Cleveland has been in desperate need of a center off the bench since it lost center Andrew Bogut to a broken leg in his debut with the team.
Lue, who lives in a attractive home on Lake Erie in Bay Village, went there shortly after the Cavs' lost their season finale Wednesday evening to the Toronto Raptors to ramp up preparations.
The Cleveland Cavaliers didn't exactly enter the playoffs on a high note this year, losing their last four regular-season games in disappointing fashion. With key players healthy, the Cavaliers will likely return to their favorite starting lineup - Kyrie Irving at point guard, J.R. Smith at shooting guard, LeBron at small forward, Kevin Love at power forward, and Tristan Thompson at center. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers are 2-5-2 ATS in their last nine games against a team above.600, 1-5-1 ATS in their last seven games against a team with a winning record and 4-1 ATS in their last five against the NBA Atlantic.
The Cavs, who aren't expected to dress LeBron James, host the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. "But today we had to cram a lot of stuff in". We played through it and our guys got through it. We played through it and our guys got through it.
"I think just the idea of getting locked in and having a do-or-die type mentality knowing that we can be sent home, I think that has a good calling for this team", Love said. The best thing for our team is we want to go down the stretch and be healthy. "We have a good club going into the postseason".
From his personal standpoint, 2016-17 was a vastly different season than 2015-16.
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Like James, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue admires George's willpower and is thrilled he's back to being himself and in the playoffs.
Saturday, April 15: IN at Cleveland, 3 p.m.
"What's insane is that this season seemed like it went by faster than the one past year", Lue said. He was signed before the last game a year ago, and the 12-year veteran provided defence and experience. This season went by fast. I know our team. "He actually would love nothing more than to have Tristan be awesome these playoffs because he would like to see Tristan be some major trade bait for Cleveland to get Carmelo Anthony in the off season", a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. "I feel good. I'm not going backward". Toronto has gotten better.
IN has played one of the most perplexing seasons of basketball in franchise history. A win sends them to the playoffs for the 6th time in 7 years. Same thing with Milwaukee. "Every year is challenging".
It was hard to put a header photo on this post because, well, we're not entirely sure who is actually going to play in tonight's Raptors-Cavaliers game. We 're going to give it everything we got in the first round and I know they're going to match it. The team is now the defending champions of the National Basketball Association.
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