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Five Reasons Why There’s No Need to Panic over Cavs’ Recent Play

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Ken Hornack

4. Elite Offensive Rating

In the month of March, the Cavs have the third-highest offensive rating of any team at 112.0. With Miami (112.4) and Golden State (112.3) narrowly having a higher rating for the month. While the competition might not have always been the fiercest, they hung 120 points on the Celtics and toyed with the Los Angeles Clippers in a game where Lue was able to sit James for the entire fourth quarter. Seeing as how the Warriors disproved last year the adage of points generally being harder to come by in the playoffs, the Cavs seem to be peaking on offense at just the right time.

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Ken Hornack

Ken Hornack is a longtime NBA sports journalist. Before covering the Orlando Magic for the Daytona Beach News-Journal and FoxSportsFlorida.com, the native of the Cleveland area got his foot in the door with the Cavaliers during the Tom Nissalke coaching era and will forever associate his senior year of high school with the Miracle of Richfield. You can follow him @Ken_Hornack.

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