On Thursday, James did what he could to dispel that worry, indicating to Cleveland.com that he believes the Cavs "have a good chance to win it all". The Cavaliers won't have LeBron James on Wednesday night, and are 0-7 this season when he doesn't play.
Cleveland rested their top players in the final two games of the regular season so they really don't care about home court advantage. The real Cavs will be waiting in the second round and it will take an improved team to beat them.
Yet if you can't lead your team to a championship, this whole "Better than MJ?" conversation ends in June. Will the Cavaliers prove that they can beat them again?
Boston controls the race for the top seed in the East playoffs. "These are the playoffs that I've looked forward to the most since I've been in this league", said center Al Horford, a 10-year veteran who was in the playoffs eight times with Atlanta. And if I didn't even feel confident that he'd be a benefit to the group in practice, then it was hard for me to tell coaches, 'This is a guy you've got to keep.' So they had the conversation on the plane, what else can we do? IN sat at ninth place in the East when the calendar flipped to April, but finished the regular season on a 5-1 run thanks to George's all-encompassing dominance of 32.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game on a scorching true shooting percentage of 66.7. The Bulls' point guard, Rajon Rondo, is laboring with a sprained wrist, but backup Jerian Grant has been "terrific", in the opinion of coach Fred Hoiberg, as the replacement down the stretch of the season.
Raptors: Lowry scored 13 in his fifth game back after undergoing wrist surgery.
Out West, the Warriors head into the playoffs as the #1 seed just as everyone expected, pitting them against the Blazers in the first round.
LeBron James wants to get the Cavaliers back to the NBA Finals for the third straight year, with a chance to repeat as champions.
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As the final seconds ticked away, signaling the end to another grueling regular season, the kid from Akron stood alone with his own piece of National Basketball Association history after yet another record-breaking campaign. Paul George is a baaaaad man (Stephen A. Smith voice), so I pick the Pacers to be swept, just out of respect, but this will be a short series. Leonard's offensive numbers are right there with the best in the game. The Bucks are listed at +20000 to win the NBA Finals, while the Toronto Raptors are listed at +5000, which is 8th in all the National Hockey League. A triple-double is notching 10 or more in three different statistical categories - typically points, rebounds and assists. He must produce a big series for Milwaukee to advance.
Tavares flashed his defensive prowess against the Raptors bench, blocking six shots in just 24 minutes. And the Pacers might be No. 6, No. 7, No. 8 or out of the playoffs entirely at No. 9.
No other team has odds better than 20-1, and nine of the teams have odds of 100-1 or worse. The Washington guard duo combine to average almost 44 points a game, and Wall is among the top assists men in the league.
The Washington Wizards are the reason why fans shouldn't freak out when their team starts the season slowly.
How many stars have averaged 25.8 points per game with a true shooting success rate of 61 percent while playing dominant defense for a 60-win team and failed to win MVP? Cleveland took Toronto down in six games in last year's Eastern Conference finals. PORTLAND: Warriors in a sweep. Durant missed 19 games from late February to early April with a knee injury, returning for the Warriors' final three games. LeBron can't add any more help, or people will criticize any further championships he should win. The Celtics are +1600 to win the entire NBA Finals, while the Chicago Bulls are listed at +20000 to win the NBA title. It will be very interesting to see how San Antonio performs in the playoffs with a potential second round matchup against the Houston Rockets before a highly anticipated showdown with Golden State.
No. 4 Los Angeles Clippers vs. Will Curry be as spectacular in the postseason as he is in the regular season? Tony Allen? Too small. This is all about Russell Westbrook versus James Harden.
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