2025 Playoffs Round 1: Cavs (1) / Heat (8) (4-0)

Post #1 » by **ijspeelman** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:33 am

Starting the first round playoff thread!

mcfly1204 · Post #2 » by **mcfly1204** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:41 am

Looking forward to the play-in, kind of awesome to get a preview of your eventual opponent.

Post #3 » by **ijspeelman** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:42 am

mcfly1204 wrote:Looking forward to the play-in, kind of awesome to get a preview of your eventual opponent.

I'll def be watching all three games. I kinda love the play-in even if it won't typically matter in the long run (Heat happened to be an exception two years ago)

gflem · Post #4 » by **gflem** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 12:49 pm

I like the way the bracket worked out. Knicks, Boston and Detroit on opposite side as Cavs. Not worried about Detroit other than them being overly physical against us.

mcfly1204 · Post #5 » by **mcfly1204** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 3:19 pm

gflem wrote:I like the way the bracket worked out. Knicks, Boston and Detroit on opposite side as Cavs. Not worried about Detroit other than them being overly physical against us.

That's where I am with Detroit, if we can match their physicality, they should have issues trying to score.

JujitsuFlip · Post #6 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 6:12 pm

Seems like game 1 will be played on Sunday we just need a time and our opponent now lol

Post #7 » by **ijspeelman** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:54 am

Opponent will not be the Magic.

Would be interesting if the Hawks are our opponent (for a few reasons). One of the only teams to beat us twice and obviously the LeVert Niang for Hunter trade

JujitsuFlip · Post #8 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:32 am

ijspeelman wrote:Opponent will not be the Magic.

Would be interesting if the Hawks are our opponent (for a few reasons). One of the only teams to beat us twice and obviously the LeVert Niang for Hunter trade

That team that beat us twice in November doesn't even exist anymore.

Johnson is out for the year.
Bogi is a Clipper.
Capela gets DNP-CD.
Hunter is a Cav.

gflem · Post #9 » by **gflem** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:01 pm

ijspeelman wrote:Opponent will not be the Magic.

Would be interesting if the Hawks are our opponent (for a few reasons). One of the only teams to beat us twice and obviously the LeVert Niang for Hunter trade

Not that I was concerned about the Magic, but another physical team on the other side of the bracket. Hope they try to play bully ball against the C’s.

JujitsuFlip · Post #10 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 9:11 pm

gflem wrote:
ijspeelman wrote:Opponent will not be the Magic.

Would be interesting if the Hawks are our opponent (for a few reasons). One of the only teams to beat us twice and obviously the LeVert Niang for Hunter trade

Not that I was concerned about the Magic, but another physical team on the other side of the bracket. Hope they try to play bully ball against the C’s.

I was so happy to see the Pistons and Magic on that side, teams that start fights and injure the other team. Yeah, let the Knicks and Celtics get depleted by injuries and suspensions, we don't need that crap.

JujitsuFlip · Post #11 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 2:58 am

JujitsuFlip wrote:Seems like game 1 will be played on Sunday we just need a time and our opponent now lol

Game 1 will be on Easter Sunday at 7pm on TNT, just need our opponent now.

JujitsuFlip · Post #12 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Fri Apr 18, 2025 11:48 pm

I hate that game 2 is on NBATV, that's lame lol

JujitsuFlip · Post #13 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 1:46 am

JujitsuFlip wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:Seems like game 1 will be played on Sunday we just need a time and our opponent now lol
Game 1 will be on Easter Sunday at 7pm on TNT, just need our opponent now.

Cavs round 1 will be against the Heat.

Post #14 » by **ijspeelman** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:55 am

JujitsuFlip · Post #15 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 1:07 pm

I think Kenny should still try to use 10 guys, if possible in this series. Maybe 9th and 10th guy seeing reduced roles though.

I really hope Mitchell's ankle is ready to go for tomorrow, he's been off it for 2 weeks.

mcfly1204 · Post #16 » by **mcfly1204** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 1:43 pm

Cavs in 5. I see Miami struggling to score consistently.

JonFromVA · Post #17 » by **JonFromVA** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:46 pm

I suspect we'll see a lot of Andrew Wiggins and Davion Mitchell trying to guard Donovan Mitchell and DG. If so, it will come down to Strus and Hunter to exploit Herro on D.

This should be a decent test against a veteran team with a top coach.

Will we see Kevin Love dusted off for the playoffs?

Wiggins always used to get up for playing against us.

JujitsuFlip · Post #18 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 3:14 pm

JonFromVA wrote:I suspect we'll see a lot of Andrew Wiggins and Davion Mitchell trying to guard Donovan Mitchell and DG. If so, it will come down to Strus and Hunter to exploit Herro on D.

This should be a decent test against a veteran team with a top coach.

Will we see Kevin Love dusted off for the playoffs?

Wiggins always used to get up for playing against us.

I think Love has been away from the Heat for several weeks due to 'personal reasons'.

Post #19 » by **ijspeelman** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 4:35 pm

For those who celebrate: Happy Cavs Playoff Day!

Post #20 » by **ijspeelman** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 4:36 pm

The Cleveland Cavaliers have no injuries to report for tomorrow's Game 1 against the Miami Heat.

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