The Cleveland Cavaliers huddle before the start of a game. (Photo by Lauren Bacho/Getty Images)
The close to this now-past season was not a stellar one for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs lost 12 of their last 13 games, and while it did appear that before that point, they may have had a play-in shot, that quickly evaporated.
The Cavaliers were very injury-riddled throughout 2020-21, and even more so in that closing stretch of games though. The likes of Larry Nance Jr., for one, not being available in that batch of games (fractured right thumb) didn’t help their cause, and Matthew Dellavedova and Isaiah Hartenstein for the most part didn’t either.