San Antonio vs. Cleveland - Series Pick

Tchocky · 06-03-2007, 01:44 AM

The Cavs won the regular season 2-0. I think San Antonio is overpriced. If the Cavs win one of the first 2 games, then they will have an excellent chance of winning this series going back to Cleveland for the next 3 games.

LT Profits · 06-03-2007, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

The Cavs won the regular season 2-0. I think San Antonio is overpriced. If the Cavs win one of the first 2 games, then they will have an excellent chance of winning this series going back to Cleveland for the next 3 games.

I disagree because the Spurs are such a great road team. They have beaten better teams than Cleveland on the road this year, and the Cavs won't dominate them at home like they did to the East teams in these playoffs. I think the difference between the conferences will be evident in this series.

onlòóker · 06-03-2007, 01:53 AM

Cavaliers in seven.

bigboydan · 06-03-2007, 01:55 AM

Spurs in 6

isetcap · 06-03-2007, 02:11 AM

The teams will be tied at 2 games a piece going back to San Antonio and then Cleveland will steal Game 5 and finish off the Spurs in Cleveland for Game 6.

Cavaliers 4-2

LT Profits · 06-03-2007, 02:47 AM

isetcap,

The NBA Finals are a 2-3-2 format. Games 3,4,5 are in Cleveland, Games 6.7 in San Antone.

LargeMouthBass · 06-03-2007, 03:44 AM

I said this long before, West is much better than the East. I'm probably jinxing the Spurs right now but they will win this year.

Checkerboard · 06-03-2007, 05:37 AM

Sorry, what's that you said Large Mouth Bass? My mind was some place else . . . LOL (The one on the East looks okay to me).

isetcap · 06-03-2007, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by LT Profits

isetcap,

The NBA Finals are a 2-3-2 format. Games 3,4,5 are in Cleveland, Games 6.7 in San Antone.

Thanks, LT.

In that case look for the Cavs to be up 3-2 going into San Antonio...

Dark Horse · 06-03-2007, 12:51 PM

Short series. Could be a sweep. Cavs are weaker than Utah by far. Finals was between Spurs and Suns.

Mr Nuts · 06-03-2007, 01:21 PM

cavs have a shot i like them in 6 maybe 7

isetcap · 06-03-2007, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Horse

...Cavs are weaker than Utah by far...

I disagree. There is nobody on Utah's team that has the talent level of Lebron James. More importantly, Utah is a terrible defensive team that tries to hide their lack of team speed by fouling constantly. Cleveland is a top 5 defensive team that has success against San Antonio. It will be a much more challenging series for the Spurs than Utah was.

Dark Horse · 06-03-2007, 04:43 PM

That's more or less all true. But things change when you look at the coaches. Mike Brown and Flip Saunders are both soft. So it was easier for LeBron to make his mark. Sloan and Pop are tough as nails, with Pop being the tougher of the two. I could easily see Pop make Brown look like a rookie.

The regular season results mean nothing now. If possible, they would motivate the Spurs more.

Razz · 06-03-2007, 04:59 PM

Who really knows? I said halfway through the fourth quarter of Jazz/Spurs Game 4 (Next question) that it was obvious the NBA was setting up Lebron beating the Spurs in the finals. I should feel better about that after the ensuing three wins by Cleveland, but there is no possible way I am betting Mike Brown to beat Gregg Popovich at anything.
I think the gameplan will be obvious. They'll make Lebron beat them by scoring, like they made Deron and Nash do, and take away everyone else as much as possible.

babaoriley · 06-03-2007, 05:21 PM

They'll also force Lebron to go to his left, knock his ass down when he gets his hot streaks going, smother him defensively, and basically make his life a living hell on offense. None of that "dribble the ball up, everyone spaces and Lebron goes 1-on-1" stuff in this series. I think the Spurs could sweep but I'm betting some shaky officiating gives Cleveland a game or two.

moses millsap · 06-03-2007, 11:33 PM

Spurs 4-0. It won't happpen, so I voted for it.