A year made quite the difference for the Cleveland Cavaliers, as evidenced by their healthy sweep of the Detroit Pistons.
AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN—Though Cleveland’s first-round sweeps of the Celtics and the Pistons are separated by only a year, the difference between the outcomes couldn’t be more drastic.
About a year ago, on April 26, 2015, the Cavaliers finished their fourth-straight victory against the Celtics, but the feeling was closer to that of a loss than a series sweep.
Of course, following that game, it was announced that Kevin Love was lost for the remainder of the postseason, while J.