Regardless of which team advances in the east, I want as much as possible a fair and consistent officiating of the series for both teams. I don't want another 06 officiating where Wade is sent the charity stripe 26 times. That is ridiculous. 04 finals was another badly officiatd series imho. My only concern if we face cleveland is that Lebron will most likely get the advantage of the calls for their home games. Yes, more so than Kobe ever will in his team's home games.

I believe that the real championship team is the one that can win both at home and on the road. In the case of a Lakers-Cavs finals (if i'm right about my prediction), the Lakers should win the championship if they play to the level of their talent while bringing full effort all 48 minutes in each and every game. The only difference I see between that Lakers and the Cavs is that the Cavs have a less talented team but they play hard all 48 min to win.