I think it SHOULD be a sweep. But I think the Spurs get caught napping for 1 game, probably game 3 (leading to a lot of lunacy from the media, who will quickly jump on the bandwagon of giving the Cavs a chance (by comparing this series to the Pistons)). Spurs then mop up in game 4 and 5.
TP, Manu, TD > Gibson, Hughes, James
Spurs in 6.
Scotty Pippen, Horace Grant, Bill Cartwringth, Derek Harper, Steve kerr, Dennis Rodman all say o.
I just don't see the Cavs losing 2 home games in a row. I think it's imperative the Spurs win the first 2 games, not only to put doubt in the mind of the Cavs, but because of the next 3 games being in Cleveland, I don't see the Spurs winning more than 1 of them. Coming back to SA down 3-2 and facing a confident Cleveland would be a big task.
I think we call that prediction a uh..um...STRETCH.
I don't think the Spurs lose 2 in Cleveland, and unless everyone not named James finds a way to do anything on the road for a change - this one's over in 5.
Well I guess we will see. Cleveland are a very good home team and play much better offensively at home from what I've seen. They lose games when they can't score, and they score more easily at home than on the road. It's tough to beat them at 'The Q'.
Memo to Cav fans: you arent winning the le. Enjoy your little weak ass ECF trophy! Go Spurs Go! Go Spurs Go!
see: 1994 NBA season where Pippen won an all star MVP without Jordan. Granted, all star games might be meaningless in the long run but clearly Pippen was an extraordinary talent even without Jordan
Check out his numbers without Jordan I might add from the 1994 season as well as the fact that he played some of the 1995 season without MJ as well
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/scottie_pippen/index.html
also note that he took the bulls to a 55 win season without MJ which was no easy task. I mean if the bulls truly were a one man team then basically a bunch of scrubs got lucky......55 times
so do me a favor.
slap yourself in the face
and shut the up
Not to mention Scottie Pippen is perhaps the best perimeter defender ever...
Huh? Apparently you haven't seen Tony play much this year.....Especially in the playoffs.
Physical no longer bothers Tony. He just gets up off the floor, makes a couple of free throws, and hustles back on defense.
Tony will school the rook if they put him out there. Tonys speed makes Billups look like he is trying to finish a marathon, not a sprint.
And then what do you do when Tony and Manu are on the floor together. Put in both Snow and Gibson to try and slow them down?
Exactly
Tell me I didn't just see Dirk Nowitzki start rooting for us after bandwagoning onto our last two opponents didn't seem to work for him. Huh.Memo to Cav fans: you arent winning the le. Enjoy your little weak ass ECF trophy! Go Spurs Go! Go Spurs Go!
All this pre-Finals smack is beginning to remind me a lot of the Chicago Bears smack before this year's Super Bowl. The Colts were playing D at an incredible level, scoring is never a problem for Manning, and Indy was the runaway favorite to totally own Chicago and that's exactly what happened.
Despite playing in the inferior conference and tiest division in the NFL, the Bears thought their D could carry them to the Super Bowl trophy, because they too had been shutting up the naysayers who wrote them off in the earlier rounds of the playoffs. Chicago wanted respect and was going to earn it by crushing Indy.
See a pattern?
Didn't happen for Chicago. Turns out Grossman hit his period at halftime and choked in the 2nd half.
So I guess the moral of the story is, when a good majority of knowledgeable people predict that your team will get owned, they're probably right.
Spurs in 5.
You wish the Spurs would sweep the Cavs. This series will go 6 or 7 games because of the format. If it were 2-2-1-1-1, then I can see a 5 game series with the Spurs winning. However, those 3 straight home games are very important and as good as the Spurs are, they won't win all three. Even if they do win one, it sure won't be a sweep. You act like the Cavs are just going to lay down and die. It's not going to be easy. Believe or not, I really don't care.
I know you can't count it for everything, but Mike Brown used to be with the Spurs, he knows their playbook inside and out, since he has been the coach of the Cavs they've been 3-1 vs. SA and in one of those games Lebron only scored 19 pts and they still won. Cleveland beating San Antonio is not that much of a stretch.
Last edited by BWJACKETS; 06-05-2007 at 10:53 AM.
The format doesn't mean . The Spurs are a great road team, and this playoffs they beat Phoenix twice on the road and ended Utah's 7-0 win streak at home. Not to mention the crouds in Phoenix and Utah were as rough as it gets.
The lower seed has swept their 3 home games only two times in the history of the 2-3-2 format. Those games are not automatic locks for the Cavs to win. I'm sure the Spurs would prefer to win the championship in San Antonio, but I don't think they'd throw games just for that.
Bruce's birthday will be a very special one this year.
Nice job, MI21.
I think the Cavs are going to put LeBron on Parker early to see how that pans out. If that matchup occurs, then Parker really has to attack LeBron and try to tire him out.
I highly doubt the Cavs put LeBron on Ginobili. Defending Ginobili with a bigger player bigger has never worked. 6'3 to 6'6 and thick is the body type to defend Ginobili. I think the Cavs best matchup for Ginobili is Eric Snow.
And if Duncan is iso'd on Big Z, Duncan should attack. I watched Chris Webber destroy Z almost every time he posted him up in that Detroit series. The Cavs best defender on Duncan will probably be a flopping Varejao.
Uh, beg to differ.
The Cavs will win this series primarily because of two things. LeBron James and rebounding. Cleveland is one of the best rebounding teams in the league and that is a weakness of the Spurs.
Read the next line:Uh, beg to differ.
Artest is 6'5 and change with no shoes on and 260 pounds. Artest and Ruben Patterson are the guys who give Manu the most problems.
As long as Beno Udrih and Matt Bonner are seeing court time you might have a point.
Uh, we just played two of the best rebounding teams in the league on our way to the Finals and we did fine.
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