The lack of respect for the Cavs is crazy around here. 
I am obviously kidding, but I think you guys are underestimating what the Cavs have done this year.
As for last year: 'Lucky' against the Hawks is humorous. The Cavs swept them. You mean to honestly tell me that you think the Cavs couldn't have won that series against a 'healthy' Hawks team?
In thinking of Orlando, why don't you think about hwo Orlando wound up beating Boston. 3 point shooting. Orlando hit a ridiculously hot streak shooting right around game 6 of the Boston series and carried through the Cleveland series. I think they made better than 45% of their 3s again the Cavs. Be that as it may, Orlando definitely had the Cavs number. And it wasn't Howard that beat them, it was Hedu.
Think about who the Cavs were relying on off of their bench last year in the playoffs. Wally and Big Ben. They were also relying on Delonte to guard Hedu. Now think about who the Cavs have of their bench. Moon, AV, Powe, Z, Delonte. They are a completely different team this year.
I've read this argument a lot from Cavs fans and it's just ridiculous. Give props to your opponent instead of claiming they got lucky by getting on a "ridiculously hot stretch from 3". The Magic has relied mostly on its three pointers for the last two years and 4 of their 5 players on the court can all hit 3's. Guess what? They're going to it them at ridiculous rates more often than not because they have shooters from the 1 spot to the 4th. There is no luck or wonders in that, they just have the right players in the right system and it worked really well against Cleveland, so give them some props instead of putting their success on mere luck.
Plus, the fact that they did hit their threes with so much success for such a long stretch (starting in the Boston series) indicates that it was not a miracle, but something you had to expect.
The fact that Howard did dominate Ilgauskas had a major impact since the Cavs had to double team him, thus leaving Orlando's shooters open from three.
I do agree that Hedo was the biggest difference in that series, though, and the Magic will miss him in the playoffs if they meet Cleveland. Still, Shaq isn't that much of an improvement.
As for the Hawks series, I said that the Cavs got lucky that the Hawks had a lot of injuries to deal with, because otherwise they wouldn't have swept them and they would have had a much tougher time beating them (especially in Atlanta). Still, a sweep is a sweep, but people have easily forgotten how handicaped Atlanta was.
And yes, Cleveland's current bench compared to last year's is better, but not enough to win it all, because LeBron is still surrounded by role players only, and as good as he is, he can't win the championship by himself. Moon, Powe, Parker, etc, are an improvement over Ben Wallace and Sczerbiak but they are still role players, and having only one dominant player, without true lieutenant(s) doesn't get you much further in the playoffs.
