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So I am back from Vegas.

Well, I'm not really back.

I'm in Portland.

I am staying in my mom's house in a room I have not slept in in about a decade. I have bought a massive air purifier

and a flat screen TV and I've been working on the internet pretty much all day because this

back room doesn't get Wi-Fi. So all of that after the glamour that was Super Bowl keeps

you humble.

One night you're at an aria party, the next night you can't get Wi-Fi.

So let's get into this. Let's start off with the Cavaliers.

We really haven't talked much about the Cavs as of late, which is wild, because this is the hottest team in basketball by a long shot.

17 and 2 in their last 19 games.

They are climbing the standings like a billy goat.

They went from 7th on January 1 to 2nd in the span of 5 weeks, which is crazy.

Also, for many of those weeks, they did not have two of their five starters, Evan Mowgli and Darius Garland.

So how are they doing this? Very obvious reasons and some reasons that are very difficult to see.

One, Donovan Mitchell Star, pure and simple, major reason that they are tearing shit up out in the East. He's consistently

putting up 30 a game and his assist numbers are through the roof as well. Darius Garland has been

out a good while with a broken jaw. He is now back, obviously. He's been back for a couple of weeks

now. To the surprise of some, what's making Donovan Mitchell play his best basketball of his

career is the playmaking. He is averaged eight assists per game with Garland out. And since

Garland's been back, the assist numbers still very high. And since he's also getting to the

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