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5 Bold Predictions for Cleveland Cavaliers-Detroit Pistons Playoff Series

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Ken Hornack

3. Kevin Love will have a major impact on the series.

This isn’t based simply on emotion, a guy who couldn’t catch a whiff of the playoffs in six seasons in Minnesota and could only watch the final three rounds last spring will be on a mission to make up for lost time. Over his final nine games, Love made 30 of his 65 three-point attempts and had seven outings of nine or more rebounds.

In the Cavs’ one victory over the Pistons, he scored 29 points and was 5-of-7 from long-range. Before dislocating his left shoulder courtesy of Kelly Olynyk, he was coming off a 23-point, nine-rebound Game 3 performance against the Celtics. Expect him to have one game like that against the Pistons and maybe more.

Next: Don’t look for LeBron to beat a path to the line — not just yet. 


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Ken Hornack

Ken Hornack is a longtime NBA sports journalist. Before covering the Orlando Magic for the Daytona Beach News-Journal and FoxSportsFlorida.com, the native of the Cleveland area got his foot in the door with the Cavaliers during the Tom Nissalke coaching era and will forever associate his senior year of high school with the Miracle of Richfield. You can follow him @Ken_Hornack.

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