The Cleveland Cavaliers have an ideal matchup in the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Detroit Pistons, and this should help LeBron James and company cruise past everyone else in the Eastern Conference once again. The firing of David Blatt didn’t make sense earlier this year, and it still kind of doesn’t. The timing of it was quite strange at the very least. If the Cavaliers knew James wasn’t a fan of Blatt, then the team should have canned the guy over the summer.

Tyronn Lue has clearly been a better fit as it concerns LeBron, but it remains to be seen if the head coach can get through to Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. That will be the key to the Cavaliers making a long playoff run, and they definitely have the personnel to do this. Irving and Love developing chemistry together is crucial for the team to have success; however, LeBron will be the one setting them up during fourth quarters.

Cleveland lost to the Pistons in their regular-season finale, and the Cavs gave James, Irving, Love and J.R. Smith the night off. Tristan Thompson also basically sat, because he committed a foul four seconds into the game and went to the bench immediately. This was to increase his consecutive games played streak to 370.