A little while ago I wrote a post about how I predicted the Detroit Pistons would beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Easter Conference Finals and go on to face the San Antonio Spurs in the 2007 NBA Finals. Well it seems Lebron James didn't like that prediction one bit and decided to drop 48 points in game 5 and go on to lead the Cavaliers to victory at home in game 6. Thank you Lebron for fucking up my prediction and making me look bad, you selfish asshole!
Actually I like Lebron James very much, he is a beast of a player, a true freak of nature at 6'8 and 240+ lbs that can run down the court faster than almost anyone in the NBA. He is the most physically talented player in the league but his teammates are a bunch of underachievers that somehow piggy backed to the 2007 NBA Finals. Maybe I'm not giving them enough credit, but the Spurs are a super experienced team with great chemistry and a great knowledge of the fundamentals of the game, not to mention the intangibles (psychological warfare).
I really used to like the Spurs because they are not flashy but get the job done night in and night out and they do it and done right. But they win championships every other year it seems and I'm sick of it. I always root for the underdog and in this case its Lebron and the Cavaliers.
What it will take to beat the Spurs?
Bruce Bowen is the best defender in the league and he is great at being a dirty player and getting away with it which is a rare talent in itself. He really earns his pay come playoff time almost always having to guard the opposite team's best player (Dirk Nowitzki, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Shawn Marion, Deron Williams, and Lebron James in the 2007 NBA playoffs). Will he be able to contain Lebron? Probably he will. So its up to King James to dig deap and pull off a Michael Jordan performance come playoff time. Look for the Cavs to take Bowen out of the series early either by getting him in foul trouble or just plain old hurting him with a dirty foul (like sticking a foot under him when he is coming down from a baseline 3 point shot so he can roll his ankle). If the Cavs manage to neutralize Bowen, Lebron will average an easy 32 ppg in the finals.
Bruce Bown guarding Lebron James
The Cavaliers young up and coming star Daniel Gibson will have to have another great series to cancel out the Spurs deep and talanted bench which includes Argentinian gold medalist Manu Ginobli (another player good at being dirty and getting away with it). Tony Parker is probably getting some good lovin' from Eva Longoria and not stressing the finals. Updates coming soon.
3 comments:
Go Kobe!
I don't think the series should be called Cavaliers vs Spurs. From all that I've seen and heard, it should be called LeBron James vs Spurs. I expect LeBron to do extremely well. That being said, because the Spurs are so deep in talent, I don't think that LeBron will be able to carry it off alone--Spurs in 6.
Yea I agree with you on that one. The Cavs don't really have anyone that can really score except for Lebron James. The Spurs even have a better dunker who warms the bench. I forget his name, something white check out his highlights on YouTube. He can dunk from the free throw line like nothing.
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