The Cleveland Cavaliers had the league’s No. 1 protection inside the normal season and, though they got hurt on the glass, the defense wasn’t their biggest trouble (they allowed just one zero one point on ninety-five possessions) as they misplaced Game 1 in their first-round series with the New York Knicks.
But protection become truly the largest motive they evened the series with a dominant 107-ninety victory in Game 2 on Tuesday. Through three quarters, the Knicks had simply 60 points