NBA's Least Interesting Series Ends

Cavs put down Wizards in feeble echo of last year's exciting matchup
By Jesse Andrews,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 30, 2007 11:17 PM CDT
NBA's Least Interesting Series Ends
Washington Wizards' Antonio Daniels (6) goes to the basket past Cleveland Cavaliers' Zydrunas Illgauskas (11) of Lithuania, during the first quarter of an NBA first-round playoff basketball game, Monday, April 30, 2007, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)   (Associated Press)

Minus All-Stars Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler, who kept things competitive in 2006, the Wizards succumbed in four games to the Cavaliers. Cleveland, nevertheless, looked vulnerable in sweeping the playoffs' most hapless team. Doughty young LeBron had a poor shooting night, going 8-22, but he hit 14 of 17 from the line to help win it.

The balance of power in the Eastern Conference can be summed thusly: Washington's loss makes the Southwest Division 0-12 in the playoffs against Central Division teams. Detroit put down the Magic on Saturday, and Chicago did the same to the defending champs from in Miami on Sunday. (More Cleveland Cavaliers stories.)

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