The Cleveland Cavaliers suffered through one of their worst losses of the season on Monday night, when they visited San Antonio and were embarrassed by the Spurs.

In the lopsided 103-74 defeat, nothing was working for the Cavs, who only had two players score more than 10 points. Despite LeBron James's best efforts (17 points, eight rebounds and eight assists), Cleveland's recent struggles continued in a big way against Gregg Popovich's squad.

The loss dropped the Cavaliers half a game behind the Boston Celtics for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race as the two teams continue to battle for conference supremacy.

LeBron told ESPN.com that the Cavaliers are going to continue to struggle until some players get in better shape, saying his team looks slow at times:

"That's an individual question. But at the same time, yeah, we look a little slow versus a lot of these teams," James said. "It's up to the individual where if you're feeling a little slow, OK, you gotta get in better shape.

"It sucks to say, 'It's March, you're not in good shape. But you gotta get in even better shape against some of these teams that's been plugging away all season long.' I know from a personal standpoint, I feel great. I feel really good, actually."

It'll be tough for the Cavs to get in better shape with a stretch of five games in seven days beginning on Thursday, but something will need to change if Cleveland wants to advance to the NBA Finals for the third-straight season.

Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue agrees that the Cavaliers look slow at times, saying that as the game goes on, his team gets beaten on the dribble and in transition more often:

"The crazy part about it - we start off the right way, but teams are so much faster than us," Lue said. "They just look so much faster than we are. I mean, damn. It just looks like - just beat us on the dribble, transition, just looking faster."

The Cavaliers end their upcoming stretch of five games in seven days with a road trip to Boston to take on the Celtics on the back end of a back-to-back. Whether James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love play that night, or whether Lue decides to rest his tired stars, remains to be seen.

However, with home-court advantage in the playoffs on the line, it's safe to say LeBron will be pushing his teammates even harder in the coming weeks.