Yes, you’ve read correctly. The Cavaliers are that good. Kenny Atkinson has supercharged this team beyond even his wildest dreams. And like New York, Cleveland, too, will be judged on postseason success, not regular-season standings.

The Dorian Finney-Smith trade has complicated the Lakers’ path to trading for a max-contract star such as Jimmy Butler.

Butler has missed the last three games with the first two due to a “stomach illness” and the last being because of the “return to competition reconditioning process.” It appears that he is staying in Miami for the process as he and the team await a development in his paying status for Saturday.