Boston Celtics 99-102 Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 talking points 

#2 Cavaliers still heavily dependent on LeBron James

LeBron James

Prior to the season tip-off, there was so much talk about how deep the Cavaliers roster is and that it is deepest since LeBron James came back to the franchise in 2014. Some opinions even stated this would allow James to run himself into the ground and play as many minutes as he did in last season.

However, things did change much. Most of the starters played about 30 minutes and a couple of reserves (J.R Smith and Tristan Thompson) played just over 20 but the team still needed 41 minutes from James to seal the win down the stretch.

It's a small sample size, I mean it's just one game but will this be how the season rolls? There are a lot of weak teams in the East but what if the rest of the Cavaliers aren't able to do enough? Will they need James to save them even against the lower tier teams of the league?

Cavaliers walked away with the win on opening night but they have plenty of questions to answer.