See what happens when Cavs play competition

[star18]

The stats aren't clearly in CLE favor. Maybe slightly, but not clearly. And I'm not sure they are in CLE favor at all. What about ORL 3-1 this year vs CLE.  What about ORL +36 against CLE this year. What about TO differential ORL +0.85 CLE -1.12. Blocks per game ORL +1.59 CLE +1.18. Assists per game ORL +1.25. CLE +1.15.  Road Record ORL 27-14 CLE 27-14. ORL has homecourt now, not CLE. How about the fact that in 7 playoff games against BOS, ORL only scored over 102 points once, yet they already scored 107 on a 43-2 floor, Your doing the same thing I'm doing only giving stats where CLE is ahead instead of looking where ORL has the advantage. Sure there are stats where CLE is ahead too, but its a fairly even match overall.  The stats aren't why "everybody" thinks they will win. "Everybody" thinks they will win because all these fans, experts, journalists, announcers are like a bunch of high school kids, they just do and say what is popular because "everybody" else is doing it and they are scared to think and act for themselves. For example even if CLE was favored 55/45, 90% of the people would pick CLE to win because they are scared to pick an "underdog". But 45% is not really much of an underdog.

[star18]

Here is exactly what I am talking about Abbott CLE In 7,  Adande CLE In 5, Broussard CLE In 6, Ford CLE In 5, Hollinger CLE In 5, Legler CLE In 6, Rose CLE In 6, Sheridan CLE In 5, Stein CLE In 6, Thorpe CLE In 6.   Abbott DEN In 6,  Adande LA In 7, Broussard LA In 7, Ford LA In 7, Hollinger DEN In 6, Legler DEN In 6, Rose LA In 6,  Sheridan LA In 7, Stein LA In 7, Thorpe LA In 7.   Those are the 10 experts for espn. What a bunch of high school kids doing what the "popular" kids do. Only 3 out of 20 picking DEN or ORL and 0 picking ORL.  Only 1 out of 10 even picked CLE to go 7 games.  If this isn't proof of what I have been saying all along I don't know what is.

[Change]

Go Orlando!

Lets Go

[Cs09Champs]

Turk with a big shot there wow

[BASS_THUMPER]

close thread~

[Cs09Champs]

WOW lebron wins the game with 1.0 left in the game amazing

[Cs09Champs]

I still think Orl will probably win this series

[SaCaCh]

I still think Orl will probably win this series

Series over now.

[star18]

CLE won 1 game by 1 point at home, ORL will crush them in ORL

[Rondo_is_better]

I was ready to recant my entire position on this Cleveland-Orlando debate.

But then Lebron hit that shot.

And I said:

"Oh, yeah".

[Fafnir]

CLE won 1 game by 1 point at home, ORL will crush them in ORL

That is not how it always works. You just have to look at the Bulls/Celtics series to see that. Remember Cleveland did have big leads in both of their home games. I think most of the games in this series will be close.

Orlando has got to be p---ed at the refs though. Some serious home whistles in the fourth.

[star18]

"That is not how it always works". Yeah that is how it works.  Orlando won tonight by 30, refs are cheaters.

[Steve Weinman]

"That is not how it always works". Yeah that is how it works.  Orlando won tonight by 30, refs are cheaters.

99 - 89 = 10

-sw

[star18]

Can we get an extra block from Howard, or is the media hype about Lebron going to take that away from him too?  How many players do we have to slight, and how many players accomplishments have to be taken away from them and diminished because of this nonsense. It is totally Un-American.

[star18]

99 -89 -24(refs) =34.  You really think Orlando only scored 99 points tonight and you really think Cleveland scored 89.  I don't think so.   Final Score Magic 115 Cavs 81.