Can The Boston Celtics Bring Down LeBron James and The Cavaliers?

May 1st, 2010 by Brandon Ribak Leave a reply »
Quite honestly, I'm sick of hearing that the Cavaliers are undoubtedly the best team in the NBA and have the best chances of winning the NBA championship.

For starters, the Orlando Magic are the reigning Eastern Conference Champions. So if any team has the greatest chance of making it back to the NBA Finals, it's indeed Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic.

Focusing on the second round of the playoffs and more specifically the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics, could an upset be rumbling in the making?

 

The Bench

In the two victories that the Celtics had against the Cavaliers during the regular season, Boston's benched outscored Cleveland's by an average of 12.5 points.

In this series, the Celtics will have to rely heavily on the bench production of Rasheed Wallace and Glen Davis.

While Wallace has been a major disappointment during the season, he could provide much needed offense during this semi-finals matchup, as well as defense where the Cavaliers led the NBA in total rebounding percentage.

Standing 7'0" tall with the ability to knock down the open trey ball, Wallace's ...

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