Still, I know losing to the Cavs w/out Kyrie and Varejao isn’t wonderful, but in case you failed to notice, and from your comments, you have, the Cavs have been pretty good lately.

The bench has been seriously upgraded with Livingston pickup and getting Ellington and Speights (and a future first) form Memphis. The Cavs are a respectable 12-13 in 2013, which coincides with Livingston’s playing tenure in Cleveland. Moreover, since the Speights/Ellington acquisition, the Cavs are 8-6 and have blown late leads to Miami and San Antonio.

The Livingston/Ellington/Miles/Walton/Speights bench brigade has been, I believe, the 3rd most productive in the NBA during it’s brief existance. The Cavs are now winning the TO battle almost nightly (something like 27 out of the last 32 games with equal or fewer turnovers). And while the offensive efficiency was putrid early, it’d been pretty darn good lately, and assists (led by Walton/Livingston) are also way up. Thompson and Waiter are decidedly better than early in the year.

We’ve been a .500 team for two months now.