The Cleveland Cavaliers are about to learn how merciless NBA fans can be when a team fails to live up to expectations. Whether fair or foul, it's the fate that countless teams before Cleveland have endured—and many have been broken by.
If the Cavaliers hope to silence the critics and prove that they're true contenders, then their greatest hurdle will be tuning out the external noise.
Cleveland finished the 2024-25 regular season at 64-18. They joined the Oklahoma City Thunder as the only teams to win at least 30 games both at home and on the road.