Podcap: Cleveland 112, Miami 105 (or, Possessions in the Aggregate)

The title of this podcast comes from the way the Cavs have been winning lately: the possession game. In their 12 game win streak, the Cavs have outrebounded their opponents in every game, and won the turnover battle in most of them. While they haven’t been able to replace Kevin Love since they lost him two seasons ago, with the addition of De’Andre Hunter, the Cavs have become a team that recreates great rebounding in the aggregate across all their lineups.

Despite Kevin Love’s return to Cleveland Wednesday, The Cavaliers found a way to win the possession battle and the game again as they notched perhaps their ugliest win of the season. Despite three frustrating turnovers in the last two minutes, Cleveland clung to a 110-107 lead after a Mobley lob and a Hunter roll-man floater put them up three with 1:20 to go. Tight defense, and exceptional SLOB D (sideline out-of-bounds) forced a Miami timeout. Miami reverted to a cross court heave to Duncan Robinson who stepped half an inch out of bounds before DM iced the game at the line.

Nate Smith and Chris Francis broke down this game and the last few from the CtB podcast studios where the topics ranged far and wide: the possession battle, Max Strus and Donovan Mitchell’s struggles with biofeedback, De’Andre Hunter’s sublime offensive and defensive fit, Evan Mobley’s defense, Max Strus’ gluey-ness, Ty Jerome’s sixth-man cred, who scares us in the playoffs, Kenny Atkinson’s coaching brilliance, Koby Altman’s Billy-Bean-like roster construction, Nate’s bowling addiction, shout outs, the SNL 50th, and the Cavs’ march to history are just a few of the threads.

Join us as we revel in this season of gravy that is your 2026 Cavaliers. As always, catch us below, download the full audio file, or listen on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or Spotify.

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