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The only reason why the Cavs won the Eastern Conference in 2018 was LeBron. If LeBron was removed from this team, which team would have made the NBA Finals instead? Would Victor Oladipo sustained his play from the first round series and lead the Indiana Pacers to the NBA Finals? Or would his play drop off, resulting in either Toronto or Boston playing in the NBA Finals?

Low-key think raptors would've. LeBron just got in their head after dropping that Game 1. Valanciunas reacted like a family member died when he missed that tip-in LOL. In retrospect that was the sign that they were toast. Man's got way too devastated over that, like he knew it was over I think they would've been fine mentally vs Boston.

The 2022 Miami Heat remind me a lot of the 2018 Indiana Pacers, so we're pretty much getting the closest thing to the 2018 Pacers vs. Celtics in this year's Eastern Conference Finals. That series might tell us a lot who might have come out of the East in 2018 if LeBron wasn't there.