wildbill2u
06-11-2007, 07:58 PM
(A long article so I didn't copy it all. Really good things said about the Spurs.)
Cavaliers face steep climb if they want to catch Spurs
Duncan, Parker and Ginobili have been hard to stop so far
CLEVELAND — Time to bust out the hiking boots, grab some sturdy ropes and maybe even hire a Sherpa.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have some serious climbing to do.
Right now, the San Antonio Spurs tower over them.
Deep in the heart of the Texas, the Cavs dug themselves a canyonesque hole. Looking like lost tourists in their first NBA finals, they dropped Games 1 and 2 to the playoff-polished Spurs, who with the exception of a fourth-quarter letdown on Sunday night, have mastered Cleveland.
The Cavs will host a finals game for the first time in their 37-year history on Tuesday night, and they're hoping to turn around this lopsided series in boisterous Quicken Loans Arena, where the ear-splitting crowd noise and fire-spewing swords on their scoreboard will be a welcomed sight.
"It's going to be electrifying," LeBron James said.
Shocking the Spurs won't be so easy.
Creeping toward their fourth title, and third championship in five years, the league's best defensive team unleashed its offensive fury on the Cavs in Game 2 as Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili combined for 78 points.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/4880694.html
click on link for the rest of the long article
Cavaliers face steep climb if they want to catch Spurs
Duncan, Parker and Ginobili have been hard to stop so far
CLEVELAND — Time to bust out the hiking boots, grab some sturdy ropes and maybe even hire a Sherpa.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have some serious climbing to do.
Right now, the San Antonio Spurs tower over them.
Deep in the heart of the Texas, the Cavs dug themselves a canyonesque hole. Looking like lost tourists in their first NBA finals, they dropped Games 1 and 2 to the playoff-polished Spurs, who with the exception of a fourth-quarter letdown on Sunday night, have mastered Cleveland.
The Cavs will host a finals game for the first time in their 37-year history on Tuesday night, and they're hoping to turn around this lopsided series in boisterous Quicken Loans Arena, where the ear-splitting crowd noise and fire-spewing swords on their scoreboard will be a welcomed sight.
"It's going to be electrifying," LeBron James said.
Shocking the Spurs won't be so easy.
Creeping toward their fourth title, and third championship in five years, the league's best defensive team unleashed its offensive fury on the Cavs in Game 2 as Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili combined for 78 points.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/4880694.html
click on link for the rest of the long article