Cavs Have a 9% Chance of Winning the Finals

[Marcus Bryant]

Spurs didn't play the "pathetic Wolves" in the 2005 WCF; they nearly swept out the Suns, who had the best record in basketball that season.

I understand the argument that the Cavs are probably the best defensive team that the Spurs have faced this post-season. We'll see if that makes a big difference or not. I think the Spurs are probably as good defensively as the Cavs -- particularly because the Spurs have a major league shot blocker waiting at the rim for those who are able to get there. The question is which team's offense is going to be best able to exploit the weaknesses of the opponent's defense. I think the Spurs present a more varied attack and create dilemmas for teams with the way that their offense is structured -- I think those dilemmas and versatility make it hard for teams to just play the Spurs one way on defense. I guess we'll see over the next couple of weeks whether the Cavs can do vary their looks and affect the Spurs' offense more than than the Spurs might be able to limit the Cavs' offense.

The Spurs have the best defense that the Cavs will have seen in this playoffs and far and away possess the best offense. Meanwhile the Cavs have the worst offense the Spurs will have faced in this postseason.

[FromWayDowntown]

The Spurs are the best defense that the Cavs will have seen in this playoffs and far and away the best offense. Meanwhile the Cavs will be the worst offense the Spurs have faced in this postseason.

There is that. Like I say, I think it will be very interesting to see how the Cavs deal with the Spurs' offensive diversity and whether the Spurs are able to maintain their focus on taking away the rim and the three point line to make the Cavs beat them from the midrange.

Can the Spurs make Lebron a scorer without allowing him to be a distributor?

Can the Cavs deal with Duncan without offering the Spurs uncontested threes?

[ShoogarBear]

Cavs have a 50% chance of winning the finals

2 outcomes, 1 chosen... thats 1 in 2... which is 50%


aint rocket science here guys

I predict . . . a science or engineering career is not in your future.

[Marcus Bryant]

The last team to beat the Spurs in the postseason in the last 3 seasons was top 7 in opponents' FG% and top 3 in own FG%. Plus that team managed to force the Spurs to change their rotation and weaken their defense by taking a big off the floor. There will be one game which will see the Cavs make 50 trips to the line or whatever (which will be painful to watch for any basketball fan as the Cavs were 29th in the league in FT%) which the Cavs may pull out.

[NorCal510]

wow, that took some guts with that avatar pic.

i need a sarcasm icon for those who dont understand

[Marcus Bryant]

i need a sarcasm icon for those who dont understand

I think that comparison has you on a 1 way trip to elimination.

[ATXSPUR]

pistonskillspurs is obviously a cav fan in disguise.

[Bigzax]

best lowpost wins championships in post jordan era and even in the middle of it.

hakeem,
td,
shaq,
wallace bro's.


one plays tomorrow.

[PistonskillSpurs]

Pistons lead the league in blocks. That didn't bother the Cavs much.

Spurs didn't play the "pathetic Wolves" in the



2005 WCF; they nearly swept out the Suns, who had the best record in basketball that season.

I understand the argument that the Cavs are probably the best defensive team that the Spurs have faced this post-season. We'll see if that makes a big difference or not. I think the Spurs are probably as good defensively as the Cavs -- particularly because the Spurs have a major league shot blocker waiting at the rim for those who are able to get there. The question is which team's offense is going to be best able to exploit the weaknesses of the opponent's defense. I think the Spurs present a more varied attack and create dilemmas for teams with the way that their offense is structured -- I think those dilemmas and versatility make it hard for teams to just play the Spurs one way on defense. I guess we'll see over the next couple of weeks whether the Cavs can do vary their looks and affect the Spurs' offense more than than the Spurs might be able to limit the Cavs' offense.

[Marcus Bryant]

Pistons lead the league in blocks. That didn't bother the Cavs much.

Pistons' O was abysmal.

[FromWayDowntown]

Pistons lead the league in blocks. That didn't bother the Cavs much.

No Piston had as many blocks as Duncan did this year.

The Cavs haven't seen a team with a stopper at the rim like Duncan.

[Marcus Bryant]

No Piston had as many blocks as Duncan did this year.

The Cavs haven't seen a team with a stopper at the rim like Duncan.

They haven't seen a team that can execute at both ends of the court like the Spurs.

[tlongII]

Well, we had less than a 6% chance of winning the lottery soooo...

[ShoogarBear]

Well, we had less than a 6% chance of winning the lottery soooo...

You won't know whether you actually won it for another couple of years or so.

[IceColdBrewski]

Cavs have a 50% chance of winning the finals

2 outcomes, 1 chosen... thats 1 in 2... which is 50%

That's like sayin I have a 50% chance of beating Mike Tyson simply by stepping into the ring with him. But it doesn't work that way dip .

[michaelwcho]

[QUOTE=PistonskillSpurs] This is Piston's style defense designed for series, to be applied over several games, and to wear down the opponent physically. QUOTE]
That's why we beat you in Game 7 two years ago, hm?

[NorCal510]

That's like sayin I have a 50% chance of beating Mike Tyson simply by stepping into the ring with him. But it doesn't work that way dip .

there are exceptions

mike tyson is black and you are not

therefore he has a better chance

use common sense brewski

[td4mvp3]

there are exceptions

mike tyson is black and you are not

therefore he has a better chance

use common sense brewski

says the guy who made the african american in the photo a monkey.

at least i think timvp is african american, he always looked as such in the pics i saw.