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LeBron focusing on Cavs, not interested in Celtics' winning streak

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have won four in a row, but all anyone around the NBA wants to talk about these days is the Boston Celtics, whose streak is over three times longer at 14 games.

Former Cavs guard Kyrie Irving is leading the charge for the 14-2 Celtics, who recently defeated the reigning champion Golden State Warriors after holding them to 88 points.

Though Boston's form is impressive, LeBron James is not putting too much emphasis on what's going on there, focusing instead on the success of his own squad.

"Huh? You want me to comment on that? Nah. I've got too much to worry about around here right now trying to get our ship going in the right direction," said James on Friday night after Cleveland took down the Los Angeles Clippers in overtime, according to ESPN's Dave McMenamin.

"I'm not going to (focus on that) ... I don't pay attention to too much of what's going on besides their record and things they've been doing. But they're playing some good ball right now."

The Celtics opened the 2017-18 regular season by falling to Cleveland on the road. That wasn't their biggest loss of the night, though, as offseason acquisition Gordon Hayward went down in the opening five minutes, fracturing his left tibia and dislocating his ankle.

Losing to the Milwaukee Bucks the next day, Boston's 14 consecutive wins since then are the most for any team in history after a 0-2 start. Stephen Curry even went as far as projecting a 2018 Finals meeting between Golden State and the Celtics, saying it was "very, very likely."

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James has been in the Finals every year since 2011, including the last three with Cleveland. Just as Curry is certainly allowed to believe the Celtics are favorites to represent the Eastern Conference, James is allowed to not be affected by that.

"Listen, man, at the end of the day we've got to show up as professionals and be the best we can be every night," James said. "Me, you know, I could care less what people say. I'm so far beyond that. I don't care what people say. At the end of the day, we've got to show up and be as great as we can be for this team right now. We're playing good ball, and we're going to continue that."

The Cavaliers and Celtics won't square off again until Jan. 3.

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