Beilein's NBA adventure comes with lessons in losing

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In his first season as Cleveland Cavaliers coach, John Beilein is going through growing pains, but is learning the NBA rigors as he goes. Rod Beard, The Detroit News

Cleveland — Looking out of the window in any Midwestern city, the months of December and February can be eerily similar.

Generally, both would be dark and gray, with little sunshine in between.

Cavaliers coach John Beilein guided the Wolverines to the championship game twice in his 12-year tenure at Michigan. (Photo: Tony Dejak, Associated Press)

When coach John Beilein made the jump from Michigan to the Cleveland Cavaliers, it was more than a change of scenery. It was also a move from a highly successful…