Cavs are going to sweep the Raptors as I predicted on the playoff prediction thread.
Their lack of "it" mentality says it all. Can't even defend home-court in their country and now they have a tall task in Quicken Loans Arena.
Sadly it'll be Warriors-Cavs again, with Warriors sweeping.
Sadly I agree. I tried to convince myself that the Rockets have a real chance against GS. At the end of the day the Warriors are just too good. Harden is also notorious for disappearing in big playoff games against equal or better competition.
People like to talk about the Rockets improved defense but it wont matter against the Warriors in a 7 game series. The key difference is that the Warriors can play a historically great offensive lineup without sacrificing defense. Houston has some excellent defensive role players but there is a significant trade-off against elite competition.
As far as Cleveland goes I hope the Celtics take of their business and we can just sit back and enjoy the ECF. The Celtics would be playing with house money at that point. It also might be the last opportunity to get a crack at LeBron in the Eastern Conference.
