Yeah, I've been dogging Atlanta all year, I've been saying they're not as good as their record, they will come down to earth in the playoffs. Blah, blah, blah.
That said, I don't think we are sweeping them. I originally was going to pick us in 5, but I am saying Cavs in 6.
Atlanta will play different against us, than they have against the Wizards and Nets. They went into those series as the favorite, and played more tense, like a team feeling the pressure of playing as the number 1 seed for the first time.
In this series? They are the underdogs. I think they thrive much better as an underdog team with people over looking them, than as the favorite. They will be motivated to play us. I expect them to play much better.
I don't think it will be a walk over, but as long as guys are healthy, and Kyrie is at least relevant, the Cavs are winning this series.
Atlanta should play much better, and much looser and free than they did in the previous series. If their shooters get hot, they are tough. But they are such a streaking team. Not a very hard team to defend, but they do have shooters you much account for.
I don't think Mozgov will play that much in the series either, he is a mismatch, you almost have to match up small a lot.
I expect Tristan, LeBron/Jones, Shump, Jr, Kyrie/Delly to be the heavily featured lineup in this series.
