The road-weary Cavaliers and home-weary – (?) – Spurs both come into Monday night’s meeting in need of a win.
The Cavaliers have played five of their last six on the road – traveling to Miami on Saturday night, where they dropped their 20th straight on South Beach. And they still have tonight’s contest in San Antonio and a Thursday night visit to Oklahoma City on the slate.
On Saturday night, the Cavaliers turned up their defensive intensity after intermission, holding the Heat to 17 points in the third period. But they couldn’t get over the hump after cutting Miami’s double-digit edge to just five late in the third.