Cavs vs Magic Eastern Conference Semis Matchup

Posted by Phil Partington May 21, 2009

Is anyone as surprised as I am at how the Magic stole game one? Not that I didn't think they were capable of such a feat, but I thought the red-hot Cavs would take the first two games.

Rashard Lewis is better than people give him credit for. Those who claim he's overrated haven't followed his career very closely. He's actually a very versatile scorer, with an underrated post up game. That being said, Dwight has to demand the ball more. His offense is limited, but he's so athletic and so strong that their best chance of taking the series is for him to shoot as many high percentage shots as possible, and get Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Anderson Varejao in foul trouble.

That being said, Stan Van Gundy shouldn't look to slow things down against the Cavs. They need to force the tempo in order to get their versatile, athletic bigs easy shots in transition.

I expect this to be a wake up call for Cleveland. They can't play lackadaisically in the playoffs. Not ever.