LeBron unfazed by struggles, believes Cavaliers can repeat

The defending champions signed guard Dahntay Jones and 7-foot-3 center Edy Tavares on Wednesday, just hours before the finale of a regular-season that has had more than its share of twists and turns.

LeBron James will sit out the Cavs’ last regular season game. “I think we’re good”. We just have to play Cavaliers basketball, which we’re capable of doing, which we showed we can do. The guys have adapted to it well because we’ve done it before.

The sides are finalizing the deal and Jones is expected to be signed Wednesday, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced any deal.

“With all the injuries and all the things we’ve been through, I feel good”.

“I’m happy we go the victory”, he said. “In many ways that’s a real blessing for us because it’s how we like it”. If his adjustments help turn around what’s been one of the worst defenses in the league for the last two months, his new scheme could have him looking like a genius. This season went by fast. “We got some s– to work out”. We’ve been through more, we’re more hardened and seasoned than we were at this time past year.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have had a rough year defensively, especially protecting the rim.

However, Lue acknowledged the road to the NBA Finals might be a bit tougher, due to a stronger overall Eastern Conference.

“It’s who I’ve wanted to match up against”, he said.

“I’m sure they’ll get it going once the playoffs start”. Same thing with Milwaukee… I know the first wind getting out there in Game 1 is going to be a blowout session when you need to get the lungs back and get that second wind back and get rolling. The Warriors who lost a 3-1 lead to the Cavs in the championship series a year ago, have since added Kevin Durant and who have the league’s best record by far – having lost only 15 games for a.815 winning percentage? It was a double overtime thriller between the two teams that came down to the final minute of the game and ultimately saw the Cavs win by 5 points.

The Cavaliers were down, three games to one, to the Warriors in the NBA Finals a year ago.

February 8: One game after a thrilling overtime win in Washington – snapping the Wiz’ seven-game win streak – the Cavs do the same to the red-hot Pacers, with Kyle Korver tying a career-best with eight triples as the Cavs won in an arena where they’d dropped 12 of the previous 13.

Every year is different. Point being, there was other teams with more serious injuries who are still in much better shape right now entering the playoffs. They block that 34-point first quarter by Kevin Love against Portland, his peak moment as he went on to be named an All-Star for the first time since he joined Cleveland.