Cavs' Kevin Love sums up team's surprising success: 'Combination of a lot of things'

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have been the pleasant surprise of the NBA this season.

With three games left in the regular season, the Cavaliers have a playoff berth wrapped up and are jostling with a few teams for positioning. Cleveland is currently 43-36 and about three games behind the Toronto Raptors in the loss column for the No. 6 seed in the NBA playoffs.

Cleveland will be in the postseason without LeBron James for the first time since the 1997-98 season.

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, center, prepares to pass ball to Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday April 2, 2022, in New York.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Kevin Love, one of the veterans on the team, told Fox News Digital in a recent interview the turnaround from winning 22 games last season to winning more than 40 this season is a huge credit to how the roster was constructed and everyone’s ability to buy into the team mentality.

"I think (it’s) a combination of a lot of things," Love said. "Our front office has put us in a really good position to have success. I think drafting Evan Mobley was huge, bringing in Ricky Rubio – and I know he went out with an injury but just establishing a great culture. It wasn’t forced. We just had guys that wanted to play together and play for each other.

"We’re one of the top few or maybe even the number one share the wealth type of team in the NBA and our identity is to play defense and to play really hard. I think just a combination of all of that and mixing it with great talent and a good coaching staff, I think it’s