After an informative film session on Thursday afternoon, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson felt better about his team's season opener. Sitting down with ClutchPoints and two other reporters inside the Baruch College gymnasium, Atkinson delivered a complete diagnosis of the Cavs' 119-111 loss to the New York Knicks.

“I'm actually more positive after watching it. We were right in the game. We're right there, and we didn't play great.”

“I do think the clunkiness I'm talking about on offense is definitely due to new lineups playing together. There was just a couple of missed reads. The one that really sticks is Lonzo [Ball] throwing it to Dean [Wade]. Dean's not even looking at him. You're playing with Lonzo Ball , so keep your eyes up. Maybe if you're playing with CP [C

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