The Cleveland Cavaliers have changed their travel schedule and LeBron James believes they are already seeing the benefits.

The Cavaliers finished their four-game road trip with a 3-1 record.

Cleveland chose to stay in the city it played in each night and fly out the next day to remain on a more normal sleep schedule.

"The biggest thing for recovery is sleep," Cavs head athletic trainer Steve Spiro told ESPN. "There isn't anything better and for these guys that are taxing their bodies through travel and through their workload on the court and practice and extra work or whatever, we can have all the technology in the world but obviously a great night's sleep plays a role into performance. There's no doubt about it. So you have to have your finger on the pulse of it."

James immediately endorsed the travel plan.

"We're old, man," said James, who turns 33 next month. "Whenever we get a chance to stay over for the night this season, we have to do that."

Tyronn Lue said the team mapped out its plan to build in more stayover opportunities when the 2017-18 schedule was released in August. 

"That's helped us out," Lue said of the overnight plan. "I think with the schedule, not having as many back-to-backs -- especially having back-to-backs on the road -- that's really tough. So, having that day in between to get rest and then fly to the next city has been good for us."