NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers/Hawks Series Notes and Prediction

The NBA Eastern Conference Final series matches the East top seed Atlanta Hawks and the East two seed Cleveland Cavaliers.

Despite the lower seed and not having home advantage, Cleveland is roughly a 2 to 1 favorite to win the series, which begins tonight in Atlanta.

The Hawks moved to Atlanta beginning play there in the 1968-1969 NBA season. The team advanced to the semi-final round in each of their first two seasons, losing each series, going (1-8) in the games.

This will be their first semi-final round appearance since those first two seasons as the Atlanta Hawks.

Though the Hawks will exceed that one game win total in this series, I predict the Cavaliers to win the series in six games.

The “construction crew” will continue to “pave the road” for LeBron James in the so much weaker NBA Eastern Conference.