The 2020-21 season is only about a week old, but two of the East’s most surprising teams over that stretch meet on Tuesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse when the Wine & Gold welcome in Tom Thibodeau’s Knicks.
The Cavaliers improved to a perfect 3-0 -- their best start to a season since 2016-17 and the best start without LeBron James on the roster since 2000-01 – with Sunday night’s lopsided home win over the Sixers. Needing a laugher the night after a draining and dramatic win over Detroit, the Cavs got exactly that – running out to a big lead before half and extending their edge to 26 in the second stanza.