Cavalier fans, it's A.C. - checking in. What's happening?

Well, I know that everybody wanted Boston, because we have history with them. But once you get to this place in time - in the Eastern Conference Finals, one step away from the Finals - I don't care if it's the best team in the world or the St. Francis' Sisters of the Poor. Bring 'em on.

I'm not going to mince words: Orlando is a tough matchup for us.

In the middle, with Dwight, you have to use Z, Anderson and Ben. By the same token, the key to Orlando's success is their forwards - Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu. One of those two guys have to be stopped for us to win.

I would say LeBron will check Lewis, which would take Anderson away from the basket to guard Hedo.  And you have to go with Z on Dwight. That's the way you have to do it. How else can you do it? That's why they're a tough matchup: because both their forwards play away from the basket.

You want to involve Dwight Howard in as many pick-and-roll situations as possible - just like Boston did. That's going to get Z a lot of open shots. And it'll force them to make a decision. Right now, we're the ones who have to make decisions on how to adjust to them. But to me, it's simple: Stop one of their two forwards and you beat them.

It'll be interesting the way we set up our defensive scheme.

The key is to not double-team Howard and don't give the other guys good looks. Howard's not going to score enough points to beat you. (And don't be afraid to foul him.) If you look at how Boston was guarding him - they never allowed him too close to the baseline. What he wants is one or two dribbles and a dunk. You can't allow that.

The Cavaliers need to cut off his angle on the baseline, and when he turns into the lane, roll him out. Never let him turn freely into the lane. Z's got the length to make him do that - he just has to get more physical with him, I think.

You can't play tiddlywinks with this guy. Dwight Howard is not a guy who's going to show an array of shots to shoot over you. He's going to try to overpower you. So you have to fight fire with fire. Get position between him and the basket - and make him shoot over the top. If you're going to double-team him, make sure the open pass is to his blind side. You don't want him to see the double-team coming and make the pass. If the double-team comes, you want him to turn in order to make a pass.

I'm not concerned with our record against Orlando this year, or even over the past three years. But I am concerned about a team that shoots the ball as well as they do.

I'm not concerned that we'll lose the series, because I think we're the better team and because we're back to playing like we did at the beginning of the season. The team is totally focused. So the record doesn't bother me. It's just that it's a tough matchup for us.

But like I've been saying: The key is to win the first two games. No team can beat us four out of five.

Aside from the X's and O's against Howard, we can beat them if we force them to stress. They've already played 13 games - most of them under great pressure. We have to force them into stressful situations for that to take effect. If you allow them to cruise, it won't bother them.  But if you force them into stressful situations, where they're down 10 or 15, and are stressed to get back, that's where those 13 games will catch up with them.

We have to go right at them - aggressively on both ends of the floor. Close out strong. Understand their tendencies and take those away from them. They're a smart team, but they're a little jittery.

I'm not worried about rust. They should know from the last series, what to expect as far as remaining sharp.

They should be aware of that and they should be able to overcome that. At this point in the season, rest is a good thing. The other teams are stressing every series, not us. The Cavaliers haven't had that yet, and they have to understand, when they do stress, don't overreact to it.

Keep the pressure on the Magic, because eventually those 13 games will catch up with them. But the key is to keep the pressure up.

I think if the Cavaliers win the first two games - we win it in five. If we split the first two, we win it in seven. But either way, I see the Wine and Gold getting to the Promised Land.