The Cavs may not have played their best basketball the first 11 games of the season, but still managed to win eight of them.
The loss at Detroit, in which they blew a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter, may be a turning point in terms of the effort the Cavs have exerted.
LeBron James was unhappy with his team after that loss and told reporters that Golden State “was more hungry” than his team.
The way his teammates responded the next two games shows that they took LeBron’s words to heart.
Cleveland returned home and won convincingly over Milwaukee and Atlanta, two teams that will likely be in the playoff conversation all season long.