The Cleveland Cavaliers have officially reached the 50-win mark.
The legendary Phil Jackson argued that any team that reached 40 wins before it lost 20 games should be considered a legitimate championship contender.
That’s why NBA analyst Dan Devine believes they should love their chances against everybody right now.
Talking on 92.3 The Fan, Devine argued that, outside of perhaps the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Cavaliers look like the best team in the league.
"I don't think there's anybody that the #Cavs should be afraid of. They are that good. There is not a team outside of, arguably, Oklahoma City right now that looks better than the Cleveland Cavaliers."
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He stated that they had a historically proficient offense, and judging by the numbers, it’s pretty hard to disagree with that assessment.
The Cavaliers have dominated great teams this season.
On top of that, they’re not making the same mistakes twice.
They’ve been strong and even-keeled even in the toughest situations, and they showed quite the resiliency when they came back from a 22-point deficit to take down the Boston Celtics a couple of games ago.
With De’Andre Hunter and Javonte Green there, this roster is pretty much flawless.
They have all kinds of players to throw at opposing teams and play positionless basketball.
The team has closed out back-to-back games with Evan Mobley at the five and Jarrett Allen on the bench, and that provides endless possibilities on offense and a lot of versatility and switchability on defense.
There’s still a big stretch of the regular season to be played.
But barring a string of injuries or a shocking turn of events, there’s absolutely no reason to believe that this team can’t take down anybody in a seven-game series.
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