Cleveland Boo-Hoo Cavaliers

So how about those Cavs? As I predicted, I was much more upset about the way this season ended than I was any others: 95 Indians, the shot, the drive, the fumble. But there was also a certain reassuring quality about the whole thing. Cleveland is still Cleveland and its destiny is to be the eternal loser.

The reality is that in the NBA being the best team over the course of the long season is next to meaningless. The only thing it gets you is home court advantage, which obviously can be lost in a flash. Orlando, on the other hand, kept getting better so that by the time the playoffs started, they were the best team, at least in the east. I knew the Cavs were in trouble after Orlando manhandled Boston in game seven, in Boston. And after the first two games in Cleveland, I knew it was over. At that time, my boss predicted that Cleveland would lose the series in five games, and I said they would lose it in six. So at least I got that right.

Of course, one can always dream about what could have been. In game one, if Mo Williams last second desperation shot had been 1-2 inches to the right, it would have gone in, and the complexion of the whole series would have been changed. Not necessarily that the Cavs would have won it, but it probably would have gone seven, and then who knows.