On the heels of an embarrassing thrashing at home against the Rockets, and a road loss to the Magic during which they surrendered a 21-point lead, the Cavaliers seem to be free-falling. They’ve lost 14 of their last 21 games. Add in a fractured hand for Kevin Love, an All-Star and the team’s number two scorer, and you have a recipe for disaster. Even in the thin Eastern Conference, “Believeland” feels like it’s hanging from a thread.
Sure, Cleveland will miss Love’s production for the next six-to-eight weeks (17.9 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 40.4 3P%), but the team’s issues emanate from the other end of the court.