Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, left, drives to the basket against Boston Celtics’ Al Horford, from Dominican Republic, in the second half of Game 4 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 112-99. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

by David Zizmor (some static hum in beginning clears up later in broadcast)

OAKLAND–Right now you have to like Cleveland’s chances to advance in the NBA Conference Finals as the Cavaliers have a 3-1 series lead on the Boston Celtics. Despite what happened to the Warriors in last year’s finals as the Cavaliers came back when they were down 3-1. It’s been a trend for the Warriors and Cavs to meet for these finals and this will be the third straight meeting.

For the Celtics three-one come backs are really difficult and the Celts have the home floor so they’re best effort is to try and cut the lead down to one with a win at TD Garden on Thursday night. The fact of the matter is Cleveland may have lost game three on a last second shot and the Celtics are playing without their all NBA player Isiah Thomas whose out with a hip injury. You might give Boston a fighting chance to win another game but their chance to win three straight against this Cavaliers team is unlikely and it looks like the Warriors will be facing the Cavaliers.

David Zizmor does the Golden State Warriors podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com