Kyle Korver: 'We Can't Just Stand and Watch LeBron, That's a Trap'

The Cleveland Cavaliers found success running a lot of off-ball action between Kyle Korver and Kevin Love, re-energizing an offense that sometimes can grow stale while LeBron James does, well, everything.

"We can't just stand and watch LeBron," Korver told Zach Lowe of ESPN.com. "That's a trap we all fall into. It's fine to do that sometimes. But we have to stay involved."

As Lowe described, the Cavaliers offense was especially efficient using variations of the following set: "Love jogging over as if to set a pick for LeBron, only to veer suddenly toward the corner and hammer Korver's man with a pindown screen. It is the meanest version of a set that has spread into almost every playbook."

"We are just out there manipulating the game," Love said. "Kyle has been gold for us."

The strategy invigorated Love, who went from mediocre against Indiana (11.4 PPG, 9.3 RPG) to excellent against Toronto (20.5 PPG, 11.5 RPG). Korver, too, had a bigger impact against the Raptors, improving from 8.3 points in 23.0 minutes per game against Indiana to 14.5 points in 31.5 minutes per game against Toronto.

And it's an offense that Boston or Philadelphia will have to solve in the Eastern Conference Finals if either is to get past the suddenly red-hot Cavaliers.