CLEVELAND (AP) The eight-month, pandemic-induced layoff deprived the Cavaliers of valuable games and drained coach J.B. Bickerstaff of some competitive juices.

He took drastic measures to replenish them.

"I'm ashamed to say it, but I found myself at 8-year-old and 9-year-old girls' soccer games yelling at referees," Bickerstaff said on a Zoom call as the Cavs opened training camp Tuesday. "I'm sitting there watching second- and third-grade girls and I'm on edge, and the hair on the back of my neck is standing up."