Cleveland Cavaliers News & Update: Winning Is Part Of Preparing For The Defending Champion?

By michael - 06 Oct '16 04:22AM

Without the presence of the shooting guard J.R Smith, the Cleveland Cavaliers easily defeated Orlando Magic during their preseason game. As a reigning champs, the Cavaliers had a successful start to defend their title as part of their preparations. The coach gave limited time for Lebron James to play, let Kyrie Irving rest and Klay Thompson with an injury.

According to the Cleveland Cavaliers' couch Tyron Lue, he let their super star Lebron James to rest for the sake of the exhibition that follows after the game. It seems that the star is very tired as he played in Brazil after the NBA championship, where he won as a gold medalist. From that 13 minutes given by his coach against Magic Orlando, Lebron James got seven points with six assists, according to The Times Of India Sports.

The Cleveland Cavaliers against Magic Orlando led by 26 at half with the score of eight points by Kevin Love and 20 points for Jordan McRae. DeAndre Liggins added a four points while Smith is not around and remains unsigned as a free agent recently, according to Las Vegas Sun.

Cleveland Cavaliers owner spending $1 million to give all Cavs employees NBA championship rings https://t.co/jJjdlnLN46 pic.twitter.com/u3RsGXjWSS

— People Magazine (@people) October 4, 2016

This coming October 25, 2016, the Cleveland Cavaliers will begin to establish a defense for their title. That night, being the host of the regular season's opening, they will raise their championship banner and receive their championship rings as well.

Reminder of the Day:#Believeland Three months ago today, my Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA championship. That was pretty damn good day. pic.twitter.com/j9tL33Pe3p — Cedric Phillips (@CedricAPhillips) September 21, 2016

With that preseason they had, the king of the Cleveland Cavaliers was pretty calm. The full list of their roster would be complete once Smith who is still have to sign with a new deal is affirmed, but that remains unsettled for now.