NBA FINALS


http://www.nba.com/media/mediacentralns/sas_35px.gif (http://www.nba.com/spurs/)http://www.nba.com/media/mediacentralns/cle_35px.gif (http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/)SPURS vs. CAVALIERS (http://www.nba.com/playoffs2007/series/series_w3s3.html)
Gm 1: Thur., June 7 @ SAS, 9 p.m., ABC
Gm 2: Sun., June 10 @ SAS, 9 p.m., ABC
Gm 3: Tue., June 12 @ CLE, 9 p.m., ABC
Gm 4: Thur., June 14 @ CLE, 9 p.m., ABC
Gm 5*: Sun., June 17 @ CLE, 9 p.m., ABC
Gm 6*: Tue., June 19 @ SAS, 9 p.m., ABC
Gm 7*: Thur., June 21 @ SAS, 9 p.m., ABC

The stands Glenn. The stands.

I voted Spurs in 5. I'm thinking on a stage like this the refs won't be out there screwing anyone over. Bowen is dirty and will throw Lebron off his game at times. They also don't have anybody to guard Parker (except Snow who is worthless on offense), so he will have a field day out there. I'm picking Parker as my finals MVP. Also, I don't think Big Z can guard TD, so that leaves Gooden and Varajao to tag team him. that means Horry will be floating around outside with Z on him. less rebounds for Z and also open threes for Horry at times.

And also, I'm not sure I want to watch one minute of this flopping contest. I'm not sure my TV will be able to handle all the filth on it.


Also, I will probably watch it anyway to see Lebron blow a gasket from Bowen kicking him in the shins. Thus, Stern will be fooled into thinking fans actually like having the Cavs in the finals.

Spurs in 5, Duncan MVP.

I think Parker is going to shred them.

It will make it painfully obvious how things might be different if we had a PG that could penetrate. (hee hee)

I agree with Chris, he's a genius.

Though I pick SA to handle them fairly well I must not forget


LEBRON JAMES IS ONLY 22 FUCKING YEARS OLD HOLY SHIT OMG

Things could get really scary down the road if they add the right pieces around him. Imagine if they found a steal like Parker was in the late first, or a scorer like Redd. It only takes one lucky pick to turn them into a scary team.

I refuse to vote till this is in the stands.

Originally Posted by Glenn
I agree with Chris, he's a genius.

Sorry, Chris. Every once in a while it becomes evident that I don't read your posts.

Also, this thread has the potential to turn into a freeze out of "Fingerbang".

Who is going to be the hero that votes for the Cavs first?

We know one thing, it won't be "Fingerbang".

Who is going to be the hero that votes for the Cavs first?


http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:4VtVTpXLtA-W0M:http://sixandout.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/bob%2520sideshow.jpg

WTF? Pistons in 7 isn't an option?

I know. This thread is all kinds of bullshit.

Yeah I'd say.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/apmegasports/200610172107760255158-pf.widec.jpg

Where it belongs.

Fuck yes bitches. Way to put it down Shogun.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/apmegasports/200610172107760255158-pf.widec.jpg

Where it belongs.

AND a Darko pic?

10 extra points for that, my friend....[smilie=llama_banan:

Who is going to be the hero that votes for the Cavs first?

We know one thing, it won't be "Fingerbang".

Cavs in 6

Was this being brazen or being a contrarian?

Can't decide.

Only Fools do not believe what they Witness with their own eyes.


THere's a hint about the future G. You should like what's coming.

[smilie=thatsfoul.g:

Glenn - thank you for fulfilling my only wish....

Woo hoo Cavs vs. Spurs :/

I can't believe I'm cheering for Duncan but...WOO!!! TEAR VERAJAO'S HEAD OFF!

Pop and TD had manlove in St. Croix
[smilie=thatsfoul.g:

Which will be more boring, this series or Superbowl 40?

DRob still looks like he could just come out of the stands, suit up, and play.

I voted Spurs in 5. I'm thinking on a stage like this the refs won't be out there screwing anyone over. Bowen is dirty and will throw Lebron off his game at times. They also don't have anybody to guard Parker (except Snow who is worthless on offense), so he will have a field day out there. I'm picking Parker as my finals MVP. Also, I don't think Big Z can guard TD, so that leaves Gooden and Varajao to tag team him. that means Horry will be floating around outside with Z on him. less rebounds for Z and also open threes for Horry at times.


Lebron had more TO's than baskets, Parker had 27, Big Z sucked ass.

Sounds about right. Hopefully this continues.

I am a Witness.

Spurs d > Pistons D

Glenn - thank you for fulfilling my only wish....

I didn't swat the thread here, No Q did.

Unless you are talking about my avatar...

Ratings for Game 1 are lowest ever in prime time (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AujfSDboBNPzSTenuMluq1e8vLYF?slug=ap-nbafinalsratings&prov=ap&type=lgns)
June 8, 2007

NEW YORK (AP) -- Game 1 of the NBA finals drew the lowest rating ever for an opening-game in prime time, dropping 19 percent from last year.

The San Antonio Spurs' 85-76 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night earned a 6.3 rating and 11 share on ABC. The previous low was a 6.4/11 in 2003.

Last year's Game 1 between Miami and Dallas earned a 7.8 rating and 14 share.

The rating is the percentage watching a telecast among all homes with televisions, and the share is the percentage tuned in to a broadcast among those households with televisions on at the time. A ratings point represents 1,114,000 households.

Like I said, even worse than Spurs-Nets.

I am now convinced David Stern is trying to kill the NBA. A total inside job.

BTW, who the fuck is even gonna bother watching game 2?

Spurs d > Pistons D
The Spurs held the Cavs to the same shooting % in Game 1 that we did for the entire series.

CAVS SUCK BALLS. When you got Manu posting up on you, you know somethings wrong. I actually wont be surprised if the spurs take it in 4 now

airballed a free throw...jeez what next?

This shit is making Pistons fans even MORE depressed.

If anybody says this series isn't over after it goes to 2-0 because the Miami Heat came back last year, you're a fucking retard and I hope you die.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeatdown.


I love it.

Unfortunately this is going to look prettier in the final box score.

Cavs coming back...spurs are like 2-13 in the 4th while cavs are 8-11, 3 of their 8 being 3's

There's your game.

Manu flops like no other, Mike Brown knows it, but cant say shit coz of varajeo. even Duncans getting fucking mad

lol@ pop falling down

Duncan gets mad?

Anyway, terrible game. Good thing this one will be over soon.

Well who doesn't get mad at varajeo?

alot of players in that game got away with traveling.

and Tony Parker never misses. He's stepping it up to no one's surprise

Yeah, with no Billups or Kidd defending him this time around just hand him Finals MVP.

Foot pain may force Hughes to bench for Game 3

ESPN.com news services
Updated: June 12, 2007, 2:04 PM



CLEVELAND -- Observers who think the Cleveland Cavaliers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=cle) would be better off with Daniel Gibson (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=4170) starting at point guard might get their wish Tuesday night. Cavs point guard Larry Hughes (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3251) indicated Tuesday morning that he would not start in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=sas) due to increased pain in his injured left heel from a strained plantar fascia. If Hughes can't go, that would open the door for Gibson to start and see more playing time.
"Sometimes you can overcome the physical by mental," Hughes said after the Cavs' morning shootaround. "At this point, it's getting pretty tough."
Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said Tuesday that he had not decided on a starting point guard for Game 3. Nor did he rule out Hughes starting.
"The team has a pretty good rhythm when [Hughes] starts," Brown said.
Hughes took cortisone and novocaine shots to numb the pain and help him play in the Eastern Conference finals against the Detroit Pistons (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=det), but has elected not to take the shots in the Finals.
Hughes is 1-of-10 from the field so far in the Finals, while Gibson is averaging 15.5 points on 62 percent shooting.
Gibson scored 31 points in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Detroit Pistons as the Cavaliers earned their first Finals appearance in franchise history.

Good, now that Gibson is in the starting lineup SA will hopefully start giving a shit about him and will destroy him like we've all been hoping for.

I'm ready to tune in.

It will be nice to get to sleep early for a change.

I'll tune in to the game when/if Verlander loses his no hitter.

Fuck Cavs fan

Since when the fuck did they start saying ZZZZZ? copying SHEEEEEED imo.

Absolutely horrible series, get this shit over with SA.

72-71 Spurs, my prediction.

Wrong again.

first

If I was a Cavs fan, I'd go shoot Varajeo LMFAO WTF KIND OF SHIT WAS THAT?

LeBron got fouled before he went up for the shot, tough. I'm still wondering how LeBron didn't get that call.

I like at the end of the game when he was like "he fouled me right here" then pointed to his heart (made that last part up because it's something LeBron's pussy self would do)

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I think the Spurs break out the brooms here.

nYM__s3R5q0

Since when the fuck did they start saying ZZZZZ? copying SHEEEEEED imo.

Since when did they not copy everything about the Pistons?

LeBron got fouled before he went up for the shot, tough. I'm still wondering how LeBron didn't get that call.

I agree. That was %100 a foul. whether or not he should have shot 2 or 3 FT's is open to debate. The foul is not a debate though. Terrible officiating there.

Somebody might need to photoshop some brooms into those "We are all witnesses" pics.

If somebody does it, make sure you slip the WTFDetroit.com URL in there so we can get some pub, lol.

AHH COME ON SPURS

lol LeBron's 7-26. Back to the closet you go.

LBJ finished 10-30 FG.

Long live the Spurs.

Still can't believe we lost to those crappy Cavs.

After watching this series, can you even consider LeBron a top 5 player in this league right now (right now because he still has time to grow)? Regardless of the fact he's ONLY 22 YEARS OLD OMFG and has "no help", dude has no consistent jumper (except vs. the Pistons for some reason), he's not a great finisher, and can't seem to get a handle of when it's his time to assert himself or when it's time to get ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ involved (when all great players do).

And good news: seeing how the Spurs won a title, don't have to worry about them repeating next year. :P

TD, Wade, Kobe and KG are all better than him for sure. After that I think things get dicey on who are the best players. He's definately top 10, but what number is hard to say. Everyone that would be in the 5-10 range hasn't won shit. No, KG hasn't either, but he's still a top 5 player regardless.

It's not a knock on Lebron either. He's still just 24.

BTW, Parker won MVP, just as I thought. Damn I wish I had my alpacas to be on that, I would have put them all on him.

I did think the Cavs would nutt up and win a game, but I certainly enjoyed the sweep.

This thread deserved to be in the stands regardless of the perspective of Piston fans.

Man the Spurs are too fucking good. They're everything the Piston players like to pretend they are with all their talk through the season (you know, before they go out like bitches).

Poise under pressure, never panicking, great defense, multiple weapons, versatile playing styles, a legit great post presence, and a great great coach.

For the record, I think Eva Longoria is hot as sin.

BUT......over-freaking-exposure.

I don't know who got more camera time....Lebron or Eva.

Yeah tell her to get some boobs first then she can get any attention she wants.

LOL @ the ratings. I know we aren't the biggest draw in the universe either but LOL. More peeps would have tuned in to see if Sheed would have a melt-down.

The Spurs don't really bore me, Cleveland on the other hand made me hate basketball.

The Spurs don't really bore me, Cleveland on the other hand made me hate basketball.

honestly, after the sting wore off, i was down to watch some of the Finals providing it was going to be competitive. i blame the Cavs for playing like hot garbage in June.

Yeah, same here. Venting on WTFDetroit really took that pain away. :D

I really do not get why anyone would have ever though the Cavs had a chance. LeBron choked to a degree. Averaged 6 turnovers a game and had so many turnovers in the lsat few minutes of game 4. In game 3, he missed a shitload of layups during the span where no one scored at all. Also, I don't see why Mike Brown gave LeBron the 3. So many players on the team can shootthe 3 better than LeBron can. LeBron actually went 4-21 from 3pt land(or something similar)

Finals were fukn boring, no intensity, no rivalry. I'm sure a shitload of more people would have watched to see a Pistons vs Spurs Finals.

Do you think if we were in the west we would've played with a lot more enthusiasm throughout the playoffs? Serious question.

I think we would have lost in the 2nd round. We didn't play like we deserved to be in the finals, that is for sure.

Using whatifsports (it's like crack for sports geeks) to see if the Cavs had at least a shot somehow...

Game 1: Cleveland Cavaliers 98 @ San Antonio Spurs 106
CLE:James 23 points (9/20 fg), 11 reb, 5 ast
SA: Ginobili 29 points

Game 2: Cleveland Cavaliers 94 @ San Antonio Spurs 110
Messed up, forgot to get the box score

Game 3: San Antonio Spurs 106 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 94
SA: Duncan 24 points (9/18 fg), 10 reb, 3 ast, 5 blk
CLE: James 21 points (9/21 fg), 5 reb, 7 ast

Game 4: San Antonio Spurs 105 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 99
SA: Parker 23 pts, 8 ast
CLE: James 33 pts (10/21 fg), 6 reb, 6 ast,


Heh...I *WISH* the scores could've looked like that.