The Cleveland Cavaliers have been managing multiple injuries to start the season. As they seek their first home win, the Cavs welcome in the New York Knicks for a grudge match to start the week.
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The Cleveland Cavaliers are off to a 1-2 start to the season. After dropping back-to-back games over the weekend, they're yet to win at home. They'll have a chance to change that when they welcome in the New York Knicks for a grudge match to start the week.
"It's gonna be a little bit more on both teams' minds - that clash that we had in April - so just their human nature, you expect them to perk up a little bit," said Cavaliers head coach J.B. Bickerstaff. "We knew an area that we needed to improve. I think we were able to kind of trick it during the regular season, but what the playoffs does is it exposes teams' weaknesses and strengths. The way the Knicks were able to guard us, because of that, didn't allow our best players to be at their best, and that's what a team is about.
"I can't put a timetable on it for you just because of the nature of how guys heal and those things, but this is an 82-game season. You just have to be patient and continue to take your steps until you get healthy, and then get that group as good as you possibly can," Bickerstaff said.
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