Everyone so quick to crown CAVS easter conference champs...Think again.

[PorkChop]

Boston will fight it out with Orlando, and pull away in no more than 6 games.

Too much experience,...and home court makes all the difference. Say dwight howard all you want, ..ill take Rondo, Pierce, and Allen and the home court.

Call me stupid, but Chicago was a tougher matchup for Boston, than Orlando. Now Boston can get back to playing their kind of basketball, where Chicago had them running up and down the court, forcing them to score in the 100's.

...Now Boston advances, and we all know the Cavs will blow through Atlanta.

Boston and Cleveland for the Eastern Conference Finals. IF, and it's a big IF, but If Garnett comes back, Boston will explode. They'll be riding an emotional high, they DO have more experience than Cleveland, especially in the big games, and I honestly dont see Boston losing to Cleveland, when Garnett gets back in that lineup.
He was never ruled out of the playoffs, and I can just sense that he's coming back.

All in all, dont be so quick to book Cleveland trip to the Finals, ...boston riding high, will be so much for Cleveland to handle.

Heres to the defending champs.

[SBR Lou]

Orlando went from +125 to -114 at Pinnacle for the series for a reason.

[Tsoprano]

Orlando went from +125 to -114 at Pinnacle for the series for a reason.

And what reason is that????

Boston dropped multiple times from -7 to -5.5 in the last game and won by double digits anyway.

[jjgold]

If Garnett came back against Cleve they might have a shot

[una13ombr]

orlando can do it if they play lights out

[sweetjones55]

Boston has ZERO shot at beating the Cavs. The Cavs would NEVER lose to the Bulls in their 1st home game of the playoffs. Chicago has the 10th worst defense in the NBA. The Cavs are the #1 ranked defense. And o ya, they have some guy named LeBron James.

[G's pks]

Boston has ZERO shot at beating the Cavs. The Cavs would NEVER lose to the Bulls in their 1st home game of the playoffs. Chicago has the 10th worst defense in the NBA. The Cavs are the #1 ranked defense. And o ya, they have some guy named LeBron James.

Sweet...the only problem with comparing these type of stats in the playoffs is....they do not always work!

The Bulls could have easily beat Boston if their defense was better inside ...true...if they could of stopped the points in the paint...it would have been Bulls in 6.

But saying the cavs would never lose to the bulls in their 1st home game...that is impossible to say! The Bulls played lights out for what they had. Remember they were missing Dang...and his replacements came no where near what he would have added...

So lets see if Boston gets by Orlando first....then talk about the cavs and celtics... I think the celtics will win the series if they play at the same level they did against the bulls. I do not think the magic have half the heart the bulls showed. I also think the bulls showed more heart than the celtics...but the celtics were still more talented in the end...

[Slim]

Boston is old. They are drained from the series with Chicago. I got Orlando +3 from last night.

[NBA Hero]

another funny thread.crippled bos compared to a healthy unchallenged cavs.bos is not favored for a reason. KG is injured get used to that. if he even plays a little. are you so certain that he is so fit that while he is resting the legs he did some running for a month, dont think so.cavs is destined to be eastern champs. those are the breaks, thats reality accept it. until someone gets injured on cavs this season they are the eastern champs.if you dont believe that then feel free to bet on it, ul surely get value for your money

[LT Profits]

It is a moot point because Celtics will not beat Magic four out of seven.

[PorkChop]

It is a moot point because Celtics will not beat Magic four out of seven.

Your crazy to think Orlando wins this series,..they better hope to steal a game in Boston, first.

Boston goes up 2-0. Series over.

[LT Profits]

Magic win tonight and then home teams win rest.

Orlando in 6

They are simply the better, deeper team right now with Garnett out.

[LT Profits]

And how can I be "crazy" when Orlando is favored to win series? They are now -130.

[SportsTerminator]

L0l PorkChop, HIGH ROLLER, Boston barely beat Chicago and I don't see them beating Orlando. Orlando in 6 I say. Let's just skip all of this and go to Kobe vs. Lebron.

[ProfaneReality]

-115 thread starter is from New England area. So... home court is huge is the BOS/ORL but not with BOS/CLE

ok. Boston never came close to beating CLE last year on the road in the playoffs, while every game in boston was tight and came down to the lat minute... now that home court is gone.

Boston is more experienced than Cleveland...how so? Lebron has been to the finals... on a much weaker team in 07.

If Garnett comes back... If grandma had balls she'd be grandpa. Garnett would be a shell of himself even if he came back and would probably do more harm than good. There was very little seperation between the cavs and celtics in last years playoffs... now the cavs added mo williams and have home court.

Boston has very little chance if any at all of beating Cleveland this year. Orlando would be much tougher for Cleveland than Boston would.

[frostno98]

I like Orlando

[Mac4Lyfe]

Boston matches up very well with Orlando. I think Boston even with tired legs wins this series in 6. Cleveland however matches up very well with Boston and will win in 5. The team that gives Cleveland fits is the Magic but they are not going to advance past Boston fortunately for the Cav's.

[ProfaneReality]

Boston really fighting it out...

[ProfaneReality]

Orlando only up by 22