Now that J.B. Bickerstaff’s young guns have pushed their dream season past the halfway point, it must be said: There’s something special about this Cavaliers team.
The Wine & Gold wrapped up a six-game West Coast trip in dramatic fashion – storming back from an 18-point third-quarter deficit to take the 107-102 victory over the Thunder in OKC, a culmination of Darius Garland’s masterpiece as Cleveland closed the roadie at 5-1.
In the final game of the trip and second game of a back-to-back, the Cavs were flat through the game’s first three-and-a-half quarters. But Garland willed his squad back into contention, piling up 14 points and 10 assists in the third period alone – going 5-of-6 from the floor as Cleveland got within two heading into the fourth.