CLEVELAND, Ohio - Want to know how LeBron James really feels about Tyronn Lue, and David Blatt, and why the Cavaliers probably needed to make the move they did last week?

James told you everything you needed to know Saturday night, after the Cavs pulled off their best win this season, a 117-103 romp over San Antonio.

To get the full picture, you're going to need some patience. You're going to have to read through James' answers to some questions.

But, you'll understand when it's over. It's all there...

LeBron, on the Cavs using a quicker pace to their advantage against a slower Spurs team:

"It's just the conscious effort of doing what coach Lue and the coaching staff want us to do. They want some tempo."

LeBron, on whether Cleveland played its best game against the Spurs:

"We pushed the tempo offensively and we executed everything the coaching staff wanted us to do."

LeBron, on Kevin Love arguably playing his best basketball since joining the Cavs:

"I think coach Lue has done a great job clearing the air what he expect out of all of us, including Kev, and he's a big focal point of our team."

LeBron, on whether the Cavs' quicker offensive pace leads to better shots, not just more shots:

"You know, coach gets on us in film sessions about timing and scoring time, (we) want fast shots. We want to score, get good offense, if we don't have something early in our transition game."

LeBron, on the importance of beating the Spurs after starting the year 0-5 against them, Golden State, and Chicago:

"Tonight was what, our fourth game, fifth game maybe with our new coach? And we want to continue to emphasize what he wants us to do and we want to continue to hammer home some of the things and the keys for us to get better."

LeBron, on if the Cavs' defense changed last week:

"Well, Coach Lue, he wants us to defend but he's not the voice of our defense. Coach Longo (Mike Longabardi), he's our defensive coordinator. He gives us the game plan. Coach Lue definitely makes his inputs throughout the course of the game, if he wants to change on a game-to-game basis or throughout the game."

LeBron, on if, you guessed it, Lue has indeed reached the Cavs in one week as coach:

"For us, Coach Lue is the captain. He's the captain of the ship. We got to do whatever it takes, do whatever he barks out. And to see it coming to fruition out on the court definitely helps for sure, but it all starts with us. He can only put us in position but we got to go out and execute and it's great to have a leader like Coach and we go out and execute it offensively and defensively."

Ok, so...

James was asked 11 questions by reporters Saturday night. Two of them were about James wearing the wrong shorts. Throw those questions out.

One question was specifically about Longabardi, who joined Lue's staff last week.

The other eight questions ... James managed to work Lue into his answer every time (there was an eighth reference to Lue in an answer about Tristan Thompson not shared above).

Has to be some sort of record.

If I were going to play the role of rhetorical expert here, I'd say James' message is he and the players are listening and responding to Lue, who's laying down some laws. (Read what James said about Love, again)

What's implied, then, is the same things weren't happening with Blatt as coach.

Last week was an emotional one for the Cavs and for James. He took quite a bit of heat for Blatt's firing (he was let go Jan. 22), standing accused of undermining a coach who went 83-40 and reached the NBA Finals in his only full season.

Perhaps, then, James is stressing the players' obedience to Lue as a means of combating that narrative label.

And while there are occasional examples through their 18 months together where James did defend or speak well of Blatt, there's nothing in the file like this.

Let's set aside the debate over whether James was justified in never trusting Blatt or if Blatt got a fair shake in Cleveland, and accept that there is a clear difference in attitude toward the Cavs' head coach from then to now.

Lue is in his honeymoon phase with five games under his belt - but he's won four of them, and the latest victory was a doozy. We'll see how James reacts when Lue makes a mistake, or the Cavs lose a couple in a row.

It's going to happen.

But James never, ever spoke of Blatt the way he talked about Lue Saturday night.

And if what he was saying is true - that one of the deepest, most talented, and expensive rosters in the league with very clear championship expectations is listening to and embracing the direction of its new coach - then the Cavs probably had to fire Blatt.