View Poll Results: Who will advance to the NBA Finals?

**100%duncan** · 05-20-2015

Smith is going to have to be hot more than not. However, the Hawks should have played with the urgency and respect of their opponent that they would have gotten hot. When I say respect, they should have been prepared to make big shots to compensate for it. Plain and simple...they just soiled the diaper.

Jr Smith compensated for Kyrie Irving's awful game tonight. It'll be interesting to see how they'll play LeBron the next game.

That was my main problem with the Hawks, they have scoring droughts every game. Like earlier, they had like a 6-7 min drought with no ing field goal. Can't do that against Bron.

**Chris** · 05-20-2015

Originally Posted by BatManu20

That nickname belongs to Jerome Williams, tbh.

JYD Jr.

**JoeTait75** · 05-20-2015

Originally Posted by ~O~

LeBron's main weakness is a athletic shot blocker at the rim who has the explosion and more body size. It makes him have to change his shots and makes it difficult to finish through contact. Dwight was made of steel when he was with Orlando. Now he has injuries left and right.

The Magic had Dwight Howard at Center the Gortat off the bench. Pietrus/Lewis with the help.

LeBron was superhuman in that series. Problem was the Cavaliers didn't have anyone who could remotely handle Dewey Howard, and they didn't have anyone who could guard Orlando's squadron of over-sized shooters. (Other than LeBron, who spent that series shadowing Rafer Alston for some reason.)

Put it this way: when the fans are screaming for Sasha Pavlovic to get big minutes you know you have serious matchup problems. That Orlando team might as well have been designed specifically to beat the Cavaliers.

**100%duncan** · 05-20-2015

Is Blatt re ed

**TheCultOfPersonality** · 05-20-2015

Originally Posted by Spurs9

Pretty amazing turnaround for Cavs in 1 season tbh

they should have kept Wiggins

Wiggins is a horrible outside shooter. Not a good fit for this Cavs team.

**-21-** · 05-20-2015

Originally Posted by Stevie Johnson

What a boring game. Just bring on the Cavaliers. It will be Lebron iso's every single possession.

Congrats on the championship bro.

**313** · 05-20-2015

Lebron compares himself to Peyton Manning. Ironic.

**HI-FI** · 05-20-2015

lebron comparing himself to Peyton. Respect.

ClipperNation

this .

**Killakobe81** · 05-20-2015

Good interview ... stop hating.

**Venti Quattro** · 05-20-2015

funny how anyone thought the Hawks "the Spurs East" stood a chance

Stop disrespecting the Spurs East

**Malik Hairston** · 05-20-2015

Lebron and Manning is a great comparison from a personality standpoint, tbh..they both micromanage their organizations from top to bottom..

Difference being that Lebron went to Miami and just played basketball, while allowing Riley to run , which obviously worked really well for both parties..

**Killakobe81** · 05-20-2015

i like Lebron not all of his fans but i respect his talent, game and work ethic. Cool, smart guy.

**Killakobe81** · 05-20-2015

Originally Posted by Malik Hairston

Lebron and Manning is a great comparison from a personality standpoint, tbh..they both micromanage their organizations from top to bottom..

Difference being that Lebron went to Miami and just played basketball, while allowing Riley to run , which obviously worked really well for both parties..

agreed. but his mves for Cavs have come up aces ... so far he has hit on everything except Love for Wiggins.

**Malik Hairston** · 05-20-2015

Originally Posted by Killakobe81

agreed. but his mves for Cavs have come up aces ... so far he has hit on everything except Love for Wiggins.

If they win the le, ya..the Knicks trade was good regardless, but that was due to dealing with Phil Jackson and the worst franchise in the NBA

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Giving up 1st round picks for Mozgov isn't really worth it, unless they win, though, of course..

**~O~** · 05-20-2015

Originally Posted by Malik Hairston

Orlando never limited Lebron, he had a historic series vs. them in 2009..they won because their offense was unstoppable in that series, one of the hottest shooting stretches I can remember for a team..

You have to limit LeBron to beat him. He scored 49, 35, 41, 44,37, 25, in that series on points. Factor 20 to 40 percent of his points were freethrows, in each game....of course. Then factor in his field goal percentage which progressively worsened during the series. Then most of all, factor in his fluke media hyped supporting cast (Mo Williams all-star)..then boom. You're exposed.

http://espn.go.com/nba/bracket/_/year/2009

The Magic could have easily dominated that series.

That's series was also heavily scrutinized for its officiating even SURPRISINGLY...by TNT..and ESPN. Its unforgettable to a majority of Magic fans. What makes it forgettable is that we won.

**313** · 05-20-2015

When Kent Bazemore locks up LeBron next game >>>

**Spurs9** · 05-20-2015

Originally Posted by TheCultOfPersonality

Wiggins is a horrible outside shooter. Not a good fit for this Cavs team.

Where is Love right now? They got to this point without Love, they could have had a good prospect who played well at times for Min on the rookie contract. Where will Love end up?

**Malik Hairston** · 05-21-2015

Originally Posted by Spurs9

Where is Love right now? They got to this point without Love, they could have had a good prospect who played well at times for Min on the rookie contract. Where will Love end up?

This is true, in hindsight, but it looked like they finally figured out how to utilize Love and offense, and they looked potentially scary, tbh..Lebron is also significantly better when he's playing with a stretch big, as we have seen for the past few years, including his poor playoff performance(by his standards), so far..

If they don't win a le and Love leaves, then ya, of course it will look bad..