The Unstoppable Force vs The Immovable Object

With the all the chatter about lakeshow vs thugz I have to admit that I'm more curious about Superman versus King James. The cavs have been the gold standard these playoffs, dispatching overmatched opponents with the expected ease. In fact on-the-scene reporting right here in Cleveland will tell you that Ohio natives fully expect the Cavs to win it all and to win in 16-0 fashion (Ohio sports fans are crazy/dumb). The only real question left is how Lebron and his backup singers will fair as the quality of their opponents improve.

This is what the cleve put down against the best teams in the NBA:

0 & 2 vs Lakers (w/ and w/o Bynum)

2 & 0 vs Nuggets (both games with Chauncey Billups the greatest PG of all time)

2 & 2 vs Boston

1 & 2 vs Orlando

The regular season series with Orlando is pretty interesting...

Game 1: Orlando wins, Dwight went 22 and 18 on 15 attempts and the back court went 11/31 from beyond the arc (Jameer Nelson going 4/6 by himself). Lebron: 23/8/8 10 for 27 from the field.

Game 2: Cleveland wins, Dwight went 13 and 15 on 8 attempts. Team shoots 10/28 from beyond the arc (no more Jameer but Skip to my lou goes 3/7). Lebron 43/8/12 15 for 27 from the field.

Game 3: Orlando wins by 29, Dwight went 20 and 11 on 13 attempts. Team shoots 13/27 from beyond the arc (skip to my lou: 1/5). Lebron 26/5/9 7 for 20 from the field.

The stats can obviously go on and on, but this snippet does show us a few things: Obviously if Lebron shoots poorly the Cavs can loose and loose big. But this really shows us more about superman, his now infamous "if you got a dominant player...let him be dominant" was obviously wrong against boston. The amount of touches dwight had was irrelevant to the outcomes, probably because the big and athletic kendrick perkins handled what Dwight could bring off the block....but the cavs don't have a perkins. If Howard gets 14-16 attempts he will score over 20, and if he gets 20/20 the cleve will have trouble controlling the tempo on either end. Another interesting thing? The Magic were basically the same from beyond the arc in the loss as they were in the win, but were slightly better when dwight got more attempts.

I think the magic have a real shot at beating the cavs, atleast a better shot than any other team in the east. The immovable object can slow the unstoppable force if van gundy uses the simplest and most obvious offensive strategy ever: FEED THE DIESEL!

"both teams played hard...good night and god bless"