The Cavs open the season in New York Wednesday with high expectations and unfinished business. After posting the second-best mark in the league, the team lost in the second round of the playoffs for the second straight year. Our sports commentator Terry Pluto says the team’s focus has shifted from piling up wins to proving they can go deeper in the playoffs.

“They always say the NBA has two seasons," Pluto said. "One is the regular season, that’s the long 82-game, six-month journey, and then you get into the playoffs, which you need to go through four rounds and find a way to win 16 games to win the title in that process.”

That playoff grind is what’s driving second-year head coach Kenny Atkinson.

“I talked to him at practice and he goes, ‘Terry, 11 and 15,’" Pluto said. "And I’m kind o

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