LeBron James injury update
Oct 10, 2017; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) drives to the basket against Chicago Bulls guard Paul Zipser (16) during the first half at Quicken Loans Arena. USA TODAY Sports / Ken Blaze

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are unfazed by the team's third loss in four games after the 2016 NBA champions were hammered 123-101 by New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night. The Cavs have a new-look roster this season following the controversial Kyrie Irving trade in the offseason.

"I'm fine. I'm fine, and we're fine. It's a long season. It's way too early to judge," James said after finishing with 18 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in Saturday's loss.

Having changed the starting line-up on three occasions, the Cavs are admittedly trying to work out chemistry issues. With Isaiah Thomas still recovering from a hip injury, and Derrick Rose also dealing with a knee injury, the Cavs have been forced to start James at the point guard position.

Cavaliers still without Derrick Rose, Isaiah Thomas

"We're out two starting point guards. So I'm not overlooking what's going on. I wasn't overlooking if we had success. I'm not going to overlook if we had a couple games off. I'm not getting too high and getting too low. I'm an even-keel guy. I understand this is a long process. We played some different (line-ups). Like I told you guys, we played some crazy line-ups that we haven't even played in practice. So we'll continue to get better. There's going to be some games where we don't look as good unfortunately, but that's all part of the process, and we just have to be patient with it until we can become full-strength," James said, addressing the injuries to Rose and Thomas.

Tyronn Lue, coach of the Cavaliers, acknowledged that the team had to improve on the defensive end. The Cavs allowed New Orleans to drain 13 3-pointers during Saturday's loss. "Well, we got to do a better job taking the one-on-one challenge, first. Guys are driving us, beating us on the catch, point of entry. But, I mean, a lot of this, if we're missing 3s and missing shots offensively and turning the basketball over, then we can't get back in transition. So better offense helps with our defence. Because if we're scoring, then we can get back and get set. We just got to be better."

The Cleveland Cavaliers will stay at home to host the new-looking Indiana Pacers on Wednesday before travelling to Washington to face John Wall and the Wizards on Friday.