When the Cavaliers brass replaced the squad’s head coach in late January with an East-leading 30-11 mark, some fans and pundits might have been shocked; others saddened and angered.
But nobody – nobody – doubted that Tyronn Lue would master the job in almost exactly the way he has since taking over. And if someone back then suggested that Lue would take the first eight games of the Playoffs and push all the right buttons along the way, that same group – nobody – would be surprised.
The Cavaliers haven’t just won the first eight games of the postseason.