Is the Cavaliers’ defense good enough to shut down the Raptors’ offense in R1 of the NBA Playoffs?
What’s at stake for Cavs going into 2026 NBA Playoffs? Everything.
Hoarse and sleep-deprived, with bags under his eyes and a crackle in his voice, Donovan Mitchell tried to collect his emotions and summon the words to rationalize this latest playoff flameout. | https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2026/04/whats-at-stake-for-cavs-going-into-2026-nba-playoffs-everything.html
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Man them play in games was fire
Cavs in five
You know the Raptors are gonna still shoot a ton of 3s though. They know the Cavs 3 D sucks so they will.
Don't get me wrong, I got CLE in 5 strictly off the talent differential, but I don't like CLE's defense at all. Haven't all year. My issue with the Harden trade was that we'd been terrible defensively all year and that doesn't do anything to help it. Say Harden is bigger all you want, he's historically an awful/lazy defender. Defense is the one thing you can control every game no matter what. And ours is terrible. Big concern.
Four seed, mustard seed, poppy seed, Raptors in 5
I'm super worried that kenny is going to play shroeder over bryant. We cant go small it would be a huge mistake
bull really is loosing weight
I heard the same thing about the Magic’s shooting before we played them and they took us to 7 lol. I’m not nervous I’m just saying!
Cavs will lose this series because of 2 things. 1. Harden. And 2. Defense
All these switching streaming platforms shit each game is absolute bullshit… 💯
Cavs in 4 or 5