San Antonio Spurs Take Game 3

What was possibly the best chance for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win a game in these NBA Finals ended in a 75 to 72 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. LeBron James led all scorers with 25 points to go a long with 8 rebounds and 7 assists. The Spurs again played excellent defense all night. A perfect example of the Spurs playing great defense was the terrible shooting night of the Cavaliers new starting point guard, Daniel Gibson. Gibson shot 1-10 from the field and finished with only 2 points. Not a great upgrade over the guy he replaced, Larry Hughes. The "Big 3" of the Spurs, with the exception of Tony Parker, played poorly. Tony Parker led the Spurs with 17 points, while Tim Duncan only scored 14 , and Manu Ginobli only had 3. So you can see why Cleveland really needed to take advantage of this opportunity. Game 4 will be on Thursday night and I expect the Spurs to complete the sweep. This has been quite a learning experience for the young Cavs and King James.

A Team Possessed

Last night the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 103 to 92. Don't let the score fool you however. At no point until the 3rd quarter was this game close. The Cavaliers were down by 25 points at halftime and 27 after three quarters. They came out flat for the second straight game but they did go on a 22-4 run and eventually pulled within 95-87 on a three-point play by LeBron James with 4:53 left. Tony Parker led all scorer with 30 points while Tim Duncan had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists, nearly a triple double. LeBron shot better but not great, finishing with 25 points on 9 of 21 shooting. Now, it goes without saying that they needed to play at their 4th quarter intensity the entire game but why didn't they? Only the Cavs can answer that question. Game Three will be in Cleveland and if LeBron and the Cavs want to get back in this they need this game or they can kiss their title hopes goodbye.

Crown Him. The King Has Taken His Throne.

I know this post is two days late but bear with me here. It has taken me two days to process what happened at The Palace on May 31st. What LeBron James did was arguably the greatest playoff performance of all time. This is one of those sports days where you remember where you were. You will get into a conversation with someone about basketball, mention this game, and both of you will tell each other where you were. The accounts will be so accurate you'll scare yourself. This is why we watch sports, for this kind of moment. Let's just hope that effort wasn't for nothing as the Cavs can close out the series against the Pistons tonight at 8:30.

Cavaliers Vs. Pistons Game Four

The Cavs defeated the Pistons last night 91 to 87 in Cleveland. As I said during our first podcast I felt that Daniel Gibson was going to have to play a large role for the Cavs to win, and that is just what he did. Gibson scored 21 points, with 12 of those points coming from the free throw line. The other kid, LeBron James, went for 25 points, 11 assists, and 7 rebounds. Once again, Rip Hamilton and Chauncey Billups had poor scoring performances shooting a combined 15-37 from the field and Rasheed Wallace had only 9 points including 1 technical foul. The series moves back to Detroit for Game 5 which will be a pivotal game in the series. Whoever wins this next game will probably be moving on to the NBA Finals.