Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers could take their tough stretches and win several of the games, yet behind James and an occasional lack of effort, the team also dropped three in a row like it was nothing.
This season, they won’t have the ability to just beat mid-tier, borderline playoff teams like it’s nothing. They’ll have to give it their all each and every game, but they do have the younger personnel to be able to give that much-needed energy.
However, their entire 2018-2019 season could boil down to one extremely challenging nine-game stretch early on in the season.