It's a simple defense, really. Cavaliers coach Mike Brown labeled it the "KYP" - as in Know Your Personnel.

It's vitally important for the Cavaliers to know each Magic player's strengths and weaknesses when Cleveland's defense is being stretched to the limits in Brown's "Shrink The Floor" strategy that relies heavily on help rotation.

Brown called the Magic the toughest matchup for his defensive scheme in his 11 playoff series over the past four years. The most problematic issues come from 6-10 small forward Rashard Lewis and 6-10 power forward Hedo Turkoglu. Both players are rangy and mobile, as adept at shooting 3-pointers as they are at driving and posting up when needed.

It's difficult for 6-11 Anderson Varejao, who is more used to playing beneath the basket, to defend players like Lewis on the perimeter. And although 6-3 Delonte West can stay in front of Turkoglu on drives to the basket, he is less of an imposing defender in the face of the taller Magic player.

"When you have a team that shoots the 3-ball as well as they do and they have a stretch [the floor] big man against our two traditional bigs, it's tough," Brown said. "Plus, you have Dwight Howard."

With the KYP defense, Brown wants his players to know whether they need to close the gap on strong 3-point shooters like Lewis on the perimeter when he finds his way open. Know your personnel.

"Know when you can help and when you can't," Brown said. "That's very important against this team."

Clone LBJ: LeBron James, of course, had another idea for a new Cavaliers defense. When asked whether he should have been defending Turkoglu at the end of Game 2 when the power forward made a jumper to give the Magic a 95-93 advantage with one second left, James shrugged. "I'm only one guy," he said. "I took Hedo in the first game and Rashard made the [game-winning] shot. I took Rashard in the second game and Hedo made the shot. If I could clone myself, we'd be all right."

No Mo penalties: The NBA did not take any action against Cavaliers guard Mo Williams for throwing a ball at Howard during the first quarter of Game 2 after he was fouled - and all three referees somehow missed what should have been an automatic technical foul. Williams could have been assessed a technical and the accompanying $1,000 fine retroactively, but the league typically does not take such action.

Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said he didn't seek a review by the league. "I can say this honestly, and I've said it before: We've got to be the only team in the league that never, ever, ever calls the league," Van Gundy said. "Whatever complaints I have I'll voice during the game.

"They [the referees] said they didn't see it. There were roughly 22,000 people in that arena, and three people didn't see it. What are you going to do? How do you argue that if they didn't see it?"

The league also didn't review guard Delonte West's hit on Turkoglu in the third quarter of Game 2, which could have been upgraded to a Flagrant-1.

Those hard hits were just the start of the contentious playoff series, according to James.

"As you continue to play the same team over and over you start to dislike them more," James said. "It just happens. You're just tired of seeing the same person guard you, you're tired of seeing the same person dunk the Basketball and shoot 3s. It's going to be a little physical and a little chippy, but it's all good in the game."

The shot, two days later: Two days later, Cavaliers players still were talking about James' game-winning 3-pointer with one second remaining in Game 2. James said he couldn't help but see the continuous replays of his shot, though he didn't seek it.

Even Brown saw replays of The Shot - and he doesn't watch "SportsCenter."

"I saw the highlight on HGTV," Brown said. "That's what I like to watch so I've seen it numerous times. It was the best shot I've ever seen live."

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Plain Dealer reporter Brian Windhorst contributed to this story.