The top two teams in the Eastern Conference during the regular season will now play for the right to represent in the Finals. Cleveland cruised through much of the postseason despite losing big man Kevin Love. The Hawks though would have their hands full to start the playoffs, but have seemingly gotten better with each passing game.
With LeBron James on your side, you obviously always have a legitimate shot at winning a game but his shooting has been poor in the playoffs and with Kyrie Irving now also hobbled with injury,
I think the visitors will have their hands full with the Atlanta Hawks bruising starting line-up. These teams played four times in the regular season and Atlanta would go 3-1 SU; simply put, this is a team in which the Cavs have struggled to properly match-up against and the injury issues the visitors are unfortunately dealing with right now will prove to be the difference here on Wednesday night. Atlanta wins and covers game 1.