The 33-4 Cleveland Cavaliers have had almost everything go their way this season after starting the year 15-0 and now ripping off another 12-game winning streak behind the league’s highest-scoring offense at 122.9 points per game.
As if things couldn’t get much better, the Cavs are now even healthier.
One insider recently shared some encouraging updates on Sam Merrill and Isaac Okoro.
Team insider Evan Dammarell shared on X that Merrill and Okoro got in plenty of one-on-one work at Cavs practice on Saturday afternoon.
Sam Merrill and Isaac Okoro are getting in a lot of one-on-one work as the #Cavs wrap up practice this afternoon.
— Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan) January 11, 2025
Okoro recently returned on Wednesday from a shoulder injury that kept him out for about three weeks, but in two games since returning, he has gone scoreless in 21 minutes and missed all seven of his shot attempts.
Merrill also returned on Thursday after missing just over a week with an ankle injury.
He scored two points in 13 minutes.
Max Strus returned a few weeks ago, and with all three of these guys back in the fold, this team has only gotten deeper and more dangerous out on the wings.
All three have been coming off the bench as Dean Wade continues to work with the starters.
Alongside Caris LeVert, the Cavs now have the chance to roll out one of the best bench units in the league.
It’s great to hear that Merrill and Okoro are both continuing to get extra work in to ramp back up, as neither looked like their usual selves in their brief returns earlier in the week.
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