With the Cleveland Cavaliers moves at the trade deadline, they breathed life into Lazarus. What was once a roster full of older and slower players that you couldn’t trust to play defense or stay healthy is not a roster full of young, lanky, athletic and durable playmakers who have revamped the Cleveland Cavaliers defense in just two games.
Mind you, a two-game sample is nothing to call the statistician about.
However, these two games have come against two championship contenders: the Boston Celtics and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Against the Celtics, who the Cavaliers were 1-1 against before their last matchup, the Cavs remodeled roster ran through the league’s top-ranked defense.