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Cleveland Cavaliers will try to flip the switch in the playoffs: Bill Livingston (photos)

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Where's the switch?

The switch. The ol' thingamabob you flip to make the lights go on and, in this case, to restore the electricity in the Cleveland Cavaliers' game. The ol' juice dispenser. The step pepper-upper.

The existence of a metaphorical switch that can narrow focus and infuse energy depends on the mind-shift to the "playoff mode" that made the Cavs champions last year.

Doc's prescription

When they got to the seventh game of the NBA Finals last season, the Cavs knew the truth of what Doc Rivers, now the Los Angeles Clippers' coach, said about such all-or-nothing contests.