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I might have been able to deal with such underestimating of the Cavs if all the home team's players are fit and ready, which they're not. The Warriors can't count on Klay Thompson tonight, who's been scoring 17,9 points this season, with a three pointer efficiency of 41,2%. Their top player Stephen Cury is not even close to doing his best. He's been struggling with a muscle injury for a while now, the same injury that prevented him from playing the last five minutes of the game against the Clippers. His average in the last six games is 14,5 points (not once over 19), which is significantly less than the season's average (23,2). His three pointer efficiency in that period is only 8/28, and he's been spending 27,5 minutes on the court on average (not once more than 32 minutes). If the injury affects his performance tonight (and it's not even certain he'll play at all), the Warriors' chances will diminish rapidly since they have one of the poorest benches in the league. On the other hand, the Cavs turned out to be one of this season's greatest disappointments, but it's high time they started winning if they want to stay in the battle for play off. They proved they can play in Phoenix, and given the fact almost all of their players are ready for this game (only Miles is missing), I believe they can at least give the Warriors a hard time. The win wouldn't surprise me either, though. Irving, Deng, Hawes, Waiters, Varejao, and others are definitely capable of pulling something like that off, especially if this turns out to be a slower pace game.