BOSTON On a night when another loss was added to the Cavs resume for the season, coach John Beilein chose to focus on the energy and effort of the team.
What I do like about today is I thought we fought all 48 minutes, he said. Were playing against three all-stars, maybe more with Jaylen Brown. These are guys that are really established in the league, really good, and they know what theyre doing and how to take advantage of mismatches all with a great coach. The fact that we stayed in there, found ways to score some points, we found ways to get stops.
The Cavs havent strung all four quarters together that frequently throughout the season, even in their five wins. Monday nights game was not the sharpest example of grit for 48 minutes. For Beilein and a handful of the players in the postgame locker room, they looked at the effort more than the result.
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