Call your shot. Official Playoff Run Predictions

[Chris]

I gotta say I'm super pumped that the Spurs have a fairly tough road to the finals now. Their road is harder than ours, and ours doesn't look great either. They should be able to beat the Clippers but the Clippers are firing on all cylinders atm so I'm pretty excited to see them hopefully give the Spurs all they can handle.

I'll play anyone but the Spurs. Please, god, not the Spurs.

 

[enigmatic]

Only way in my mind the Cavs don't make it into the Finals is if Love's back finally gives out or Kyrie gets cheap-shotted by Noah. Injuries are always in the back of my mind when it comes to both and I'm just crossing my fingers that they can stay in (relatively) one piece.

Only team that scares me in the Finals are yes, the Spurs. Duncan, Leonard, Parker, Pop all are battle-tested and in Duncan and Pop's case, they'd like nothing more than to go out w/ another title and retire after the season. They'll give the Cavs everything they have and I would expect nothing less.

But the thing I keep coming back to over and over again is LeBron. Dude couldn't handle the pressure, didn't have the supporting cast, and didn't have the maturity to get a title here first time around but this time, he's got all three. And whatever anybody thinks of Blatt (and I think the guy is severly underrated now and will only get better next year), he's heads and shoulders above Mike Brown in Xs and Os and leadership.

LeBron is all about his Legacy as a player and though he may never catch MJ in rings, bringing a Title to the most tortured fanbase in sports is in itself something that will stand apart from anything Jordan, Duncan, Kobe, Magic, Bird etc has done. We all know what would happen if the Cavs win a title this year. It would be the sports story of the decade, if not a generation. I get literal chills everytime I think about the Cavs closing out the Finals and LeBron holding the trophy as Cleveland goes absolutely insane. It's almost too much to think about.

But if I had to bet on it happening this year, I think it happens. LeBron knows he won't have to do it by himself; he's got the horses this time around. He knows what it would mean to this city and I know he's pounded it into the heads of Love, JR, Shump, Mozgod and Kyrie; he knows. More than anything else, he wants to be the guy who finally ends the heartbreak. It would make everything that happened in his first go around immaterial. It would be nuclear.

The only thing I worry about is injuries. You have no control over that; you just never know.

 

[demondeacs13]

Cavs sweep the Celtics.
Cavs over Bulls in 7
Cavs over Hawks in 6
Spurs over Cavs in 7

 

[Sticker114]

Cavs over Celtics in 5- After 2 blowouts at home, Cavs enter chillmode and let Boston steal one in the final seconds on the road

Cavs over Bulls in 5- The consistent and cohesive offense needed to outscore the Cavs does not exist in Chicago. Cavs win by controlling pace of the series, Bulls steal a game with a hot shooting night

Cavs over Atlanta in 6- Reincarnation of game 5 Lebron v Pistons in 2007 (minus some traveling) to steal a road game. Cavs cruise through game 6

Cavs over Clippers in 7- Target on GS's back and Spurs road schedule prove to be too much, Clippers defense picks up immensely in the playoffs and leads to an ugly defensive driven finals. Lebron finals MVP, but KLove shows up huge for the series

 

[Pick6]

Championship.

 

[Xearoii]

Golden State would have home court, so, game seven would be at GSW.

Dang thanks

 

[godfather]

Boston in 4 over the Cavs. One day later the world ends.

 

[pl4tinum]

Cavs 4, Celtics 0
Cavs 4, Bulls 1
Cavs 4, Hawks 3
Spurs 4, Cavs 3

 

[JFT]

Cavs over Celtics in 4
Cavs over Bulls in 5
Cavs over Hawks in 6
Cavs over Spurs in 7

 

[David.]

Cavs over Celtics in 5
Cavs over Bulls in 6
Cavs over Hawks in 7
Spurs over Cavs in 6

 

[Jordan]

Cavs over Celtics in 5
Cavs over Bulls in 7
Cavs over Hawks in 6
Spurs over Cavs in 7.

 

[Comm of Awesome]

Based on the number of people who appear to be waving the Bulls off, I figured there would be a few of them.

Also, the tone of your post confuses me.

That's more of a catering to lowest common denominator. Anyone who writes off the bulls is being foolish. I wouldn't be worried about those guys "calling you out".

 

[czvo]

What does the "old" rating mean? Is it supposed to be an insult?

 

[Steve_424]

Eastern Conference

1st Round - Atlanta over Brooklyn, Cleveland over Boston in 5, Chicago over Milwaukee, and Toronto over Washington
2nd Round - Toronto over Atlanta, Cleveland over Chicago in 6
Conference Finals - Cleveland over Toronto in 6

Western Conference

1st Round - Golden State over New Orleans, Houston over Dallas, San Antonio over Los Angeles, Portland over Memphis
2nd Round - Golden State over Portland, San Antonio over Houston
Conference Finals - Golden State over San Antonio

NBA Finals - Cleveland over Golden State in 6

 

[David.]

so how exactly do we defend atlanta again? klove and mozzy arent very mobile.