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It's strategy. They didn't want to see the Bulls OR the Heat had they gotten in. But definitely not the Bulls considering the Bulls swept them in the regular season. Playoffs for the CAVS is all about the best matchups they can get to the road to the finals. And being the 1st seed and facing the Bulls is definitely not it.

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How many times have we seen the Bulls own a LeBron team in the regular season only to get sonned in the playoffs? And yet y'all still haven't learned?

And this whole "LeBron don't wanna see the Heat" shyt is laughable. The 3x Finals MVP who just last year came back from down 3-1 to beat a 73 win team is supposed to be scared to play Hassan Whiteside & James Johnson?

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:mjlol:

How many times have we seen the Bulls own a LeBron team in the regular season only to get sonned in the playoffs? And yet y'all still haven't learned?

And this whole "LeBron don't wanna see the Heat" shyt is laughable. The 3x Finals MVP who just last year came back from down 3-1 to beat a 73 win team is supposed to be scared to play Hassan Whiteside & James Johnson?

:mjlol:

You explain then why they were tanking on purpose and resting their starters and conceding the top seed. Or are you a LeBron stan to be blind that this is actually intelligent. Why not take the easiest route to the finals?
 

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You explain then why they were tanking on purpose and resting their starters and conceding the top seed. Or are you a LeBron stan to be blind that this is actually intelligent. Why not take the easiest route to the finals?
That logic is immediately flawed by the fact that no one knew which teams between Miami, Chicago, Indiana, and Atlanta would be in the playoffs much less which position they'd be seeded in. Bulls or Heat could've easily ended up in 7 or 8 seed which would mean giving up home court just to end up in the match up they'd been avoiding ended up anyway while also punting on home court for a Boston matchup if it occurred.
 

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You explain then why they were tanking on purpose and resting their starters and conceding the top seed. Or are you a LeBron stan to be blind that this is actually intelligent. Why not take the easiest route to the finals?

Because they realized at that point that rest was more important than getting the top seed

We know for a fact that LeBron teams don't need homecourt to get to the Finals or win a championship. He's gotten to the Finals 5 times without being the 1 seed and won two titles without homecourt

But y'all can continue to believe that LeBron is coming up with intricate plans because he's afraid to play .500 teams
 

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That logic is immediately flawed by the fact that no one knew which teams between Miami, Chicago, Indiana, and Atlanta would be in the playoffs much less which position they'd be seeded in. Bulls or Heat could've easily ended up in 7 or 8 seed which would mean giving up home court just to end up in the match up they'd been avoiding ended up anyway while also punting on home court for a Boston matchup if it occurred.

The 8th seed was the one up for grabs. Indiana just needed to win for the 7th. But had they lost then they still could of grabbed the 7th if the Bulls would of lost and the Heat won because of the tie.

They only way they been eliminated was if everybody won and they lost. It was simple win and get 7 or elimination. No in between.
 

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And again. The Cavs never won a game against the Bulls and the Heat was the best team in the 2nd half of the season, record-wise.

There was a REASON why the CAVS tanked. It's about setting up the best matchups.
 

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