Series Thread: Eastern Conference Finals: 1) Cleveland Cavaliers (57-25) vs. 2) Toronto Raptors (56-26)

[lakersrule]

yah....Cavs should cruise without a doubt....Raptors are no challenge with howw ell resteda nd healthy the Cavs are and how beat up and tired the Raptors are.

I can see Derozan and Lowry going off in game 3 or 4 and getting a victory. That's about it though. A fresh Lebron to start the series doesn't bode well for Toronto in game 1.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Tom Haberstroh, ESPN Insider: The sustainability of the Cavs' inferno 3-point shooting. Looking at it from a different angle, the Raptors will have to completely recalibrate after facing the Heat, one of the worst 3-point-shooting teams (Dwyane Wade aside) in the NBA. Taking away the Cavs' 3-point arsenal will be difficult after Toronto's exhausting seven-game series with three overtimes.

 

[WiggyRuss]

LeBron James says he has had help this postseason: "When you have guys that can go out and command the court on their own, it allows me to focus on other facets of the game to help better our team, to help still make an impact but not have to worry about scoring.

J.R. Smith on the Cavs' camaraderie: "We run, we lift together, we do hot tub, cold tub together. It's very united at this point in time ... Everybody pushes one another to be better. Ky pushes Bron, Bron pushes Kev, Kev pushes me, I push Double-T and so on and so forth."

Ty Lue on the fact that LeBron James is four wins away from a sixth straight Finals appearance: "Just being great. Being great and being the best player in the league for a lot of years. I think, just goes to show that he's took on all the criticism and (is) still able to win, still able to get to the Finals and that's a tough burden at times -- being the best player in the world and knowing the media, scrutiny, it all follows him wherever he goes. He's handled it great."

 

[Mecca]

The Raptors are gonna get abused.

If they win 2 games, I will be astonished.

Lowry seems to have regained his mojo.

But, DeRozan has been tuuuuurible.

Cavs in 5.

 

[bksballer89]

The Raptors are gonna get abused.

If they win 2 games, I will be astonished.

Lowry seems to have regained his mojo.

But, DeRozan has been tuuuuurible.

Cavs in 5.

Highly doubt they get abused. They should lose in 5 but I expect pretty much all of the games to be close. They won 56 games for a reason

 

[Mecca]

Highly doubt they get abused. They should lose in 5 but I expect pretty much all of the games to be close. They won 56 games for a reason

Dude, I have gotten almost every single series wrong.

Don't disturb my mojo .

 

[LAD]

Did he say he thinks they'll sweep?

OH MY GAWD....is that a half seal have woman?

 

[Mecca]

OH MY GAWD....is that a half seal have woman?

 

[WiggyRuss]

The Raptors are gonna get abused.

If they win 2 games, I will be astonished.

Lowry seems to have regained his mojo.

But, DeRozan has been tuuuuurible.

Cavs in 5.

abused like a red-headed step child.....

have to relay this funny moment in one of my classes....my prof was an Albright Scholar....genius really...kind of aloof - as a lot of really smart people are--- but funny and pretty laid back.

I had a constitutional law seminar class with him- which is just more of a discussion class with a paper at the end - it was only 2 credits...not the most difficult course in the world....

anyway...we were talking about discrimination in some form or another...comparing South Africa's constitution and the United State's constitution.....

somehow he was looking for an example of discrimination...and used himself....he said something to the effecet of...

"well i have red hair- what do they say about people with red hair?"--- expecting the typical line- "red headed step child etc...."- he got FAR from that.....

if their are any South Park fans out there- you know Cartman refers to redheaded individuals as "Ginger's"...and talks about how they "dont have souls"....

so of course- in this seminar class...our esteemed professor asks the question..and IMMEDIATELY- "What do they say about red-headed people"- and 2 people blurt out "They dont have souls!"...the class just starts laughing hysterically, and the professor has a part wounded/part confused look on his face.....

pretty funny.

 

[WiggyRuss]

@Mecca how about DAny going En fuego?

 

[bksballer89]

The Biyombo show

 

[Demonjoe93]

Carroll's second consecutive ECF.

 

[bksballer89]

Uncontested 3's won't be as frequent as they were in the Hawks series for Cleveland

 

[Demonjoe93]

DeRozen is going to be key here.

 

[CodeBreaker]

Wow Derozan's on the groove

 

[Demonjoe93]

Uncontested 3's won't be as frequent as they were in the Hawks series for Cleveland

I don't think it's possible for the Raptors to give more uncontested threes than the Hawks did.

 

[Demonjoe93]

Interesting how DeMarre Carroll has been part of two different franchises first ever ECFs.

 

[Demonjoe93]

DeRozen is hot.

 

[purguy12]

Raptors look like they match up well.

 

[purguy12]

Raptors are athletic enough to keep up with the Cavs but just like OKC they need to win game 1 to get that confidence.