CLEVELAND, Ohio – When the Cavaliers lost for just the second time this season, after winning eight, LeBron James suggested his team gives a "half-ass effort sometimes."
That loss was to the Milwaukee Bucks, by three points, in double overtime, on the second night of a back to back.
When Cleveland dropped its third game, James said the defending-champion Golden State Warriors were the hungrier team and the Cavs were playing like they were "entitled." He questioned his team's toughness.
All of that was after the Cavs fell by five points to the Detroit Pistons, again, on the road.