CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Cavaliers won the game. They are strongly favored to win the series in relatively short order, and very well may. But it is open to debate whether the Cavaliers, who got massive games from their "Big Three" in the playoff opener, showed the stuff of a team that will take down the West champion in the NBA Finals.
The Cavs opened postseason Sunday with a 106-101 win over the Detroit Pistons. They rallied from a seven-point deficit early in the fourth quarter and got a combined 81 points from Kyrie Irving, LeBron James and Kevin Love.