The Cavs walked away from their first back-to-back of the 2026-27 season and walked away from it 1-1. It was a 121-111 victory over the Washington Wizards and a tough loss 114-111 to the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta.

This initial back-to-back ended up showing quite a bit about who the Cavs could potentially be moving forward.

They thrive when the bigs are the focal point

It has been the same for the past few seasons since Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen became teammates and it reigns true today.

Mobley had 24 and 12 against the Wizards and him and Allen provided that nice big to big connection that Cavs fans have grown very accustom to seeing.…