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Sports InsiderTony Parker and the Spurs Cast a Spell, as the Cavs find themselves in Basketball Hell.
June 11th 2007 07:28
The Finals so far look awfully lonely for LeBron James. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Before the NBA Finals began, we, like many other spaces dedicated to pro-basketball made the usual predictions about what would be the trends to look out for and the final win ratio. NBALOUD gave the Cavs six games before they got bounced, and when those words were penned the caveat should have been noted at the time was that we were being mighty generous because they could conceivably go down 4-0 and that is increasingly looking like the sad reality.
San Antonio gave Cleveland a beat down of epic proportions today with a 103-92 victory, while going 2-0 up. The final score actually flattered the Cavs because for the whole game they were about as effective as a pornstar acting out Shakespeare in the Globe Theatre.
The Spurs were once again led by the little Frenchman who is going to marry a muy caliente actress in less than a month. Tony Parker had 30 points as he did a merry jig around the Cavs defence which were perplexed at how to stop the slick Frenchy. It didn’t help matters that the dynamic trio for San Antonio played sublime basketball for another game.
Tim Duncan had is usual superb all round output with 23 points, 9 rebounds and eight assists,
Cheap Shot Rob strikes again! This time he puts a hit on his own coach Gregg Popovich. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Cleveland were being blown out of the water and heading into the fourth quarter found themselves 29 points down and then, like in Game 1 they made a run and shockingly were only eight points down at one stage. The Cavs shouldn’t fool themselves because a) everyone makes a run in the NBA and b) San Antonio got bored and disinterested.
Once the Cavs began to have the absurd belief that they might actually steal a win, the Spurs put that to rest with some solid play and clamped down on their opponents. It also helped that with about two minutes remaining Ginobili got clipped on a 3-point attempt that dropped in the basket which turned into a vital four point play.
We’ve gone roughly 300 words without once mentioning LeBron James so here we go: the King had 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists – sounds like a good night, no? Well, not quite, LeBron is being dominated by the Spurs who are making him look extremely second rate so far. The only player that can really hold his head up high for Cleveland is rookie Daniel Gibson who is showing absolutely no fear against these Spurs.
Many pundits have voiced their opinion that the Cavs are the worst team in NBA Finals history and for the first two games they have absolutely proved the critics right. There is nowhere to hide and Cleveland is being exposed by an immensely more talented outfit that is better than them in every facet of the game. Hell, even Cheap Shot Rob is showing the LeBron’s how basketball should be played doing his best Bill Russell imitation in registering five massive blocks in this contest.
The series now moves to Cleveland and for the second series in a row the Cavs find themselves in a 0-2 hole which they managed to dig out of last time and land a win. Sadly, for the team this time around is slightly different because they aren’t facing a weak Eastern Conference foe and this is San Antonio – a dynasty in the making.
Today’s video is of 5’9” Nate Robinson blocking the shot of 7’6” Yao Ming. It was one of the most memorable plays of the past season.
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Nice vid too! What a block!! I loved Yao Ming's imitation of an Italian football player at the very end
Charles.
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Comment by Stanley
charles - yes he has been around and still kicking ass. i have to say that i hated on him for ages but now appreciate his talents.
and yes, yao really hammed it up because that was humiliating!
adrienne - aw, thanks