Dominating with defense

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SEATTLE - The process has been slow and tedious at times but, love it or hate it, the Cavaliers are morphing into the sort of lock-down defensive team coach Mike Brown swore he'd construct the day he was hired in June of 2005.

Their defensive statistics have been improving since Brown took over, but they are just now really developing a style of play. It isn't always pretty and it isn't always totally effective, but take a step back and look at it with perspective and it is becoming signature. The Cavs are a very good defensive team and, of late, a dominant one in the second half.

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