CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavs don’t need a deep film session to diagnose their latest problem. All they have to do is follow the flight of a free throw. The one shot every coach, every old head, every player who’s ever put real hours into this game preaches as automatic.

Teams can live with missed 3s or the occasional turnover, but when they struggle at the charity stripe, where nobody is allowed to defend and no scheme can take it away, it cuts a little deeper.

And through 16 games, Cleveland is failing at the part of basketball that’s supposed to be the freest.

Through Wednesday night’s games, Cleveland is tied for 25th in free throw percentage (75%), despite attempting the 10th-most (26.8 per game) in the NBA. Not to mention, after 16 games, the Cavs have managed just five contests in w

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