Late in the third quarter, with Cleveland staring at a nine-point deficit and history slipping through its grasp, coach Kenny Atkinson made what seemed like a perplexing substitution.

Cleveland played the New York Knicks in their third game of the season. The Cavaliers have struggled to grab rebounds against New York for the past few seasons, and that trend continued in the first half of that matchup, with New York outrebounding Cleveland by eight in the first half.

To help the Cavs remain undefeated, head coach Kenny Atkinson used an unconventional strategy to beat the Bulls.

The Nets will have a reunion with Kenny Atkinson, the coach they dumped, who is now head coach of the undefeated Cavaliers who are 10-0.

Kenny Atkinson couldn’t help but smile as he looked at the box score and stared at the record of his Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers are still undefeated. Even so, they have been playing with fire lately. Kenny Atkinson’s team has had solid starts and has performed even better late in the game. Nevertheless,