Spurs/Cavs Thoughts

Too bad Cleavland gave their best effort against

the San Antonio Spurs, as the Cavs
won both games in the regular season.
Now the Spurs will not take them likely.

I have San Antonio Spurs in 5, while it could be 6. I feel the Spurs have done a good job in keeping down penetration throughout the series whether it be Carmelo Anthony and AI of the Denver Nuggets or Steve Nash and Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns. Denver, Phoenix, and Utah all had better big men than the Cavs in my mind and Tim Duncan and company disposed of them easily.

I also find it odd that the player with the most offensive success against the Cavs has been Antawn Jamison, 2nd to scoring only to Kobe with 32 ppg. Even Mikki Moore and Rasheed Wallace enjoyed mild sucess against Cleavland's defense. The ex factor in this series will be Ginobli whose unorthodox style will be difficult and I suspect that the Cavs will not be able to stop him.

What would scare me most about Cleavland is that they have gotten better throughout the postseason. But does the Pistons loss to the Cavs really say that they are that good or were the Pistons really that overrated? The Nets were not that good and the Wizards were without their two best players in Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler. Cleavland may have has simply won the east because.... well somebody had too!

3 more things to consider
1. Tony Parker may be the guard that will create havoc for Cleavland. The Cavs have struggled in keeping combo guards like Gilbert Arenas and Dwayne Wade in the past.

2. Tim Duncan is better than any big that Cleavland faced. Duh! he's the best big in the league.

3. Bruce Bowen is the biggest cheap shot artist and will probably get under Lebron's skin who tends to complain to refs. I wonder how the league will react if Bowen nails LeBron's balls

The odds in Vegas (according to my friend):

If you bet $475 on the Spurs, you can get back a grand total of $100 more dollars.
If you bet $100 on the Cavs, you get back a total of $375.