2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East First Round: #1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #8 Miami Heat (CLE leads 2-0)

Iwasawitness · Post #81 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 6:46 pm

rate_ wrote:Cleveland is an extremely overrated team. They are not that good in the playoffs. I can see this Miami team winning the series.

Cleveland barely beat the Magic in 7 games last playoffs and lost to the Knicks in 5 games the season before. They are complete frauds

And how are the last two years in anyway comparable to this year?

mcfly1204 · Post #82 » by **mcfly1204** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 7:09 pm

Iwasawitness wrote:
rate_ wrote:Cleveland is an extremely overrated team. They are not that good in the playoffs. I can see this Miami team winning the series.

Cleveland barely beat the Magic in 7 games last playoffs and lost to the Knicks in 5 games the season before. They are complete frauds

And how are the last two years in anyway comparable to this year?

Don't mind him, he's just scared.

Iwasawitness · Post #83 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 7:10 pm

mcfly1204 wrote:
Iwasawitness wrote:
rate_ wrote:Cleveland is an extremely overrated team. They are not that good in the playoffs. I can see this Miami team winning the series.

Cleveland barely beat the Magic in 7 games last playoffs and lost to the Knicks in 5 games the season before. They are complete frauds

And how are the last two years in anyway comparable to this year?

Don't mind him, he's just scared.

More so clueless. I don’t know how anyone who has been paying attention could use the last two years and compare them to this…

oikosnomos · Post #84 » by **oikosnomos** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 8:00 pm

Iwasawitness wrote:
mcfly1204 wrote:
Iwasawitness wrote:
And how are the last two years in anyway comparable to this year?

Don't mind him, he's just scared.

More so clueless. I don’t know how anyone who has been paying attention could use the last two years and compare them to this…

He’s stirring the pot and backing his team. It’s good for the thread. This series is not very interesting without a little trash talk.

Iwasawitness · Post #85 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 8:17 pm

oikosnomos wrote:
Iwasawitness wrote:
mcfly1204 wrote:Don't mind him, he's just scared.

More so clueless. I don’t know how anyone who has been paying attention could use the last two years and compare them to this…

He’s stirring the pot and backing his team. It’s good for the thread. This series is not very interesting without a little trash talk.

I’m all for trash talk as long as it makes sense.

JujitsuFlip · Post #86 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 8:27 pm

oikosnomos wrote:
Iwasawitness wrote:
mcfly1204 wrote:Don't mind him, he's just scared.

More so clueless. I don’t know how anyone who has been paying attention could use the last two years and compare them to this…

He’s stirring the pot and backing his team. It’s good for the thread. This series is not very interesting without a little trash talk.

They put game 2 on NBA TV already hahaha

cgf · Post #87 » by **cgf** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:44 pm

Bam-Ware should be a nice test for the Cavs before the Indiana series. Cavs should win, but if the heat go nuclear, we could have a series

dshearn · Post #88 » by **dshearn** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:57 pm

Well, i have seen a Heat team this year that could challenge anyone…. Also saw a lot of Heat ball that could get the swept….

Only plus side is the Heat have looked better consistently coming down the stretch

Iwasawitness · Post #89 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 10:04 pm

cgf wrote:Bam-Ware should be a nice test for the Cavs before the Indiana series. Cavs should win, but if the heat go nuclear, we could have a series

For real, that front court is really good. But with that said, I expect the skillset of Mobley and Allen to be too much for Ware to handle, which isn’t a knock on him given that he’s a rookie.

cavs4872 · Post #90 » by **cavs4872** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:12 am

Damn, so this game got pushed out of the ABC slot just so they could tip a game in OKC at noon?

rate_ wrote:Cleveland is an extremely overrated team. They are not that good in the playoffs. I can see this Miami team winning the series.

Cleveland barely beat the Magic in 7 games last playoffs and lost to the Knicks in 5 games the season before. They are complete frauds

Is the addition of DeAndre Hunter worth nothing?

JujitsuFlip · Post #91 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:15 am

cavs4872 wrote:Damn, so this game got pushed out of the ABC slot just so they could tip a game in OKC at noon?

Cavs have not been great in those matinee games, so no qualms from me.

cavs4872 · Post #92 » by **cavs4872** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:17 am

I wonder how often NBA games have been tipped at noon in their own time zone. Either way it's weird.

jasonxxx102 · Post #93 » by **jasonxxx102** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 11:32 am

Heat were the nightmare matchup for the Cavs.

If you’re the Cavs you better make sure this doesn’t go to a game 7.

Iwasawitness · Post #94 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:14 pm

One important thing to note… the Cavs have been one of the best fourth quarter teams in the league. The Heat on the other hand have been a pretty poor fourth quarter team.

KazuoOda · Post #95 » by **KazuoOda** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 4:31 pm

jasonxxx102 wrote:Heat were the nightmare matchup for the Cavs.

If you’re the Cavs you better make sure this doesn’t go to a game 7.

Heat about to get dog walked.

jasonxxx102 · Post #96 » by **jasonxxx102** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 6:29 pm

KazuoOda wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:Heat were the nightmare matchup for the Cavs.

If you’re the Cavs you better make sure this doesn’t go to a game 7.

Heat about to get dog walked.

I hope so, but I’ll never underestimate Spo

rate_ · Post #97 » by **rate_** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:02 pm

KazuoOda wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:Heat were the nightmare matchup for the Cavs.

If you’re the Cavs you better make sure this doesn’t go to a game 7.

Heat about to get dog walked.

Barely beat Magic in 7 games, lost to NYK in 5 games. Ain't no one fearing the Cavs. Got punched byt BOS in 5 games.

Iwasawitness · Post #98 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:13 pm

rate_ wrote:
KazuoOda wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:Heat were the nightmare matchup for the Cavs.

If you’re the Cavs you better make sure this doesn’t go to a game 7.

Heat about to get dog walked.

Barely beat Magic in 7 games, lost to NYK in 5 games. Ain't no one fearing the Cavs. Got punched byt BOS in 5 games.

You aren’t putting any thought into this are you?

Miami_Lux · Post #99 » by **Miami_Lux** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:29 pm

Iwasawitness wrote:
mcfly1204 wrote:
Iwasawitness wrote:
And how are the last two years in anyway comparable to this year?

Don't mind him, he's just scared.

More so clueless. I don’t know how anyone who has been paying attention could use the last two years and compare them to this…

Don t they have the same player core. Garland, Mitchell, Mobley, Allen. I know they added Hunter and Ty Jerome has been a nice surprise. But your best players are still the same. I m not saying the Heat will beat the Cavs. I think the Cavs will advance in 6. But I m getting a 2014-2015 Atlanta Hawks vibe from the Cavs

Iwasawitness · Post #100 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:44 pm

Miami_Lux wrote:
Iwasawitness wrote:
mcfly1204 wrote:Don't mind him, he's just scared.

More so clueless. I don’t know how anyone who has been paying attention could use the last two years and compare them to this…

Don t they have the same player core. Garland, Mitchell, Mobley, Allen. I know they added Hunter and Ty Jerome has been a nice surprise. But your best players are still the same. I m not saying the Heat will beat the Cavs. I think the Cavs will advance in 6. But I m getting a 2014-2015 Atlanta Hawks vibe from the Cavs

We have completely different coaching and all of our players improved, especially Mobley. We have a player likely to make first team all NBA, one making second, one about to win DPOY and one is a finalist for 6MOY. And we have a clear cut elite first option. Hell, our fourth best player became to first one to have a 70/70 season.

We are absolutely nothing like the Hawks.

Who wins?