Quick fan poll regarding potential Magic matchup: Are you more heartened by the fact the Bobcats rendered Howard completely ineffective offensively or scared by the fact the Magic got the sweep anyways?
The Hawks haven’t won on the road against a Bogut-less Bucks team. How did this team get the #3 seed?
Is there anyone — anyone out there who thinks the Magic can lose to the Hawks or Bucks in R2? If so, why?
I think the Thunder are playing better basketball than the Lakers right now. I don’t know if they’re better enough to win in LA, though. Who would’ve thought that a series with two teams shooting 40% could be this much fun to watch?
Rumors of Kobe’s demise: exaggerated. If the Lakers get past the Thunder, the Jazz don’t have enough lanky perimeter defenders to frustrate him the way Sefolosha and Durant have, and even Green to a lesser extent. They might try Kirilenko if he gets healthy, but Sloan will start Matthews or Miles on him. Plus, Kobe took Kirilenko apart last year.
On the other hand, watching Fisher vs. Deron Williams will be fun.
Kobe will bounce back. He always bounces back. Still, let’s take a moment to savor the fact that LeBron’s playoff PER is 22.66 points higher than Kobe’s right now.
I don’t know how to talk about LeBron right now. The Cavs haven’t won any games they haven’t been expected to win easily yet, and he’s going to be judged by how the rest of the playoffs shake out. Still, he’s easily the best player in the league right now. Easily. It’s him and everyone else. Seriously, look at what the other MVP candidates have done in their first-round matchups. Kobe, Howard, and Durant are all going against great defensive teams, but yeesh.
Man, I’m afraid LeBron will end up like Dirk someday. (He’s already proven himself to be better, but you know what I mean.) That is a cursed, cursed man. He makes that jumper over hill 9 out of 10 times, even in crunch situations. He’s such a money player with the game on the line, but seems to pick the exact right moments to come up short. Also, he really deserved a title against the Heat that year.
Russell Westbrook, you are the captain of the “have a league-average TS% for a full season so I can buy your hype, because I love watching you play” team.
So Jeff Green takes a lot of bad shots, he’s very versatile, he makes plays but doesn’t rack up assists, his TS% is terrible, and he defends multiple positions well without being a lock-down guy. Part of the “core” without ever really playing like an untouchable. On a team with a transcendent offensive player but still manages to be a below-average team offensively. I hate to do this — anyone else getting a “Larry Hughes on the Cavs” vibe here?
On that note, who’s sad the Cavs missed out on Stephen Jackson now? I bring this up because I’m never right about anything. Also, Jon Kuester. Sometimes there’s a method to my bitterness and skepticism.
Alright, that’s all for tonight. Good night, and good Hubie Brown.
The Magic would make me nervous if they had gone to 7 games and needed a buzzer beater to do it. They are really freakin good.
I think it’s a good sign that Dwight Howard can be taken out of a game so easily. If the bobcats had more offensive weapons they would have been able to capitalize on it. IF the Cavs can do so, we have to believe that we will be able to capitalize on points in the paint to a much larger degree than the Bobcats. All they did was shoot jumpers when dwight was out, it made no sense.
I’d love to throw Leon Powe at Howard, just to see what happens.
Everyone around here feeling a little vindicated lately. First Rich (bulls are good), then me (Kobe is overrated), now John (Kuester and S-Jax aren’t so great)
OK here are my answers to the poll.
1.) Scared outta my mind about the Howard thing. Howard gives them NOTHING offensively, Carter gives them NOTHING offensively, and they sweep. POOP IN YOUR PANTS SCARY. Not only do 8 guys on their team shoot 3s, but 8 guys on their team have zero regard for human life when they shoot 3s. They jack up some horrible shots and don’t care. Their have what I refer to as TRIPLE S: “Shot Selection Swagger”. And their Triple S is SURREAL. Esp Pietrus.
2.) Bucks are better than people think. They don’t miss bogut as much against the Hawks since the Hawks don’t really score inside.
3.) I think the Magic will sweep the second round.
4.) The Thunder have been in every game in LA. They could def steal a game. But I believe that if the Lakers win, they will take out the Jazz without much trouble.
5.) Rumors of Kobe’s demise may be exaggerated. Rumors of Kobe’s past playoff greatness: exaggerated. His career playoff PER is under 22. LeBron’s career playoff PER is over 27.
6.) Even as a FAN it’s getting hard to watch LeBron with any objectivity. Like, he’ll put up 25, 7, and 7 and I’ll be criticizing him for having a bad game (for him). It’s ridiculous he has set the bar so high.
7.) LeBron’s not cursed. The Orlando series was the first time ever that most people expected the Cavs to win and they didn’t. And even then, people that payed attention during the reg season knew that Orlando was the toughest matchup for Cleveland.
8.) The Thunder play well together for such a young team. Especially defensively. They will be tough as long as Westbrook and Durant play together.
1) Interested in the Howard issue and honestly encouraged. He KNOWS what they are doing and still can’t manage 30 minutes in ANY of the 4 games? He has his coach and the entire team riding him about it and he fouls out even faster on the 4th game? He feels he has something he needs to prove to anyone bodying him up and that’s going to get worse when it is Shaq doing it to him. The Bobcats had 3 bodies to throw at him foul wise, we have Shaq, Hickson, Andy, Z, Powe for starters. The Bobcats issues were 2 fold as I see it…once they got Dwight out of the game they stopped attacking the basket for some unknown reason and lost the battle of the 3′s. If we get Dwight sitting the bench extended minutes and take over the paint, we should win.
2-3) Haven’t followed that series but I fully expect the Magic to sweep that series too. And I expect them to have copious downtime between the first and second rounds much as the Cavs did last year when they swept the first 2 rounds.
4) I think the Thunder are playing great ball and can win it, but I’d have to guess that the Lakers are probably the better team so the Thunder have to catch the Lakers napping for it to happen. That said, the Lakers haven’t impressed me much with the games I have seen in regards to their energy/focus levels so getting caught napping is something I view as quite possible.
5) Agree with Tom on Kobe. He’s not as dead as some may say, but it looks like he is because few people are honest about his past stats/success and are comparing him against a Kobe that never played before. He’s got a great rep for the clutch shots, but from what I’ve seen of his numbers his scoring strength comes on volume of shots rather than great shooting during the majority of the game itself.
6-7) Lebron is insane and always shows up to play. Unfortunately, he doesn’t always bring his team along for the ride though not always his own fault. Some days he is in a mood to single handedly dominate the game from the opening tip, other days the Cavs haven’t show up and he’s had to dominate the game. As he matures further and also as he gets out from under Jordan/Kobe’s shadow (I really think that getting a that first championship helps him here) I think he’ll be better able to keep the team involved in the game with him and have fewer games where he just decides to play 1 on 5 the whole way because he can. And one way or another he’ll continue to get better and better teams around him, especially once he’s got a ring. More and more of the top talent will want to ride his coat tails, so no I don’t see any long term curses being involved. Remember, last year Lebron beasted against the Magic too…he just didn’t get that little bit of extra support he needed and the Magic just couldn’t fricken miss a shot if you paid them to. We’ve got Jamison and they’ve got Vinsanity so I don’t see those two aspects returning regardless if Shaq can manhandle Dwight or not. Lebron has more consistant support now, we can play long or small ball…it’ll be all good.
i am fearful of the fact that orlando has swept in spite of howard’s lack of offense. the cavs don’t guard quick point guards well and although jameer isn’t one of the quickest, he is playing like a monster right now (second in PER behind lebron). last year jameer wasn’t even present for our series with them and we lost to them. in terms of matchups this is my guess:
on a scale of +5 to -5 (+5 being in cavs favor completely, -5 being in orlando favor completely)
c – dwight has a moderate advantage over shaq simply b/c of his youth/athleticism (-3)
pf – it seems over the past antawn has had a slight advantage over rashard. (+2)
sf – …(+5)
sg – carter definitely is quite a bit better than ap (-4)
pg – jameer can kinda bully mo and is currently playing MUCH better than mo so i’m gonna go with. (-3)
bench – cavs have slight edge (+1)
all in all that’s a -1 (matchups slightly in favor of orlando)
fortunately lebron should probably be more like a +10.
@Chris I think your analysis on the center position entirely ignores the trouble Dwight is having at staying in the games. He may have this resovled by the time he plays the Cavs, but he also might not and if he doesn’t and is sitting a ton due to foul trouble that would seem to greatly change the dynamic at that position.
That said, I always laugh a bit when I see position vs position matchups like this trying to purely analyze a game’s outcome as if interaction between all members of the team wasn’t also a critical facet. Okay, Carter is better than AP in your analysis, but does that deal with the possibility of a LeBron drive that pulls in Carter so that LeBron can kick it out to Parkerville for a 3? Or the Cav’s fundamentally strong help defense structure? If (and I realize this could be a huge if) the Cavs play their game properly and all of the parts contribute, I don’t see how Orlando wins. They live and die by the 3-ball so if that dries up, so does the majority of their offense. Particularly if Howard is riding the pine.
ON a side note, who wants to see another D-Wade explosion and a game 5 Heat victory? I’m rooting for it, and I think D-Wade will explode again, but I don’t think any of his teammates are going to take their games on the road.
Btw, Jermaine O’Neal shooting an AWESOME 16% from the field this series. Money in the bank.
Howard will never be MVP unless he develops a stronger offensive game…he has the other intangibles but when he’s limited to jump hooks or forced to take a jump shot, he isnt that efficient…only when he just bullies his way one foot from the hoop to slam it down…im not that scared of the magic…the bobcats blew multiple chances in this series to take a game or two…stephen jackson killed that team numerous times and felton isnt a strong starting point guard…i was more impressed with agustin than felton…i really think that series couldve and shouldve gone 6 games, but whatever, it didnt…
Lebron has such a high ceiling that yes even a 25 7 7 is average for him haaha..which is ridiculous…but its like peyton manning throwing 3-4 tds a game then one game he only throws 2 and we’re like what the hell peyton? even though he still may have had a qb rating well over 100…as mentioned by plenty people on here…Lebron is in his own league now…he has increased the gap big time…
Unless Durant starts piling up more rebounds and assists to go with his scoring he should never be mentioned with Lebron in the same sentence…to me Durant is Dominque Wilkins…a guy who can score at will anywhere on the court….impressive…but there are many guys who can do that now if they so choose…Wade clearly showed it and has many times and Lebron has done it…Kobe always does it…and Dirk does it…Durant has to increase other stats to be seen as the next great player in this generation
Rich…I see Wade flipping out again but it would be nice for i dont know beasley or Q Rich to step up…hey maybe O’Neal can double or even triple his shooting percentage! more games for the senior celtics, the better…
I expect Orlando to win the series but the Hawks absolutely can beat the Magic in a 7-game series. The Hawks have a lot of quality big men to throw at Howard (J-Smoove, Horford and Zaza) and have the scoring punch at the swing position provided by Joe Johnson and Crawford to exploit Howard’s foul trouble in the ways that the Bobcats just couldn’t.
Milwaukee will get swept but DON’T count out the Hawks.
Hubie is awesome. I do hope we get Doug Collins as color commentator for a Cavs series this playoffs though.
I have seen nothing in the four games Cleveland played against Orlando this year that tells me the Magic have any kind of shot of beating the Cavs. If the team commits to defense it’s over for Orlando.
1. Here are two things that help me sleep at night after Orlando’s sweep. One, I think that Orlando was set up well against the Bobcats because the Bobcats defend well, but especially inside. That they don’t rely on Dwight is what carried them through the series. The Bobcats definitely don’t have the offense to keep up either. The Cavs do, and we have a much better all around defense, especially now on the wings. The second thing is that the Shaq vs. Dwight “prove yourself” battle is in our favor. If we can get dwight out, we can hammer it inside. Oh yeah, and we have LeBron playing at a historic level. I’m chill as a cucumber about that.
3. I’m pretty sure Orlando will have a fairly easy road over the Hawks/Bucks. Neither team can match up well against them and Dwight should have a field day, which, consequently is great for us. We want them to be used to feeding Dwight by the time they come to Cleveland.
Other than that, I just hope the Cavs destroy the bulls tonight. I’m glad we lost a game. Now we don’t think we’re invincible like last year. Now its time to crush the Bulls, then show the world how old the Celtics are getting.
Hey guys, don’t be giving up on Gortat. That dude is a pimp. He’s actually the only player on the Magic I like (because he told that Polish newspaper last year about SVG being a D-bag). He’s a true center and he’s not afraid to give out hard fouls. In fact, I’d say he’s got more piss in him than smiley boy Dwight.
I’m a bit worried about the Magic and their sweep, but the Bobcats looked like a different team than the one that gave the Cavs trouble. Another thing I’m worried about is that many of those fouls on Howard were close calls. Different team, different matchup, different refs…deeper into the playoffs I think the refs are going to let a few of those bump fouls go.
Cleveland didn’t have the offense last year. And Z and Andy had to handle dwight, which we all remember failed. Now, cleveland is significantly better on offense and overall ball movement and they have shaq.
Let’s just hope Dwight doesn’t find his FT stroke like he did last year in our series..
And no, John. This OKC and LAL series could NOT be more fun to watch.
Extremely worried about the Magic. Bobcats did exactly what the scouting report says and took Howard out of the game. And they still got swept. If, for instance, a team was able to quiet Lebron (not saying it’s possible but let’s pretend for this hypo) the Cavs would have a tough time beating anyone in the playoffs. The Magic are the deepest team in the league and it showed in their first round series.
It’s also worth pointing out that the Charlotte D is one of the best in the league (statistically even better than the Cavs). In our best case scenario we shut down Howard like they do, but I don’t see it happening four straight games.
Finally, even though the Cavs got better I also believe the Magic did as well. That series, if it comes to fruition is going to be a nail biter.
At least to counter the Magic we have Magic. Wait. His name’s not Magic?
Our biggest weakness last year was at the 4 position, with Rashard being guarded by either Varejao (who normally has no business farther out than the high post) or Big Ben (who can maximize his impact inside in much the same way). This year we’ll be working with Jamison as the primary Shard defender – and in a pinch, Bron can also guard him (in the rare scenario where he’s actually guarding somebody who makes more money than he does). Somebody’s already pointed out that Tawn has seemed to be able to shut down Lewis in the past, although I don’t know if that’s a product of Tawn or the Washington defense in general (when we played them I was always too focused on Soulja Boy Stevenson).
The devastating P&R combo that they had with Ball and Foul On U last year is gone, but Nelson and Howard can still execute such a scheme fairly easily. My guess is that Jameer is going to have to play very well for Orlando to win. I can easily see it happening, though.
Note that last year, we did not show that we could really beat the Magic in the regular season, and this came to pass in the playoffs somewhat (with Lebron’s ridiculous shot and ridiculous game 5 really being the only reasons we didn’t get swept). This year, we’re 2-1 when we play our main guys against them, and that one loss came during the OMGAPOCALYPTIC three-game losing streak where we managed to get blown out by the team that just got swept by Orlando. (This is a bit disingenuous, of course, since the Cats match up much better against us than they do against the Magic…)
That being said, have the Hawks even beat the Magic this year?
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Oh yeah, the buzzer-beating dunk by Josh Smith several weeks ago. This seems to portend the same situation the Cavs were in last year in terms of the RS matchups being one-sided – unless Zaza actually becomes Rocky and Mike Woodson’s eyebrows hide out in SVG’s stache to eavesdrop on the gameplan, I don’t see how Orlando takes more than five to get rid of the Hawks (although the possibility of Crawford dropping some ridiculous number on the Magic is there).
Last year, most of us were worried at about a 5 or 6 before the series where it should have been closer to a 9 on the Worry Scale. I’d say it’s still a 7 or 8 on the scale, but of course now we’re all worrying at a 9/10 level. (More like it normally is in Cleveland.)
By the way, speaking of the Lakers potentially losing, what is the over/under on Sundiata Gaines clips in the Finals if it ends up being Cavs/Jazz? 20? 40? 100? (By the way, that game had to include one of the most ridiculous fourth quarters ever…I had to leave when it was 64-57 with about ten minutes to go and the final score was 97-96…) I don’t think the Thunder win Game 7 at the Staples Center even with gimpy Lakers, so it comes down to Game 5.
Kind of reminds me of Cavs-Pistons in ’06 and ’07…Detroit was 14 games better than us in ’06 and jumped out to a 2-0 lead…Cavs won games 3-5 but couldn’t put them away…I wouldn’t be surprised if this series turned out either that way OR the way they did in ’07 when the Pistons never really took control in any of the games and the Cavs came back from 2-0 down to win in six.
Is it just me, or does ‘gimpy Lakers’ sound like something you’d order at a fancy restaurant as like an appetizer? “Hi, yes, we’d like some bruschetta for the table, some calamari, and maybe a small order of gimpy lakers.”
Although I think Howard will be somewhat neutralized by Shaq, I think dribble penetration will still be a problem. You could see it in the Bobcats series when Howard was on the bench. They always have 4 guys on the court who will drive and either look to score or kick it to an open shooter. The Cavs will have to play good man to man defense to stop this, and their strength is help defense. So while I think the Cavs can pull it off, the Magic will definitely be looking to exploit that weakness.
Leo, Durant is and will be a great player. Until he increases all other stats a ton he’ll never be mentioned as one of the best ever (as i think lebron will be), but he’ll still be a great player
“Last year, most of us were worried at about a 5 or 6 before the series where it should have been closer to a 9 on the Worry Scale. I’d say it’s still a 7 or 8 on the scale, but of course now we’re all worrying at a 9/10 level. (More like it normally is in Cleveland.)”
Speak for yourself. I was at a 10 last year going into that series because of how easily the Magic defeated the Cavs in Orlando and almost won in Cleveland. In fact, when you think about it, Orlando should have won that series easily based on what they did in the regular season, but the Cavs did a much better job offensively and defensively…. yet, they still lost.
If anyone isn’t worried about Orlando, you’re crazy. This team is playing at the highest level of any team in the league right now. They are scary. Mo Williams is going to have his hands full because Jameer is MUCH better than Rafer was.
Haven’t paid the closest attention to the Magic series, but what action I did see involved the Bobcats missing shot after shot. Cavs can defend at least as effectively as Bobcats, but will actually make shots. Magic are good, and make me nervous, but I’m not outright scared. Magic won’t play a legitimate threat until us.
@Leo, why would durant need to pile up more rebounds to be mentioned in the same sentence as Lebron? KD leads LB 7.6 to 7.3. While I don’t think KD will ever have the same impact on the game as Lebron in many aspects of the game, particularly in terms of court vision, I think ‘KD ought not be mentioned in the same breath’ Is as frustrating a thing to hear as ‘Lebron should never be mentioned in the same breath as Jordan’ was 2 years ago.
Mat, you’ve slipped into the ORL-homer party line. Note that the Magic were also two heroic Rashard Lewis shots away from losing the series in 5 games. Or conversely, we were one Mo Williams miss away from forcing a game 7 in Cleveland (assuming the rest of the games besides the first played out the same way).
Except ben, here is the thing. All three games in cleveland were very close and competitive. 2 of the 3 in Orlando were not that close. Sure, Lewis could have missed two shots and the series is different, but the Magic didn’t deserve that. They played Cleveland close (and obbiouvsly won one) in Cleveland, and the Cavs only did so once in Orlando, and lost that game. Orlando was the better team w/ or w/o the Lewis shots.
the Hawks can’t beat Orlando. MikeWoodson might be the worst coach amongst the 16 playoff teams. As a matter of fact, I think I’ll just go ahead and say as much (and yea, I know Vinny Del Negro exists). They switch every screen….WHAT A TERRIBLE WAY TO PLAY DEFENSE. The Magic will dominate that type of defensive scheme, and Atlanta will revert to being Atlanta. That is a team that is in trouble when the other team doesn’t give them the ball and can execute. Atlanta, when forced to play in the half-court (meaning when they play better teams who don’t give them the ball all the time with turnovers) they go into 1on1 mode. They call it offense because they have about 4 guys who can play 1on1…but it isn’t. It’s just whoever feels like it upon catching the ball will go 1on1. It’s a terrible thing to watch. Magic will probably sweep the Hawks up. Id be surprised if it went 6.
The only way Atlanta makes a go of that series is if Joe Johnson goes into eff-you mode, and absolutely decides he’s going to take over the series. He has the talent, but only decides to do it about one game out of every 4, and he needs Bibby, Crawford, and Marvin Williams to bail him out behind the line if Orlando starts trapping. Also, Crawford is going to have to play a LOT. Bibby is almost useless in this series. If Milwaukee has figured out how exploitable he is, you can guarantee that Orlando will. Joe Johnson is the best player on paper, but he plays as if he’s given up on his team already, and scouting out houses in NY. Atlanta has some front court depth, so they can run some guys at Howard (my best strategy, go small, at let Josh Smith take him off the dribble), but the weak links on the team are Marvin William’s effort, and the ghost of Mike Bibby. Orlando in 6.
Also, if Brandon Jennings can figure out how to play on the road, watch out Atlanta. Don’t sleep on them.
As for KD versus LbJ, KD will end up being a better scorer when it’s all said and done, and LBJ a better all around player. KD just gets so many easy buckets, and that’s the key to scoring. But with Westbrook, KD doesn’t need to handle the ball as much as LeBron. What has REALLY impressed me about KD in the Lakers’ series is his defense. He has realized how good of a shot blocker he can be, especially off the ball, and the Thunder are deciding they’re giving up no layups. I absolutely agree with Simmons that the Thunder made a mistake not trading for Camby. If they had done that the sky would have been the limit. Put a real center on this team, and watch out. Scott Brooks is absolutely right. The Thunder can win it. The Thunder have the two things that KILL the Lakers, good penetrating guard play, and relentless running the floor to counter the Lakers’ size advantage in the half court (and their age).
HOWEVER. There’s no way the NBA lets the Thunder win this game or this series. Expect LA to get every call tonight. The financial losses to the NBA and the networks are probably 8 figures or more if LA loses in the first round.
just about last year’s cavs magic series. Even Krolik here noted that Lebron was getting to the line a bit much, and there was a lot of talk about refs being biased towards the Cavs. I’m interested to see what the officiating is like when dwight and lebron collide, because this will happen a lot. last year dwight didn’t foul out of any games i dont believe and was in foul trouble in only a couple. if it stays like that, i think the magic have a 45-55 shot. but even as a lebron james fan I thought last year he was getting about 2-3 FT’s extra per game
I’m actually more heartened by the ORL-CHA series. Orlando’s whole game is based on Dwight surrounded by 4 shooters. With Dwight out of the game you could definitely see the impact of his absence, but the Bobcats just didn’t take advantage. Or more accurately, they couldn’t take advantage because they just didn’t have the offensive weapons. Jameer is still a huge concern and Vince’s impact is a question mark, but if we can neutralize Dwight we’ll be in really good shape. We basically reloaded just to match up with the Magic, and seeing that Dwight can be taken out of the game is very promising. We can attack the basket and make outside shots if Orlando packs the paint, unlike the Bobcats who couldn’t do either. It’s not surprising to see that the clearly overmatched and playoff untested Bobcats were swept, even without Dwight. I hope the series doesn’t turn into a 3pt shooting contest, though we’ve been hitting our shots and we have homecourt so we can hold our own.
Magic will beat ATL/MIL, possibly sweep. I wouldn’t put too much into Magic sweeping again, either. Magic are just at a different level. Hawks may make it a decent series, but seeing how poor their road record is, I don’t think that series will go the distance. Bucks without their center going against the best center in the game – speaks for itself.
Lakers Thunder is a good series, but I think the whole Kobe/Lakers demise thing is overblown. The Thunder’s couple wins just mean they’re a legit 50 win team and not a fluke. Honestly, I think since there’s no real other big stories so far in the playoffs, and because it’s LA, this “news” is being blown way out of proportion. And Kobe will bounce back. Like AI this season (unfortunately), it’s gonna be pretty apparent when Kobe does fall off a cliff. It won’t be this year.
Lebron isn’t cursed like Dirk. Lebron’s never come up short. Lebron didn’t come up short against Orlando last year (unless you consider it a failure for one guy to not single handedly win the ECF, even if he did it before).
As for Captain Jack, I still wouldn’t have minded having him on the Cavs. His role would be much less on the Cavs so his poor shot selection wouldn’t hurt so much, but his intangibles would still have been a great addition.
On paper, Josh Smith Atlanta’s best player.
The Magic will win the Cavs series.
I’ve watched every playoff game I could. And I remember possibly as much as half of the fouls Dwight Howard received weren’t even fouls. The worst was last night’s game when D.J. Augustin did the reverse layup then grab Howard’s arm with both hands. The problem is, by the time the ECF rolls around, if it’s Cavs-Magic, people will want to see Howard and Shaq going at it. If Howard is on the bench half the game, don’t expect great ratings and that’s bad news for David Stern. I don’t think we’ll see Howard with that kind of foul trouble the rest of the playoffs. I really think it was a ploy to make the series more interesting. Yes the sweep of the best defensive team in the NBA is frightening. Jameer Nelson is proving why he was an All-Star before his injury. Rashard Lewis must have saved his best for the playoffs. And Mickael Pietrus is a straight up stud. I have serious doubts, even with homecourt, about the Cavs making it to the Finals if they need to play the Magic.
come on cleveland, get a grip. there is a reason cleveland doesn’t win championships. orlando is gonna punch the cavs in the mouth, then lebron limps off the court with his head down again crying again. when lebron leaves for NYC, what do ya got the indians? browns? ha ha ha ha enjoy this fleeting moment of optimism. Cleveland is a toilet, just accept it.
P i hate that you are a magic fan. this is one of the few places where civil debates about two great teams can take place. don’t taint that by being yourself, just swallow and vanish
ha ha wiggum. you’ll see