The Cavs were without LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love.
So if there is one team that could flip a switch come playoff time, it would be the Cavaliers (51-31).
The Cleveland Cavaliers officially begin their title defense on Saturday, April 15 when they will take on the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs.
Time moved slower from January to April for the rookie head coach, compared to what Lue called a year that "went by fast", in 2016-17.
The Bulls are +6600 longshots to advance to the NBA Finals along with the seventh-seeded Indiana Pacers (42-40), and it would be a bit surprising if either team won more than a couple games between them in their respective first-round series. Coach Jason Kidd sets the tone.
George recovered, won a gold medal with team US and is back to the dominating force he was prior to the injury. The morale was always up having him around.
"It'll be great", Irving said of the Cavs' upcoming matchup with George and the Pacers. "But when things don't go your way and adversity hits, how can you get back to the point that nobody thinks you can get back to?" However, Indiana has played Cleveland tough recently, going 9-2 against the spread in the past 11 meetings, according to the OddsShark.com NBA Database.
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"I have a lot of great friends in this locker room and guys I care about", Jones said. No matter what might have occurred in a disjointed regular season, the fact remains that the Cavs have never lost a playoff series when all three of those guys were healthy.
George said James' support helped him pull through the months following his injury. "I feel good. I'm not going backward".
Much of the defensive game planning the Cavaliers worked on the last two days focused on Pacers forward Paul George.
Tyler Johnson had 24 points and Hassan Whiteside added 23 and 18 rebounds as the Heat snapped a three-game home losing streak. "It's over", Lue said. "I wish it wasn't against us".
When a team has LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving on its roster, and when that team has been able to call itself National Basketball Association champions since June 19, much is expected in the regular season. "We're hoping to create the same sort of feeling". He was signed before the last game a year ago, and the 12-year veteran provided defence and experience.
Fully healthy entering the season after two years of dealing with knee issues, Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving had his most productive all-around season in the National Basketball Association, and it resulted in an All-Star start for the sixth-year pro. None of the teams previously mentioned are part of the select few that can stop a determined Cavaliers team.
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