The Cleveland Cavaliers are the defending NBA champions and 9-0 in the playoffs, but Bradley Beal believes they were scared of his Washington Wizards.
The Cavs lost their last four games of the regular season, giving them the No. 2 seed in the East and a playoff path that took them through Indiana and Toronto while the top-seeded Celtics got the Wizards in Round 2.
And Beal believes that was the Cavs’ plan — to duck the Wiz and have an easier path to the conference finals.
“Cleveland didn’t want to see us. I always said that.