Instant reactions from Beacon Journal writers Ryan Lewis and Nate Ulrich after Game 2 between the Cavaliers and Heat.

CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers leaned on their ... It should also be noted that Dean Wade and Isaac Okoro have not been factors in Games 1 or 2, and it'll be a storyline to watch in Games 3, 4 ...

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) shoots in front of Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, left, and forward Isaac Okoro (35) in the first half in Game 1 of an NBA first-round playoff series ...

(AP Photo/Phil Long) Chicago Bulls' Talen Horton-Tucker (22) drives past Cleveland Cavaliers' Isaac Okoro, rear, and Jarrett Allen (31) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Cleveland ...

CLEVELAND — The only player on the Cleveland ... Atkinson stuck to his 10-man rotation, at least for now, although Dean Wade, Isaac Okoro and DeAndre Hunter all struggled badly in Game 1.

CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers opened the 2025 ... Guard Ty Jerome grabbed an offensive board on an miss by small forward Isaac Okoro, and Jerome drained a 3 with 11:22 left in the second quarter.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The playoffs don’t wait ... in a playoff setting where teams relentlessly hunt mismatches. Isaac Okoro, who could see extended minutes in this series as a defensive ...

A couple of years ago, the Cavs were eliminated in the first round by the New York Knicks largely on the basis of physicality and rebounding. That wound has perhaps healed, but the scars remain.