The defending champions, playing their first game since May 7, put on a clinic, leading wire to wire and cruising to a 117-104 blowout of the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night. There is just too much firepower on display from what we have seen out of the Cavs.
In 2010, the Celtics had slipped a little, but had the same starters and were 50-32.
"I think the energy and the effort and mindset was where it needed to be starting on the road, especially in the Eastern Conference Finals".
James will have games where he proves that he is the best player in the National Basketball Association, and that's ok.
In the first quarter of Game 1, LeBron casually strolled up to Olynyk and turned his back to dribble the ball between his legs until he was ready to make his move. However, for the conference finals, the Warriors will play all of their games before Cleveland plays their corresponding games. For fans who want to stream the Cavaliers-Celtics Conference Finals opener for free without cable login credentials, a feed from TNT Overtime will also be streaming at the above link, or on most mobile devices. Smart said after the game that his nickname growing up was "Hound Dog".
"It's always surrealistic for both Arlene and I anytime we're watching TV and there's our son playing on the biggest stage and doing very well at the best time and the biggest time", Kelly's dad Ken said. They compiled a 26-point lead in the first half and expanding it to 28 in the third quarter before the Celtics cut it down to 17 at the end of the quarter. Stevens admitted that Boston might have to consider more double teams, as risky as that can be against Cleveland. As top dog Isaiah Thomas noted, "We're just going to take care of business as we go". Love opened up the floor for James, burying outside jumpers and forcing Boston to leave defenders one-on-one with James. Al Horford is adding 16.1 points and 7.5 rebounds while Avery Bradley is averaging 15.8 points per contest. Cleveland also has swept its first two playoff opponents this year as it enters the Eastern Conference finals with Boston, marking the first time a team has stated out 8-0 in two straight postseasons.
"It's two different teams", James said when asked if there was something to be gained from that victory.
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Cleveland, 8-0 in the playoffs and 4-2-2 ATS, escaped with a 109-108 win over the Pacers to open the playoffs and trailed in by 25 points on the road in Game 3 before storming back for the victory.
I think physically Jae Crowder matches up best with James and that's who should be on him for the most part.
The shoulder was working just fine Wednesday, and he scored in the paint and from the outside. "It wasn't just me".
"I thought he did a great job of setting the tone early", Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said.
The playoffs have been boring in terms of competitive basketball, but there's certainly something to be said about the greatness we've seen so far this spring. The Celtics shooting picked up and they recorded five three-pointers on nine attempts. Boston is coming off a 7-game series, but they got to remain home during the day off. The Cavs are due for some regression to the mean (38.4 percent in regular season), but they were still the second-most accurate team from beyond the arc all year long (Boston was 14th). He is averaging 29 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists in those games.
Boston dropped the first two games of its first-round series against the Chicago Bulls and lost three times to the Washington Wizards.
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