ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors | CLE 2-1

[dalton749]

kyle lowry is back, so the second best player in the east this year should help the raps win at least 2
if this series managed to get to 7 real gm would break for good

[Duffman100]

Raptors have stunk up the first 2 rounds, but I get the vibe they are starting to get back to form. If they are healthy and play their game, this is will be a much tighter series than it's being billed as.

Yeah, if we could get JV back, this could be a series.

[Crazomali]

Kyle and Demar finally hitting their stride. Don't take us lightly you might actually get punched in the face game 1. Cavs with 9 days off and Raps fresh off a thrilling win, look out, you may be surprise with what we bring on to the court.

Good luck to both Cleveland and Toronto, may the best team win!!!

My feelings exactly. You never know maybe this squad can finally win a game 1

[seanbig]

Need to attack Kyrie and love on defense

[simple_jack]

Pretty sure Raptors are worse than the Hawks. Cleveland in even more dominating sweep

WUT?

Hawks are very overrated.

Teague and Shroder are inconsistent, Horford has fell off and takes too many 3's now, and Korver is easy to stop in the playoffs.

Raptors were better than the Hawks this season.

Defensively the Hawks are overrated too. They had no real shot blocking centre and interior defense.

[tundraknight]

It's a much shorter plane ride for the Raptors in this series.

Toronto to Miami distance is 1,485.8 miles.

Toronto to Cleveland distance is 291.8 miles.

[SwagtoBurn]

Gonna be 'bold' and say Cavs in 6

[hype_2004]

This is going to go the full distance , Lebron is getting it easy in these playoffs, Carrol is going to make his life a miserable hell, they won't come out of this series unscathed, they'll be battle tested and will have to do their best against these hungry fearless Raptors team.

[tnugget]

Hi National Spotlight.

[ReKon]

This is Cavs in 4 again

I m starting more and more to believe that regular season records don t mean much especially in the EC.I don t want to offend anyone s team here but the EC is still relatively weak and we all knew from the beginning of the season that only the Cavs were thought as serious contenders for the ring.it feels like it s the Cavs and seven other teams that are a good warmup on their road to the finals

[supra2k8]

Someone photoshops Lebron's head in the middle.

Spoiler:

Cool idea. Someone has to do this!!

there you go



and a more realistic one i guess

[hype_2004]

Also Raps have nothing to lose and will play with reckless abandon in this series, Cavs will be tested, this will be a 7 game series.

[Spens1]

Toronto is going to get destroyed probably, especially if Derozan is going to play like a chucker

Careful now, he's your problem next season.

pls no i'm begging you

[smallgains]

This is Cavs in 4 again

I m starting more and more to believe that regular season records don t mean much especially in the EC.I don t want to offend anyone s team here but the EC is still relatively weak and we all knew from the beginning of the season that only the Cavs were thought as serious contenders for the ring.it feels like it s the Cavs and seven other teams that are a good warmup on their road to the finals

Then why are the two best records in the East facing each other?

[Spens1]

Toronto is going to get destroyed probably, especially if Derozan is going to play like a chucker

I'd stick Lebron on DD and just completely take him out of the situation.

yeah that will do to be honest. Lebron has a good 50-60 pounds on Derozan + height on Derozan, Derozan would struggle to have a big impact

[Harcore Fenton Mun]

We should see a bunch of Raptor fans in Clevland, since it's so close.

[JustLucky]

They have zero chance of beating Cavs and even less chance of winning a championship.

I'd say being mediocre is putting it nicely.

So everybody except GSW, SAS, OKC, and CLE are mediocre at best?

In the NBA, you want to be really good (championship contender) or really bad (high draft pick).

The worst spot to be is middle of the road, treadmill, mediocre team, unless it's a young team that's still has potential and is improving.

Otherwise, it's just a complete waste of time.

top 4 is the middle of the road?

[dreamshake]

Defensively the Hawks are overrated too. They had no real shot blocking centre and interior defense.

They were the 2nd best defense in the league by a pretty large margin over an 82 game sample size, largely on the strength of their interior defense. Millsap finished 5th in DPOY voting and Horford got some votes as well.

http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/teamstats/_/sort/defensiveEff

[mcfly1204]

Did I see a Toronto fan state that Teague and Schroder are inconsistent?...

[guess_wh0]

Believe!!

The 2004 Pistons beat the NJ Nets(2nd seed,two straight finals) in the 2nd round, Indiana Pacers(#1 seed, massive favourites) in the ECF and the legendary Laker Team in the Finals. They won the Championship as the overwhelming Under-dogs. Shock the world.

Homer pick- raps in 7