others, especially Shumpert who could not deal with Lillard at all on the P&R. So, even though Kyrie didn't defend Lillard the whole game, he was light years more effective against him than we have seen in previous encounters. Nice job by Kyrie and the other guys who helped with team defense (like Moz) to deal with Lillard.
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