Goombah,

thanks...my hoops prediction success rate is pretty bad.

I just don't believe in GSW anymore....they folded...and they added a player who was part of an epic collapse in the WCF when his team folded.I think Durant is a great regular season player...but I've seen smaller guys guard him in key stretches in playoffs and give him problems.




Cavs lollygag through the reg. season because the East is weak. Eastern Conference is full of pretenders..and when Cavs are forced to actually play...they step up tie and time again against Raptors,Hawks or whoever is supposed to upset them in playoffs.

Cavs are your team, so I believe you when you say they've taken a step back and are bad on defense. If it were a few years ago with the best of five opening round...maybe some team could catch them sleeping and knock them off, but I just don't see any team in East being able to beat them 4 times.