There has not been much to say about the Cavaliers, a team that was one of the league's best defensively last season but has lost its way.

Entering Tuesday's game the Cavs were 21st in the NBA in opponent-scoring average (100.9) and 28th in opponent field-goal percentage (46.6).

LeBron James came to the arena early on Tuesday before the game against the Miami Heat and worked up a sweat by shooting basket after basket. James said he came early because it's time for a change.

"Right now it's not looking good for us," James said. "We haven't been that good. It's a long season, and you have time to fix it, but when do you do it? You need to start picking things up, and we have to do that soon."

If the playoffs started today, the Cavs would be left out. There are 53 more games in the regular season, but James said the team doesn't want to put itself in a must-win situation down the stretch.

"You want to win all you can in November, December, January so in March and April if you lose a few games it won't matter as much," James said. "We have to change things around soon."