Cavs need to cling to that game-in-the-loss-column lead, because they lose the tiebreaker with the Bulls. Naturally, and I'm not extremely confident in how they've played from what I've seen(especially with LeBron apparently being gimpy), I just found that statement a bit unusual considering the evidence counter to it being so recent. Chicago beat Cleveland in Cleveland just over a month ago. I said the Bulls should be the Eastern favorites, not that they will win every single game they play. And I neglected to mention it originally, but Noc will be back for the playoffs, and he's torn up the opponent both of his first two times there. The Bulls have put up among the best records in the NBA since the break without one of their most important players (which, ironically, probably makes him expendable after this season).