NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals

No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. No. 4 Atlanta Hawks: The Cavaliers have been sitting for over a week after easily dusting off the Detroit Pistons, while the Hawks beat the Miami Heat in the worst seven-game series in NBA history. Atlanta is a better team than was shown against the Heat, but are still wildly inconsistent and lack an on-court leader despite the presence of Mike Bibby. Cleveland, to use a cliche, appears to be on a mission. The Hawks have no one to stand up LeBron James, who by the way is the league's Most Valuable Player. Cavaliers in 5.

No. 2 Boston Celtics vs. No. 3 Orlando Magic: While Atlanta and Miami played a terrible series, the Celtics held off the Chicago Bulls to win the best series in years. If the Magic are to take a step forward as a team, knocking off the defending champions is a good start. Does Boston have anything left? Do they have any frontcourt players? If Kendrick Perkins and Glen Davis can't stay on the court for the Celtics against Dwight Howard, they have no chance. Then again, Orlando tends to forget Howard is there and fires up too many three-pointers. It's easy to say Boston is out of gas, but ... Celtics in 6.