CLEVELAND, Ohio — Somewhere over middle America, long after the cameras shut off and the box scores froze, Donovan Mitchell and Sam Merrill started to build something the Cavs are now benefiting from.

Merrill showed he’s more than just a shooter this season.

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DETROIT(AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers reserve guard Sam Merrill is out of the lineup with a hamstring injury against the Detroit Pistons in Game 2 of their second-round series on Thursday night. Merrill ...

It’s crazy: you start a season in late September with Media Day, Training Camp, Preseason, into eighty-two games. It’s all wide open. Then, the eight-month journey comes down to the best-of-three.