Pacers ready for game one in Cleveland

Center Tristan Thompson, who missed four late-season games due to a sore thumb, is back.

The defending champions signed guard Dahntay Jones and 7-foot-3 center Edy Tavares on Wednesday, just hours before the finale of a regular-season that has had more than its share of twists and turns.

According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Raptors are favored on the road, as they are getting odds of -1.5 points against the Cavaliers.

For Lue, regardless of how bad the team has looked at times, health is the number one priority. If the regular season doesn’t matter, and the Cavs aren’t really tring, then why is LeBron playing nearly 38 minutes per game? He appeared in 12 games with the Cavs this season before being sidelined by a knee injury. Now the Playoffs are here and we have all 15 guys healthy. “But I’ve got the answer why I feel like we’ve got a great chance”, James affirmed Cavalier fans everywhere. “But sure, you’d love to go through the regular season 82-0 and have everybody sing your praises, and that’s certainly not what we did”.

Coach Tyronn Lue isn’t anxious, either. “Stayed in contact with basically everyone from last year’s team”.

Jones played most of the 2015-16 season with Grand Rapids in the D-League. This season went by fast.

For the Cavs, it’s on to that wonderful time of the year we call the National Basketball Association playoffs as Cleveland looks to defend its 2015-16 championship title. So, teams have gotten better, and that’s just the biggest difference to me. However, the Wizards have proved to be one of the top teams in the East, rivaling Toronto for the best backcourt in the conference with John Wall and Bradley Beal. “They know what it takes and we know what we need to do and it should make for a great series”. Same thing with Milwaukee…

“Through everything that went on with our team, we’re in a position where we can do something special still”, he said Thursday as Cleveland prepared to face in in the opening round on Saturday. The Warriors who lost a 3-1 lead to the Cavs in the championship series previous year, have since added Kevin Durant and who have the league’s best record by far – having lost only 15 games for a.815 winning percentage?

In Oakland, Golden State starts Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant were watching from the bench in the fourth quarter as the injury depleted Utah Jazz completed a 105-99 victory that ended the Warriors’ 14-game winning streak.

Even with that said, though, the Cavs would be unwise to think they can just flip a switch and start competing now that the playoffs are here. After all, there is a reason he has made it to the finals for the last six years in a row.

Every year is different. That’s right, the #2 seeded Cavs.