The Cavaliers swept their series with the Atlanta Hawks last night after winning 100-99. The Cavs now advance to Eastern Conference Finals where they await the winner of the Raptors-Heat series. The theme for the Cavs in this past series and part of the Pistons series was how well they are shooting the three ball. They set an NBA record 25 threes in game two vs the Hawks and followed up with 21 in game three. In the last game against the Hawks they had 16 threes. It is a change of pace for the Cavs from what we saw last year. In the finals last year the Cavs really slowed down the pace of the game and kept it low scoring in doing so. The Cavs still have the ability to go big and do that, but this new dynamic of running and gunning will make them deadly. No other team in the league seems to have the ability to do both and be very efficient at both styles of play.
If this is the beginning of what LeBron felt the Cavs could be then the next opponent and the most likely the one after that will have many struggles stopping this team fully healthy. The real question starts to become will the Cavs continue this nuclear affair of threes, or will they get back to their old ways? Everyone that is hitting right now with the exception of LeBron James are great three point shooters so I think it will continue, but teams might start finding ways to stop the three ball. If this is done any team facing the Cavs will have to settle with James and Kyrie creating shots for themselves and others off the dribble.
Tonight the Raptors and Heat face off in game 4. The Raptors are up 2-1 in the series. I would expect the Cavs to be watching the game and just looking at the most obvious things these two teams could bring to the table when they meet in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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