CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavs have assembled a roster that’s built not just for regular season success, but for the chess match of playoff basketball.

As revealed in the latest Wine and Gold Talk podcast, the team’s strategic flexibility might be their secret weapon for a deep postseason run.

During Cleveland’s 118-113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, fans caught a glimpse of what makes this year’s squad fundamentally different from previous iterations. The closing lineup wasn’t determined by star status or contract size but by matchup necessity and game flow.

“It just highlights and reaffirms the playable depth that has been added to this roster,” Cavs beat reporter Chris Fedor explained on the podcast. “I was talking to Larry Nance Jr. about this in the locker room ... the thing that he

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