Keys to the Game: Cavaliers vs. Pacers

The Cavaliers washed the taste of a terrible loss in Chicago out of their mouths in impressive fashion on Wednesday night – clamping down on the Hawks to even their preseason mark at 1-1 before a pair of home contests on tap for the weekend.

Cleveland tips off their preseason home schedule on Friday night when they welcome the Pacers to town on Friday night. (They’ll wrap up the preseason against Rick Carlisle’s squad one week from tonight in Indy.)

On Wednesday night in Atlanta, the Wine & Gold was all business from the opening tip – and after back-and-forth action through the first three-and-a-half quarters, the Cavs took the lead for good on Ricky Rubio’s floater midway through the fourth.…