Cavaliers Film Room: A Winning Streak!

Last week, I brought you a well-timed snapshot of Tristan Thompson’s offense at the beginning of four straight double-doubles for the second-year power forward. This week, we’ll take a look at just how the wine and gold strung a pair of wins together (against the Bucks and Wizards, both on the road) for the first time since March last season when they rattled off three against Denver, Oklahoma City, and Houston. They snagged these pair of wins without Anderson Varejao thanks to more effort on the defensive end and some clutch plays down the stretch. Let’s dive in, shall we? Let’s start with the Milwaukee game, where it really wasn’t even that close at the end of the game. The Bucks shot just 39%, and other than Monta Ellis’s 37 point effort, the Cavaliers willed Milwaukee to take mostly tough jumpers. Here’s one third quarter possession that showed some of the good the Cavaliers were doing on defense. We begin with a Brandon Jennings-Larry Sanders pick and roll. Sanders picks Kyrie...