Playoff Live Thread: Cavs @ Raptors, Game 4 (#SpringCleaning)
2017-05-07
Yesterday, I cleaned out my garage. It was great to get rid of all the old junk and make some room for the absolute necessities. The Cavs have done much the same thus far this spring, brooming out the cobwebs and dust bunnies of the regular season and shining up their offense and defense in the process. They find themselves on the threshold of yet another sweep today as they take on the Toronto Raptors in Game 4 of the Conference Semi-Finals. They’ve won 10 straight in the playoffs since dropping Game 4 of the Finals last June, and with the Game 3 victory at the Air Canada Centre LeBron has run his personal streak of consecutive playoff series with a road win to an incredible 28 in a row.
Two weeks ago, the Cavs were able to pull a clean sweep of a pesky Pacer team, and despite facing a more talented opponent in the Raptors, there’s a good probability they can wipe out Toronto and send them to an early off-season. For their part, the Cavs have taken their game to new sparkling heights, which would bode well regardless… but given that Toronto’s all-star PG, Kyle Lowry, will officially be out for a second straight game… it’ll be a tall order for the Raps to avoid the sweep.
Probable starters for the Cavs: LeBron James, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, J.R. Smith, Kyrie Irving; For the Raptors: Norman Powell, Serge Ibaka, Jonas Valanciunas, DeMar DeRozan, Cory Joseph.
Prediction: The Cavs once again spray some threes, clean the glass, and sweep the Raptors off the floor… 113-99.
Catch all of the action starting at 3:30 (EST) on ABC… and don’t forget to chime in here.
I’m sure a true basketball connoisseur like Bill Simmons relished that exquisite 26-0 run by the Bullets.
Wizards killing the celtics. Series is looking like it will go 7.
I hope the Wizards finish the Celtics in 6. They will be a better challenge for the Cavs than the Celtics for sure.
The Wizards will also be less of a threat to life and limb.
Wizards look like better team. Boston is just unnecessarily rough. Always hurting other players. Not a threat to beat you, just a threat to physically beat you.
You are both right, I also believe the Cavs need to be challenged a little before making it to the finals and I believe the Wizards are not afraid of the Cavs. It could be an interesting series for sure.
Time and time again the story is repeated, talent and depth win in the playoffs. If LeBron doesn’t beat you, Kyrie will, if Love is off, Frye hits big threes, if all else fails Korver will go crazy. This is a deep team, awesome sweep, go Wizards!
We have 5 guys who can turn a game on its head: Bron, Kyrie, Love, Korver, & JR. Frye & Deron are close as well. That is some serious firepower.
HAVE BECOME A ” POST ” GAME BLOGGER DURING PLAYOFFS —–8 DOWN —8 MORE TO GO !!——HOPE KEV CAN SHAKE OFF WHATEVER WAS GOING ON WITH HIM TODAY AND ” THREEZUS ” STAYS ON FIRE “—AND LEBRON ….WILL JUST KEEP ON BEING ” LEBRON ” ——-THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE LAST GAME FOR LOWRY SUITING UP IN RAPTORS UNIFORM ——-WHO DO WE WANT IN THE FINALS —CELTS OR WIZARDS —–HAVE HOME CT VS THE WIZ ———REST AND THEN BRING ON THE REST…. TO GET BEAT BY THE BEST (CAVS ) !!! …… OH YEAH ONE MORE THING DURING THIS DOWN… Read more »
La Flama Blanca… +12
I mean…
Two guys that got a lot of flack from us in regular season doing their jobs really well right now:
Tyronn Lue and Iman Shumpert
Indeed.
Completely true.
Phew, that’s a long time. I get so antsy.