3) Cleveland CavaliersStrengths The defending champions still have LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. 2) Emerging talentThis league has not been kind to rookies, particularly attackers. 11?BSTKenya’s Geoffrey Kirui won the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, pulling away from American Gal. nsidering Clippers history, there are simply too many teams better than them in the Western Conference playoffs this year.