Cavaliers find their toughness, show mental and physical capability for deep run

DETROIT — He sounded hoarse, but not from the frantic screaming associated with being the head coach in a pivotal overtime playoff game. No, Kenny Atkinson insisted a bug was taking his voice, not the Detroit Pistons and this maniacal Game 5 victory. “I wasn’t even yelling,” he said. It was bad until it wasn’t. It was over until it wasn’t. The Cavs were the same old Cavs until they weren’t.Advertisement