"Byron Scott has stressed the importance of taking care of the basketball for weeks. With the Cavs still struggling to reduce their number of turnovers, Scott thought of another idea this week. He's making them run.

Now, any time a player commits a turnover in practice, the entire team lines up on the baseline and runs gassers. How many is up to the coach.

"Until I get tired," said Scott, who most certainly doesn't take part in the exercise.

Scott's point is simple: The Cavs enter today's game against the New Jersey Nets leading the league in turnovers, averaging 17.2 per game. They've committed at least 20 turnovers in a game seven times in 17 games. They're 2-5 when it happens, but they've lost their last five. They had 19 turnovers in Wednesday's victory over the dysfunctional New York Knicks.

"That orange ball is so precious, you have to make them understand how important it is every single time we come down the court," Scott said. "If you want to be a running team, there's a certain amount of turnovers you have to live with and I'm OK with that. But when we get in the high teens and the low 20s, that's a little too much."

Scott puts the bulk of the responsibility on 19-year-old rookie Kyrie Irving.

"He's the head of the snake," Scott often says."