Cleveland at Atlanta

The Cleveland Cavaliers have overcome some key injuries, with Kevin Love sitting, and Kyrie Irving playing at half strength. They opened up their series with Atlanta with a big road win, and look to take a commanding two game lead. Atlanta has now been bitten by the injury bug with DeMarre Carroll going down in game one with a knee injury. While he has not been ruled out for game two, he won't be at 100% if he plays at all. That opens the door to the key of the entire series - LeBron James. Carroll is the best defender they have, and with that said, LeBron was still a huge factor in game one, and without Carroll, or with a Carroll without full mobility, James is poised to go off in game two. Cleveland plays a lot better defense than they get credit for, and they made every possession difficult for the Hawks, who struggled on the offensive end of the floor. LeBron will smell blood in this one, and would not be surprised if he has "one of those games" tonight. Take Cleveland.