Max Strus's return to the Cleveland Cavaliers couldn't have gone any better despite a loss

CLEVELAND — Cavaliers guard/forward Max Strus nearly made it through his entire postgame meeting with reporters before the emotion of his long road back to the court finally bubbled to the surface.

After receiving a raucous ovation after entering the game for the first time this season, he knocked down a contested three off a James Harden feed on his first offensive possession in almost a year.