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Why even watch sports? I really don't understand that view.

Like I get our past and all the dumb two word descriptions for our failures, but if you're just sitting around, waiting for something bad to happen, why watch?

I'm enjoying this run so much. My team isn't perfect, but they have a great chance to win something. I'm not going to just assume anything.

Have fun with it.

Cavs next series begins Monday regardless of the Atl/Bos result

Blake Griffin is out for the rest of the year.

My guess is that we never see Griffin play for the Clippers again.

The Warriors get the Blazers in round two now. Curry gets to rest up.

quote above by Sperg:

"Have fun with it."

OK, I'll try. Hey, at the very least we get to watch some Cleveland NBA post-season play.

And who knows. Maybe Kyrie Irving will punch his NBA superstar ticket this year.

Might as well, we're relying on LeBron less than ever right now, so there's no reason to not believe this team can win it all. Provided that we make it there with everyone healthy.

You know, I forgot.

Last year the Cavs did win two games against the Warriors in the Finals with LeBron and little else.

Yeah, they could do it.

“Can you dig it?”



“I want them all...I want all.. the... Warriors”

Lowry just tried to break Paul George's arm. Naturally, George is the one who gets the Technical.

Pacers blew it. Raptors won the game after being down like 18

Raptors just went in the fourth quarter.

Indiana helped by scoring 9 points (with 2.5 seconds left)

What the hell was that dude doing leaving his man wide open for three?

That was damn close, but just enough late. Oh well.

We need Kyrie to become a super star if we want a prayer against Golden State / San Antonio.

The Big Boy series start next week.

Wheres Tonya Harding when we need her??

j/c:

Man, it sucks that both CP3 and Blake are done! I like watching the best players play.

Due to spending so much time and investing so much money into fantasy bb this year, I watched more games than ever before. I think that CP3 might be the best all-around player in the game. Arguments can certainly be made for other PGs like Curry and Westbrook, but both of those guys give up huge numbers on the defensive end. CP3 is a top-notch defender. He will defer to a guy like Blake in regards to scoring, but we saw that he can consistently put up big scoring games if he has to.

It's a damn shame he is done for this year.

That Detroit series was a nice step in that direction.

Thought he played well in that first game of the finals. Made a huge play to block Steph curry in the last minute.

He's unstoppable when his outside shot is on. We'll see what happens from here. Teague will be a tough guard for him, if we end up playing Atlanta which i would say we all agree is the team were going to play.

Great article on Brad Stevens:

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15356168/brad-stevens-next-superstar-head-coach

If Charlotte wins the Heat series, Cavs will cruise to the finals. Here's who our competition would be:

Atlanta
Toronto
Charlotte


lol

The Rockets are hot garbage.

The only team that was ever going to the Cavs out of the finals was the Cavs.

Is Charlotte better than Toronto? Them being a 6 seed means nothing since they had the same record as the current 3 seed. I feel like if they finish Miami that they're going to give Toronto trouble.

The Miami/Charlotte series is very entertaining. Some good ball is being played. Great intensity.

I thought the Boston/Atlanta series was going to be great. While it has been close, the quality of play has been disappointing.

For some reason I've grown to like Charlotte. Fun team to watch

Charlotte is a really solid team. They shoot the 3 about as good as us, defend and play hard. They're just not anywhere near as good as us offensively overall. It's a shame MKG got hurt. They could be a 2 seed next year if healthy.

Marvin Williams playing really well this year has made the team a LOT better.

They are easily the worst team I've ever watched make it to the playoffs, No doubt that team gets blown up

Harden is the only guy I would want to keep and he is a giant turd.

There are rumors of a JVG return.

Not to mention Kaminsky's positive effect on their team ... can't say I expected him to be as effective.

He's a very big mismatch for most teams. They use the stretch 4 well.

Wasn't that your prediction for the Cavs every time they lost a game this year too?

Lost in the draft fun of last night ... Atlanta won their series and will be our next opponent. Thank goodness! I did NOT want to deal with Boston, and their merry band of cheap-shot artists for another 4 games. I think we match up pretty well with Atlanta anyway.

This should be a series that both TT and Mosgov should be able to contribute. Hope its another 4 game sweep with lebron and kyrie having played over 40 minutes a game against detroit. Hopefully their minutes get dialed back. Lue is doing same thing Blatt did, just running them into the ground. But against detroit, it seemed to be the only option.

Kyrie-37.8
Lebron-41.3
Love-35.8

only people ahead of them in total minutes played all have 5+ games. I'd like to see them all around 34. No-one played more per game than lebron, that can't be the case next two rounds, even if we have to give a game. Need everyone fresh for finals

Bring it on Atlanta! Bring it freaking on!

Never thought about this, but Dwight Howard should go to Charlotte.

He'd be a great fit there.

There are already rumors of him going to Dallas. That would also be a great fit.

Lakers just hired Luke Walton as their coach for next year.

Good for him ... probably his dream job. However, it's a nightmare situation. Probably won't end well.

What did the city of Charlotte ever do to you?

They got a nice, young team. Why ruin it w/a cancer like Howard?

Because after what I've seen against Whitesides, they need a major upgrade over Al Jefferson.

Dwight Howard is a terrible teammate who causes problems w/his "me-first" attitude wherever he goes.

He was talking about leaving in free agency the night before their final playoff game. WTH is up w/that?

Are we talking about Dwight or Lebron? Lol