"The Cavaliers had a day to rest and regroup Thursday, a day for Mo Williams' strained left groin potentially to heal, and a day for coach Byron Scott to figure out what to do if Williams misses another significant chunk of time because of injury.

The good news is that the Cavaliers have done this before. Already, the veteran point guard has missed all but one preseason game because of injury and family issues, and then missed three regular season games while Scott cautiously protected the strained right groin Williams suffered just before the start of training camp.

Williams said after suffering the newest injury Wednesday night against New Jersey that he hoped to heal in time for Saturday's game against Indiana. But when Williams had the same injury to his other leg, he missed about three weeks of training camp.

Which brings the Cavaliers to the good news/bad news category. The good news is that Scott has come to rely on a three-guard rotation late in games, sticking with a combination of Daniel Gibson, Anthony Parker and Ramon Sessions to out-quick and out-hustle opponents with the Princeton offense. It worked in three straight victories, but faltered in the second of a back-to-back series with the Nets when Cleveland simply ran out of steam. Still, the Cavaliers have become versatile learning to play without Williams, and Scott likes Parker's play there, in particular.

"Anthony has a real, real good idea of what we're doing," Scott said. "He understands exactly what we're doing on both ends of the floor."

The bad news is that the three-guard lineup has almost become a necessity because starting small forward Jamario Moon is still struggling to find his role in the lineup and on the team. "