Yes the Kevin Love injury is big but Kyrie Irving will play. The Adrienne Barbeau theory applies. The deeper we get into the playoffs, the more top heavy a team needs to be.

Yes the Hawks have the depth, but Cleveland has a much better 1-2 punch led by one of the best players off all-time who came to Cleveland to win his hometown a championship. Atlanta swept Cleveland, but King James has much more to prove now, while Atlanta had the chip on their shoulder during the regular season.

Cleveland has best net rating in the NBA playoffs at 9.5 to just 3.9 for Atlanta. Net rating is the different between offensive and defensive efficiency.

Atlanta has two more losses in the postseason despite playing the worst team in the postseason Brooklyn and a Washington team in which their star player Kevin Wall for missed three games, then played two hurt.

Cleveland meanwhile played a Bulls team with Derrick Rose back. Cleveland is without question the better team and should be the favorite.