INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- He's not sure of the day, but LeBron James reiterated on Tuesday that he will sit out a few Cavaliers games before the playoffs begin on April 18.

"I've always taken a couple games off before the postseason, over my career. I don't know when. That's something me and the coaching staff and the training staff will sit down and go over, what will benefit me, benefit the team," James said after Tuesday's practice before they hit the road for Milwaukee.

"I've always been the same way. I don't change too much. I've always been the same. How I get at this time has always been the same over my 10 years of being in the postseason, so it won't change."

Considering his pending absence, James was asked what's an ideal way for the team to finish out the season.

"With rhythm," he responded. "Win, lose or draw. You want to try to have some type of rhythm."

That could become a complicated matter being that James is surely not the only major Cavaliers contributor expected to take a night off soon.

Cleveland (50-27) has five games remaining in the regular season. Milwaukee, Boston back-to-back, Detroit and Washington are all on deck with something to play for, with the exception of the Pistons.

A win against the Bucks on Wednesday would lock up the No. 2 seed and the Central Division. If that scenario plays out, coach David Blatt will be faced with the difficult task of finding rest for his players, and in the process, try not to lose momentum.

"We're getting awfully close to playoff time and it's important that we maintain a level of game-conditioning and game-readiness together and balanced with the physical state of the players," Blatt said. "Unfortunately we're still not quite there yet so it's a little hard to think exactly how we want to handle that. We're just not there yet."

Point guard Kyrie Irving and power forward Kevin Love -- players who have been banged up all year -- will almost certainly be told to dress to impress during one of the upcoming games. Center Timofey Mozgov could also catch a breather.

Regardless of who takes the floor, James believes the team will be in good shape as long as they continue to adhere to the team's principles.

"Even if we've got guys resting or not, you still play your game," James said. "Obviously you can kind of take an account of who's in and who's out, but you play your type of basketball. The one thing you can control no matter who's in the lineup is how hard you play and how together you play, no matter who's out there."

James made it clear that he isn't fatigued. His approach is solely geared towards ensuring he's in near tip-top health before he embarks on attempting to claim his third NBA title.

He may be in street clothes soon, but he hasn't crashed.

"You get rest when you retire," he said.