Charania The Cavaliers know this from Donovan Mitchell He wants to win he wants to compete for a championship not just making it to the playoffs That's why the Cavaliers have been under tremendous stress

The Cleveland Cavaliers hype up fans for the 2015 playoffs

Klay Thompson explains that the reasons he gave up a lot of money and joined the Miami Heat have to do with the opportunity to play high-level basketball and make a deep postseason run

Davion Mitchell on SpoI started the first game Im getting DNPs in Toronto cuz they trying to tank I come here and I start He told me listen I want you to be yourself I dont care about anything that happened in the past If a coach tells you that bro its like how can I ever fail

Le Batard Show Pablo Torre on Ballmers desperation Hes opening the Intuit He needs a franchise player Hes a basketball fan Hes competing with the Lakers in their very same city Kawhi had just won a title microwaved the championship with Raptors So the desire here cannot be overstated

Donovan Mitchell says out of all the games in his NBA career Game 1 vs the Knicks is the one he wants back We definitely gave them that game

Klay All the notoriety you get from playing this game at a high level doesn't hit the same as chasing a championship I know Pat Spo know all about that - so does Bam Giannis Wiggs all the young players theyre all hungry to make their mark in this league that fire still burns within me