Though it took a LeBron sabbatical, a couple of shrewd trades from David Griffin, and a David Blatt inspired bowling trip to finally get the Cavs kicked up into a higher gear of consistency last year, there were a few glimpses of the awesome potential this team had, even while the calendar still read 2014.
Let’s flash back to the first such moment, which arrived like a comet on a Saturday in mid-November (during Game #8 of the young season) against the soon to be rising Atlanta Hawks. The Cavaliers returned to the Q for a second night of a back-to-back (their third already) following a furious comeback win over the Boston Celtics (after the Cavs were down by as many as 19 in the fourth quarter).