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Another Friday, another end-of-week Cup of Cavs.

The first sip

The Cavaliers have a big weekend ahead of them as they face both of last year’s Eastern Conference finalists on back-to-back nights. It’s a prime opportunity for the Cavs to prove themselves, but the schedule is stacked against them.

The Cavs follow up a late 9 p.m. tip off in Milwaukee on Saturday by immediately flying all the way to Atlanta to play less than 24 hours later at 7:30 p.m. That feels like a schedule loss if I’ve ever seen one. In other words: if the Cavs get smoked on Sunday, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve failed their big test or aren’t legit.

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