Outside the visitors' locker room at TD Garden, the Cleveland Cavaliers' vibes were palpable. They were celebrating an overtime win against the defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics in the fifth game of the regular season as if it were the franchise's first playoff victory since LeBron James left in 2018.
If you've been around NBA locker rooms long enough, you can download a team's chemistry pretty quickly. Some young ones take losses too lightly, like they expect them. Some veteran ones are all business, in and out, off to the next win.