The Cleveland Cavaliers won their second-most games in franchise history this season and entered the NBA playoffs as the Eastern Conference's top seed. And yet, the end of their run still feels like a worst-case scenario.

Until this point, nearly everything has been almost intoxicatingly easy for the Cavs and new coach Kenny Atkinson. They opened the season with a 15-game winning streak. They ended the regular season with a 64-18 record. Then they wiped out Miami in four games in the first round. They trailed for only 17 total minutes in those four games.

One of the main adjustments Atkinson made was a bigger reliance on depth, leading to fewer minutes for the team's primary stars. The strategy was fairly straightforward in the sense that it would help save tired legs for when the postseason rolled around.

“That first one was a very selfish shot, but he needed to be selfish, you know what I'm saying?” Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson said of Mitchell. “I think he had some other options, and he just felt like, 'I need to score this one. I need to score this ...

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Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson is believable while insisting he would have preferred to defeat the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals over becoming the recipient a ...

The Indiana Pacers dominated Game 4 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, leading by over 40 points at halftime and ultimately cruising to a 3-1 series lead in the E

Garland missed Games 3 and 4 of the Cavaliers' first-round series against the Miami Heat due to a toe injury. Cleveland swept Miami and outscored the Heat by a combined 92 points in the games Garland missed.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were dealt some tremendous news ahead of Tuesday's Game 5 matchup against the Indiana Pacers. This comes in the form of Donovan Mitchell overcoming the ankle injury that forced him to exit their Game 4 loss on Sunday, allowing him to suit up for Tuesday's do-or-die clash.