Cavs Corner, Week 5: Light work!

Weekly slate: Win vs. New Orleans (128-100); Win vs. Toronto (122-108)

The big picture: A couple of other Eastern Conference teams — Orlando and New York — are beginning to sort out their early-season kinks, but it's still Cleveland and Boston head and shoulders above everybody else.

🔥 Weekly winner: Jarrett Allen. The center has started all 18 games this season and recorded a double-double in 13 of them, including his last six.

• He is shooting nearly 80% from the field over that span.

Quote du jour: "He's a flat-out all-star," head coach Kenny Atkinson said of Allen in Sunday's post-game presser.

🥶 Weekly loser: Sam Merrill. The Latter-day Assassin has missed four of the last six games and has yet to hit a hot streak from beyond the three-point arc.

• Amid Cleveland's spectacular shooting start, Merrill is not even among the team's top seven three-point marksmen.

What's next: Tonight vs. Atlanta; Friday at Atlanta (NBA Cup game); Sunday vs. Boston; Tuesday vs. Washington.