Cup of Cavs: Cleveland Cavaliers news and links for Monday, Nov. 21

Mondays always suck, but at least it’s a shorter week with the holidays.

The first sip

The Cavs will look to get revenge on the Atlanta Hawks tonight. The Hawks have had a good start to the season as they’ve also jumped out to a 10-6 record.

Atlanta is coming off a dramatic overtime win as they beat the Toronto Raptors with a last second layup from AJ Griffin after poor late game execution from the Raptors.

Young is heating up after his slow start to the season. The Hawks have been able to survive this due to the chemistry between Young and Dejounte Murray. Atlanta is outscoring opponents by 8.7 points per 100 possessions when the duo shares the floor with a 118.3 offensive rating and a 109.6 defensive rating.

It’ll be fun to see these two backcourts square off.

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Dejounte Murray has been better than advertised to start the season

Links of the day

Hawks use late game surge to secure a dramatic victory over the Raptors

The strange and tragic case of retired Sixers big men suffering heart-related issues

Kyrie Irving’s return was a mess

The Nets were able to pull out a win against a shorthanded Grizzlies team