The Cleveland Cavaliers needed to pick things up where they left off before the All-Star break.
Three of their next five games after the All-Star Game were going to be on the road, and most of them against top-notch competition.
That’s why it’s been so refreshing to see them do well since they resumed action.
With that in mind, team analyst Evan Dammarell claimed that the team might finally be coming out of their yearly post-All-Star Game funk.
He pointed out that, since Evan Mobley’s rookie campaign three years ago, the Cavs had combined to go just 13-17 in their first ten games following the annual break.
Since Evan Mobley's rookie season, the #Cavs have typically come out flat after the All-Star break, combining for 13-17 in their first 10 games following the annual break.
This performance against an offensive juggernaut like the Knicks feels like they're bucking the trend.
— Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan) February 22, 2025
So, watching them route the New York Knicks and put up 142 points against such a strong defensive team was definitely an encouraging sign.
The Cavaliers were the best team in all of basketball in the first half of the regular season.
Some thought the start of the year was a fluke, and they even claimed that it was because of the team’s somewhat easier schedule.
The weeks and months went on, and the Cavs kept winning, so the doubters started to be much more silent.
Then again, none of that will matter if they don’t keep their foot on the gas going forward.
This is the final and most crucial stretch of the regular season, and they can’t afford to lose their ground vs. the Boston Celtics at this point.
More than that, they will only shut up the doubters by putting together a deep postseason run.
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