00:00I think we could be headed for another seven-game series
00:02between Cleveland and Detroit.
00:04Yeah, that wouldn't shock me at all.
00:05And listen, I think if you're both teams,
00:07you don't feel great coming into the series.
00:09And look, the odds reflect that.
00:10You see that right there, minus 122 for Detroit.
00:13So there's slight favorites here,
00:15and the Cavs being slight dogs in this one.
00:17And I think that's really reflective.
00:19The oddsmakers are looking at how both of these teams
00:21played in the first round.
00:22You can't be impressed with what you saw from Detroit.
00:25A lot of the warts that people thought they could have
00:28in the playoffs came up in the Orlando series.
00:30Lack of a secondary scorer consistently.
00:33I know Tobias Harris stepped up in Game 7,
00:35but for much of that series,
00:37Detroit's offense didn't look good.
00:38If it wasn't for an Orlando collapse in Game 6,
00:41they're probably not playing here,
00:42but you got to give them credit.
00:43They fought back and got it done.
00:45And then Cleveland, look,
00:46they struggled also with Toronto offensively.
00:48They were not good at times,
00:49but I think they've looked a little bit better.
00:50You know, how they figured it out
00:52in the second half of Game 7, I think that mattered.
00:55So yeah, it wouldn't shock me.
00:57I'll be honest with you.
00:58I would like Cleveland here as a dog.
01:00I know they're a slight dog,
01:01but I think they're a team that is better suited offensively
01:05to go through droughts than Detroit is.
01:07So I like Cleveland in the series.
01:09Cleveland is 7.
01:09That's my pick.
01:10It's about as wide as we've ever seen
01:12in Eastern Conference right now,
01:14as we stand right now.
01:15And the reason, and you know,
01:16obviously we'll get to that in a second.
01:18So first let's do Cavs Pistons Tuesday night.
01:21Sounds like you like Cleveland here.
01:22So Cleveland's getting 3.5,
01:23total of about 213, 214.
01:25Are you going to take Cleveland game one here, Dexter?
01:27Or do you want to wait and see what happens in this?
01:30I am, man.
01:31Detroit's just been shaky.
01:32Detroit's just been too shaky for me, Craig.
01:34And I think Cleveland's coming in
01:35with some better offensive momentum.
01:37I know Detroit played well in the second half
01:40against Orlando,
01:40but I just like Cleveland here.
01:42I think they can put some pressure on Detroit.
01:44I think they know this is an excellent chance for them
01:46to get to the conference finals.
01:48And I think they could have a little bit more want to.
01:50I think they'll steal one of the first two games in a row,
01:52but why not take them as road dogs?
01:54Why not take them?
01:54That money line right there for game one is plus 130.
01:57I say, why not?
01:58So I'm going with Cleveland.
01:59I just trust their two stars and shot creators
02:01to step up more in this game one.
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