Tyronn Lue wants the Cavs to push the pace, and they pushed it all over the Spurs on Saturday night.
What a difference two weeks make. Out goes David Blatt and his molasses-slow offense, and Tyronn Lue shifts over one seat and turns the dogs loose. It was apparent from the outset that the Cavs wanted to use this game as a measuring stick, and the disparity in effort between the two teams was not hard to discern.
I'm not sure how many times the phrase "Without Tim Duncan" or some variation was spoken by Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy during the Cleveland Cavalier's 117-103 demolition of the Spurs, but it could not have equaled the amount of uncontested shots the Spurs gave the Cavs at the rim.