Cleveland Cavaliers’ Road To Destiny Still Runs Through Orlando

April 20th, 2010 by Hadarii Jones Leave a reply »
Some people would have you believe a trip to the NBA Finals is a foregone conclusion for this year's version of the Cleveland Cavaliers, but in the glow of the Cavaliers' spectacular regular season, the Orlando Magic are forgotten.

The Magic finished the regular season one position better than they did last year, but for some reason their status as the Eastern Conference's reigning champion has been diminished by the assumed coronation of LeBron James.

Overlooking Orlando could be a dangerous proposition, especially since the popular theory that says the Magic regressed this season is wildly over-blown.

Cleveland's loss in the Eastern Conference Finals last season was dictated by match-ups, and conventional wisdom says the advantage the Magic held dissipated once Hedo Turkoglu was signed by Toronto.

Turkoglu, along with Rashard Lewis, gave the Magic two 6'10" players who were  comfortable on the perimeter, and the Cavaliers didn't have anyone on their roster who could defend them.

Although Dwight Howard caused Cleveland problems, the battle was lost due to the inability of any of the Cavaliers' post players to play ef ...

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