Last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics won Game 5 against their first round opponent, Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat, advancing to the second round. This will be a rematch of the Eastern Conference Finals from two years ago, when Boston eliminated Cleveland, and went on to win the Championship. But this time, it's a different scenario. The Big 3 of the Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen have been battling injuries the past two seasons, while the Cavaliers have improved a lot.
I think this will be an interesting series, their games during the Regular season have been very intense. This series could go to 7 games, but I predict the Cavaliers to finish them off in 6. However, I wouldn't count the Celtics out. They've played great defense against LeBron James previously, and forced him to take bad shots. Boston have enough talent to eliminate the Cavaliers again, but they'll need the bench to step up. The Celtics bench has been very inconsistent this year, and they haven't contributed as much they are supposed to. In Game 2 of the first round, they only scored 12 points out of 106. Rasheed Wallace, who was supposed to give them a huge boost off the bench, has been disappointing, and he only averaged 3 PPG in the First round.
Neither team will go down without a fight as both teams have a lot to prove. This series could start this weekend so look out for it.
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