TheOUTLAW wrote:I'm shocked at the number of Cavs bashers that have visited here over the last 2 days. Sure the Cavs really didn't show up against Orlando and frankly they would have had the same issues against the Lakers. But the team isn't as bad as some of you seem to think. The Cavs have an issue with athletic bigs that's been the case all season. It's just a hard matchup for Z. I was surprised by the fact that Mo didn't perform at the level that he had all season (or as well as he had versus the Cavs previously). The Cavs are a bit flawed but I am shocked about all the chatter when you consider that the Cavs have proven themselves capable of defeating all but 2 maybe 3 teams in the NBA (I have to include Houston because of the same type of matchup issues).
Man, I think the Cavs very easily could have been the NBA champions. Cleveland won over 60 games for a reason.
That said, if you check the NBA over the past 35 years (about how long I've been watching games) you'll see numberous 60-win teams that didn't win it all. I know the Wizards were 60-22 one season and they got SWEPT in the finals. Utah, Seattle, Philadelphia, and going back MANY Laker teams with Wilt failed to win a title.
For the most part it just comes down to match ups. I bet the Cavs would have beat just about any team BUT Orlando. Your team probably beats LA.
I think Mo Williams, Wally Szczerbiak, Zydrunas Ilguaskas, and Ben Wallace all operated at deficits vs Orlando. That's all. Coaching was also slightly to blame.
Tre Johnson is the future of the Wizards.