Seeing if the Cavs can hang in there against the East’s best
How the Cavaliers contend with 2018-19 NBA’s Most Valuable Player is undoubtedly a reason to tune into the game tonight. Another reason to watch would be to see how the Cleveland stacks up against a team with championship aspirations.
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We saw this when LeBron James and Kyrie Irving were here, and the Cavaliers were at the top of the NBA pecking order. Teams with low expectations would often play Cleveland close.
This would happen because the team would have nothing to lose and would go out there and play.
While I am not predicting the Cleveland Cavaliers to win, I will surely watch this game to see how the Wine and Gold stack up against the Eastern Conference’s best.
Seeing Cleveland take Milwaukee’s best punches and fight back would be encouraging, especially for a team that does not have many expectations.
Cleveland just did this the other night against Indiana, who on paper has the superior team.
But this game against the Bucks will not be played in the friendly confines of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, where the crowd was tremendous and seemingly drove the Wine and Gold to play better.
In this game, the crowd is entirely against the Cavaliers at Fiserv Forum, and they will have to withstand runs from the Bucks that will surely get the crowd on their feet.
Will Coach Beilein call a timeout when the Bucks blitz the Cavaliers and go on a run, or will he let his young nucleus of players continue to play and see how they respond to getting punched in the mouth?