Cavs Corner, Week 21: Streak sauce

• He may come to regret his bad-mouthing of Ty Jerome if the Magic and Cavs square up in the first round of the playoffs — a distinct possibility.

Record: (56-12); Last week: (55-10)

Weekly slate: Win at Memphis (133-124); Loss vs. Orlando (108-103); Loss at Los Angeles Clippers (132-119).

• The Cavs have now lost two consecutive games for only the third time this season.

🏆 Weekly winner: Evan Mobley, who disemboweled the Grizzlies Friday and outshined his main competitor for Defensive Player of the Year (Jaren Jackson, Jr.).

• Mobley was +16 across 31 minutes of action Friday. Jackson was -21 in 28 minutes.
• Mobley is now the heavy betting favorite to win the award. He would be the first Cleveland player to do so.

What we're watching: Which becomes the scariest team among Milwaukee, Indiana and Detroit during the home stretch?

• Cleveland will almost certainly face one of them in the second round of the playoffs.

What's next: The continuation of a stiff West Coast road trip, which got off to a rough start last night in L.A., and which means more late-night tipoffs back home.

• Wednesday at Sacramento; Friday at Phoenix; Sunday at Utah; Tuesday at Portland.