The cavs just came off what seemed liked a 6 month homestand and furthermore when you look back at the schedule,it always seems like when they play one of the better teams, that particular team was coming in to Cleveland playing the second of back to back games. For example prior to today, both times Cleveland played Orlando, Orlando was playing the second of back to back games and 4 games in 5 nights and back to back games and 3 games in 4 nights the other time while the cavs were rested on both occasions. 

When the cavs played one of the elite teams this year that were not playing back to back games they have lost a lot of those games, Orlando today, Denver the other day, and Dallas earlier this year.

Did the NBA do everyting possible this year to make sure the Cavs and the Lakers were going to have the best records in the NBA and perhaps an easier path to the finals ?

Is the Cavs record a product of a really weak eastern conferance to go along with friendly schedule making or are they really the best team ?

Sure people will point out that the Cavs have a winning record against the western conferance but what if for example Denver, LA, or Dallas played in the east and played the cavs schedule and the cavs played in the west playing one of their schedules ? Would Denver, LA, Dallas have a similar record to what the cavs record is now ? Would the cavs record be just as good if they were playing more games against the west day in and day out versus constantly playing against sub .500 eastern teams ?

Should be an interesting rest of the season and playoffs this year.