Cleveland Cavaliers or Orlando Magic?

[jacobdrj]

D-How and the 3'ballers are good for a win... but Rafer will have a tough time, being Rafer, and will kill any shot the Magic have of pushing the series to 7...

[TampaDude]

Regular season doesn't mean .

Cavs are just way too good this year. Cavs in 6.

[JustBlaze]

All 9 of the top West teams are better than the #4 seed in the East. But the top 3 teams in the East are better than every team not named the Lakers.

The Cavs have had it relatively easy up til now, here's where the Lakers sweep and rest up while the Cavs will rough it through 7 games.

Go Cavaliers!

What was Orlando's record against your Lakers this year?

[BandWagon Cavs Fan]

Oh and regular season basketball and playoff basketball are two different things. If I recall, the Cavs swept the Spurs in 2007 regular season and we all know what happened in the Finals. When you play the same team for 7 straight games, it becomes a totally different game.

The only thing which may hurt the Cavs is rust...they've been off for quite some time now so their shooting may be rusty. But their defense can still keep them in check.

Man son get it into these clowns brains.......But lets see what the excuse is the reason why Spurs won that finals and Cavs sweep the reg season......Reg season means nothing.....I wouldnt care if Cavs lost all games to Orlando this year, id still say Cavs win this in 4-5 games.......PEACE

[BandWagon Cavs Fan]

Big difference...The cavs didn't expose any weaknesses in the Spurs when they beat them...it was just a matter of Cleveland playing 2 good games and SA playing poorly. LA annihilated Cleveland's frontcourt in both meetings (one w/o Bynum). How does that magically change come playoff time? Did Z decide to hit the gym? Did Wallace become useful? Joe Smith is the only quasi-legit big man and he cant play major minutes

oh hahaha lol there it is.......

[Allanon]

What was Orlando's record against your Lakers this year?

The Lakers swept both the Cavs and the Celtics.

But the Magic swept the Lakers, that's why I want no part of them. They match up very well with the Lakers. The Magic were also 2-1 on the Cavs including one blowout. The Cavs would be doing the Lakers a favor too if they take 'em out first.

Go Cavaliers!

[Ghazi]

You're an idiot Allanon

75 win ecstasy!!!!11

[Allanon]

You're an idiot Allanon

75 win ecstasy!!!!11

You're too stupid to realize the Mavs didn't win 2006.

!!! Dallas Mavericks 2006 NBA CHamps!!!

[jacobdrj]

Regular season means very little. 2006 Miami Heat had a 1 for 20+ something record against division leaders. It didn't matter.

[BandWagon Cavs Fan]

Regular season means very little. 2006 Miami Heat had a 1 for 20+ something record against division leaders. It didn't matter.

waiting to hear the excusefor this one....ohhhhh Stern wanted Heat to take it all blah blah blah, that didnt matter....blah....PEACE

[Allanon]

Regular season means very little. 2006 Miami Heat had a 1 for 20+ something record against division leaders. It didn't matter.

It can't predict the winner because players get the wins. But it does usually tell you whether a series is going to be 4-5 games or 6-7 games.

That 40 point lead the Magic got up on the Cavs tells me this is going to be a 6-7 game series unless the Magic ends it first.


People say regular season doesn't matter but in the Playoffs, everything has followed the regular season script to the letter.

There have been no upsets and all 4 teams expected to be in the Final 4 are here...the regular season told us this.

[TampaDude]

It can't predict the winner because players get the wins. But it does usually tell you whether a series is going to be 4-5 games or 6-7 games.

That 40 point lead the Magic got up on the Cavs tells me this is going to be a 6-7 game series unless the Magic ends it first.


People say regular season doesn't matter but in the Playoffs, everything has followed the regular season script to the letter.

There have been no upsets and all 4 teams expected to be in the Final 4 are here...the regular season told us this.

Okay...but after watching the first two rounds of the playoffs, one thing is clear: the Lakers are good, but they are not THAT good. They'll probably get by Denver, but I don't see them winning the le this year, I just don't. The East will take it.

[Cry Havoc]

I'll be bumping this thread when the Cavs win in 4 or 5.

[jacobdrj]

waiting to hear the excusefor this one....ohhhhh Stern wanted Heat to take it all blah blah blah, that didnt matter....blah....PEACE

I wasn't criticizing, I was just pointing out that these guys didn't come together until the playoffs.

[Allanon]

Okay...but after watching the first two rounds of the playoffs, one thing is clear: the Lakers are good, but they are not THAT good. They'll probably get by Denver, but I don't see them winning the le this year, I just don't. The East will take it.

That's cool.

I personally think the Lakers will do the same as they did in the regular season. The Lakers this year are particularly good at two things:

1) Playing with as little effort as possible
2) Getting up for the big game

The Cavs are known for two things this year:

1) Losing to elite teams
2) Beating the out of everybody else

The Lakers team will be the first team in like forever that breaks the "they can't just turn it on and off" mold. These Lakers often turn it off but also know when they have to turn it on.

[TampaDude]

That's cool.

I personally think the Lakers will do the same as they did in the regular season. The Lakers this year are particularly good at two things:

1) Playing with as little effort as possible
2) Getting up for the big game

The Cavs are known for two things this year:

1) Losing to elite teams
2) Beating the out of everybody else

The Lakers team will be the first team in like forever that breaks the "they can't just turn it on and off" mold. These Lakers often turn it off but also know when they have to turn it on.

The only thing I have to say to that is...CAVS IN 6.

[Allanon]

The only thing I have to say to that is...CAVS IN 6.

I'll leave you with one last thought since you hate the Lakers so much...

The Lakers will be the first team ever to half-ass their way to a Championship Ring. They won't deserve it but with their extreme talent, there's nobody that can stop them from getting it. Like Kenny Smith said, "It's hard to root for a team like that; but that won't change the fact that they're winning the le."

... I'm also rooting for the Cavs in this series....

Go CAVS!

[BandWagon Cavs Fan]

I wasn't criticizing, I was just pointing out that these guys didn't come together until the playoffs.

yea i knw and im with you on that, i just wanna see what these guys have to say to make it not apply towards the cavs

[DrHouse]

I love how people keep saying the regular season doesn't matter.

All series thus far have turned out how we would have expected them to as far as the winners go.

[j.dizzle]

I love how people keep saying the regular season doesn't matter.

All series thus far have turned out how we would have expected them to as far as the winners go.

That makes me laugh too..Big deal if a few series' from the past were different in the regluar season & then the playoffs..The other freakin 98% of em usually end up like everyone thought they would. If a team clearly outplays another team in the regular season, they might not sweep them in the playoffs but they"ll most likely win that series

[sook]

I GUARANTEE YOU

That the magic will win this. People don't realize that NBA is all about Matchups, not who the better team is. I was saying the same thing about The Rockets-Lakers. Don't let reg season records cloud your judgement even though the Magic won that too. But Orlando is a VERY good defensive team, almost as good as the early playoff rockets team with Yao/Artest/Battier. You'll see some important defensive tactics on Lebron. In reality all the have to do is clog the paint.

[iggypop123]

we got ourselves a first guarantee

[Thunder Dan]

I GUARANTEE YOU

That the magic will win this. People don't realize that NBA is all about Matchups, not who the better team is. I was saying the same thing about The Rockets-Lakers. Don't let reg season records cloud your judgement even though the Magic won that too. But Orlando is a VERY good defensive team, almost as good as the early playoff rockets team with Yao/Artest/Battier. You'll see some important defensive tactics on Lebron. In reality all the have to do is clog the paint.

don't let your wet dreams cloud your judgment

[Allanon]

Sook's guarantee doesn't sound so crazy after all.

I toldja guys the Cavs would have their hands full with the Magic. That would be crazy if the Cavs end up the ones getting swept.

Real bad matchup for the Cavs, as usual, they have no answer for Rashard Lewis.

[Spursfan092120]

Hmm..I picked Magic in 7 about a week ago...could be interesting..