Cavaliers Can Keep Pace with Warriors, Spurs with a Healthy Kyrie Irving

December 18th, 2015 by Greg Swartz Leave a reply »

If the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs are the Maseratis of the NBA, consider the Cleveland Cavaliers a brand new Mazda. 

Cleveland's 17-7 record and plus-5.6 point differential are impressive until you compare them with the best of the West. Golden State isn't just beating teams, it's obliterating them. At 25-1, the Warriors win by an average of 13.5 points per game, more than twice that of the Cavaliers.



San Antonio isn't far behind. If not for Golden State's record-breaking start, the Spurs' 22-5 mark and plus-13.4 differential would be the talk of the NBA.

All three squads are loaded with talent. LeBron James and Stephen Curry are the two best players on the planet. Adding LaMarcus Aldridge to an aging Spurs squad thrust the championship window back open and stuck a cement block in the way.

But Cleveland is due for a major, not-to-be-underestimated upgrade in the form of All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, who appears set to make his debut any game now. In the race to the top of basketball's grandest mountain, Irving gives the Cavaliers the firepower they've lacke ...

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