INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The Cavs had a big-picture plan to be fully healthy heading into the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The plan worked. As Cleveland returned to the practice floor Thursday afternoon, its first full session ahead of Sunday night’s first-round series opener against either Atlanta or Miami, there were no lingering injury concerns.

"Unselfish MVP" — that's how one teammate described the six-time All-Star who fueled Cleveland to the East's best record.

Davion Mitchell is a short, muscle-bound NBA guard who wears the No. 45. Everything about that sentence besides a few letters in the first name also applies to Donovan Mitchell. There's got to be a connection here,