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

5. Health Is Not an Issue

Until Friday night at New York, Irving had gone almost three months since getting a game off. James, Love and J.R. Smith have all appeared in 70 of 74 games, while Tristan Thompson moved past Jim Chones into sole possession of the franchise record for consecutive games played with 362. Yes, all it takes is one arm getting tangled up by someone like Kelly Olynyk for the Cavs’ run of good health to go out the window at an inopportune time. But this is not a team that is limping, literally or figuratively, into the playoffs.