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[QUOTE="Fireball Jr., post: 1777981, member: 404"]
Easy scenario to envision, and that's not the LeBron/Cavs fan in me speaking.

The regular season is a succession of one-offs ... game here, 2 days off, game there, lotta teams not as challenging as others.

The season that matters most -- the one we're seeing now -- has no more one-offs, no patsies. Now, instead of one-offs, you have extended runs, culminating with a possible 7-game run against the same team, the best of the rest. No more '76ers on a Monday night in January.

At the very worst, from a Cavs fan's perspective, GS loses two. I expect the Warriors to lose at least 3, most likely 4. I'd feel a little more confident the Cavs would win in 6 (or less) if they had lucked out and gotten OKC...and home-court advantage.

But, to your initial question, yes, I envisioned from the get-go GS possibly losing as many games in the playoffs as they did in the regular season, which, the Cavs (and particularly LeBron) seem to have viewed as the 82-game "exhibition season," the Grapefruit League. The regular season has a lotta great, great moments, but it's for the elite in the league, it's about getting ready for the playoffs, staying healthy, tweaking things (for Cavs, new coach, key late-season pickup in Frye, Mozgov goes from regular to end of bench), being prepared for this: Ali-Frazier II.

Let's get ready to r-u-m-b-l-e!
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