@ansatsusha_gouki you see the Cavs number 4 in the power rankings?
See where all 30 teams rank after the first 9 weeks of the 2021-22 season.
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Cleveland Cavaliers
Record: 19-12
Pace: 97.9 (22)
OffRtg: 109.3 (17)
DefRtg: 103.3 (2)
NetRtg: +6.1 (4)
If you were to use every team’s current point differential to project their record over the remainder of the season, the Cavs would finish first in the East at 56-26. They’re currently three games in the loss column behind Brooklyn, but have the conference’s best point differential (both on a
per-game and
per-possession basis) by a healthy margin. All six games on
their current winning streak have been decided by double-digits, and only the Jazz (14-1) and Warriors (15-2) have better records than the Cavs (14-3) in games that
weren’t within five points in the last five minutes.
The Cavs have had
the league’s No. 1 defense (96.6 points allowed per 100 possessions) over the course of the streak, but Health and Safety Protocols have claimed Isaac Okoro, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen, with more cases forcing the cancelation of their game in Atlanta on Sunday. The Cavs do still have
five other guys who’ve averaged double-figures over the winning streak, a list that includes Kevin Love (15.5 points in just 19.8 minutes), who has shot
19-for-39 (49%) from 3-point range and 22-for-22 from the line over the six games. He’s yet to play
more than 24 minutes in a game this season, and the Cavs have already played two games (mid-November losses to Brooklyn and Golden State) with both of the starting bigs on the shelf.
The Cavs have scored less than a point per possession in
each of their two games (one win and one loss) against the Celtics thus far. The third and final meeting is scheduled for Wednesday in Boston.