With the departure of one of Cleaveland’s star player Kyrie Irving the team’s start wasn’t turn good. They surely showed they missed Kyrie with his big contribution in points, assists and his genius of making plays.
Cleaveland acquired Isaiah Tomas to fill the hole left by Kyrie with the hope of making things better in their 2017-2018 season. However, they end up trading Tomas and acquiring young players to complete their line-up.
During the regular season, this team was not a contender they used to be. They slide from number 2 spot to 4th in the end of Eastern Conference regular season. They end up with a record of 50-32, 9 wins below the Estern Conference leader Toronto Raptor (59-23). Kyrie Erving’s new team Boston Celtics end the regular season a spot below Toronto with a record of 55-27.
In the post season, the 1st round for Cleaveland was the 5th seed in the East, Indiana Pacers. It took 7 games before they were able to pass the very tough Indiana Pacers. Lebron James had to double his effort to bring his team pass the Pacers. This 1st round best-of-7 game made the team started to work better as a team getting ready for a tough fight against the conference leader Toronto Raptor which dispose the resilient Walshington Wizards.
The conference semifinals was set for 1st seed and 4th seed in the east. Raptors carrying a very high spirit after beating the Wizards plus enjoying homecourt advantage over the Cavs. The first game was held in Toronto hoping the homecourt would bring them their expected result to win, but the Cavaliers showed heart to take away the win.
The Cavs coach Tyle Lou knew the Raptors would make all the necessary adjustment come game 2 and they were ready but they further demoralized the home team by beating them with bigger winning margin. As the homecourt advantage were shifted from Raptors to the Cavs, the 2 game advantage was a morale booster going back to their homecourt.
The souring Cavs was determined not to give the Raptors a chance of coming back by establishing 15 points lead in the 3rd period of their 3rd game at Cleaveland. However, the Raptors not giving up on their finals bid, started to come back in the fourth quarter as they tied the game at 103 with only 8 seconds left in the ball game. Lebron James made difficult play looked easy as he buried a running jumper using the board to give the Cavs a 3 game lead. Another buzzer winning shot for this geration’s greatest basketball player.
The Cavaliers were really a team with a mission going in the fourth game of their conference semifinals as they enjoy a commanding lead at 3-0. They may not be looking for a sweep of the Raptors but as the game started the Cavs looked like the hungrier team. As the game progress the Cavs slowly putting the Raptor’s dream away as they the 2nd quarter with double digit lead. The 3rd quarter was a mess for the raptors as Cavs further increase their lead going into the final canto. The game ended with a blow-out as the Cavs win 128 - 93. Again the Cavs is now walking towards the Estern Conference Finals against the winner of Celtics and Sixer, while Boston needs another game to dispose the tough Philadelpia win 3-1 lead.
The highly anticipated Eastern Conference Finals between the Celtics and the Cavalier will now be near to reality. The showdown between Lebron James and Kyrie Irving. A match up that makes salivate for excitement. Let’s witness who will be the next Eastern Conference Champion that will be entering the 2018 NBA Finals.
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