FAST BREAKDOWN
Three quick observations from Thursday night’s 110-103 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Little Caesars Arena
NUMBER 23 – Dwane Casey doesn’t often refer to LeBron James by name, instead referring to him as “number 23.” But with James vacating Cleveland for Los Angeles and Blake Griffin off to a rampaging start to the season, maybe it’s time to confer “number 23” status on Griffin. Griffin didn’t match his 50-point brilliance in the overtime win over Thursday 48 hours earlier, but he was plenty good enough. Griffin scored 26 points on only 13 shots as Cleveland made clear its intentions to make Griffin give up the ball and let his teammates attempt to beat them.