Breaking News: The Spurs are good....like really good

To be completely honest, I didn't watch any of Game 2 of the NBA Finals last night, and it wasn't because I was watching the Sopranos. No, actually I was at the emergency room for a good three and half hours because my dad decided it was a good time to nearly hack off the tip of his thumb. So yes, I missed Game 2, the Braves eventual win and the Series finale of the Sopranos.

It wasn't a good night for me at all, besides missing what turned out to be a shitty night for sports and television in general, my dad almost cut off his thumb, I got a ticket on the way home and I almost hit an innocent bunny(yes I call them bunnies, don't judge me, the Bible says not too). I was just glad to get home and go to sleep last night, and hope that today turns out better.

Let's get to the game, not surprisingly, the Spurs dominated once again and don't let the final score of 103-92 fool you, because if it wasn't for a late fourth quarter effort, it would've been a blowout. For the first three quarters of the game, the Spurs could do no wrong and at the half, they compiled the third highest lead in NBA Finals history. But in the fourth the Cav's were able to put together a 22-4 run and maybe gave them some momentum heading into game three which is in Cleveland.

Once again, Tony Parker led all scorers with 30 points and possibly furthered himself as the possible MVP. Parker also put up four rebounds, two assists and went 13-20 from the field. The only person who could challenge Parker for MVP honors, vying a Spurs win, which is going to happen, is Tim Duncan who, like he always does, put up a great stat line, but it was just a shade under memorable. Duncan just missed having a triple-double with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. On the Cav's side of the ball, LeBron scored 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists but he turned the ball over six times and Daniel "BOOBIE" Gibson had another good game, coming off the bench of course, with 15 points and oh yeah, he shot 50% from the field. If the Cavaliers have any chance at winning even one game, they have to put Gibson in the starting lineup, come on Mike Brown....start BOOBIE!

I have a feeling all of the games are going to be like this

Last night was game one of the NBA Finals and despite a late rally, the Cavaliers couldn't handle the Spurs. The James-less Cav's went on to lose game one, 85-76, and yes, you can blame that on LeBron, he looked over matched and by "over matched", I mean he sucked. LeBron James only shot 4-16 from the field last night and ended up with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. He also turned the ball over six times, I guess Bruce Bowen can still play some good defense...but he's still dirty. And the Cav's really need to start Daniel "BOOBIE" Gibson, he once again had a great game, scoring 16 points in just 28 minutes of play, coming off the bench of course. He also added four assists and four steals.

To be completely fair, the Spurs didn't get a whole lot of support besides Duncan, Parker and Ginobili but that was all they needed. Tim Duncan scored 24 points and also grabbed 13 rebounds, blocked five shots and had two steals. Tony Parker led the game in scoring with his 27 points, he also added seven assists, two steals and four rebounds. And finally Manu Ginobili helped with 16 points and 8 rebounds off the bench.

On a completely different side note, this game did supply one of the greatest pictures I have ever seen.



There are many different factors that add greatness to this picture, for instance take a look at Robert "Big Shot" Horry and his best impression of a mentally handicapped squirrel. I am also quite fond of Ginobili's air boxing...it kind of looks like he hit James...which would've added some excitement in the game.

Cavs win and it wasn't because of LeBron

The Cleveland Cavaliers have defeated the Detroit Pistons, 98-82 to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in the team's history. Like I said in the title, LeBron James wasn't that big of a factor, at least offensively, he had just 20 points but he had a great defensive game getting 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. It was none other than rookie point guard, Daniel "Boobie" Gibson who carried the Cav's offensively, he scored a very impressive 31 points and he added 6 rebounds and 2 assists, oh and he did all this coming off the bench.

The Cavaliers are going to have their hands full in the Finals because they are matched up against the defensive powerhouse that is the San Antonio Spurs this coming Thursday night for Game one.

To quote Cav's coach, Mike Brown, "you leave him open and it'll be Boobie for three....shoot it Boobie...Shoot it!"

I'll get more in dept tomorrow, but for now I bid you farewell.

LeBron drops 48 in the Cav's game 5 double overtime win

I really don't know what to say right now, LeBron James just single handedly beat the Detroit Pistons in double overtime. James scored a career playoff high 48 points in the Cav's 109-107 victory Thursday night and now has the Cav's within one game of reaching the NBA Finals for the first time in team history.

James hit what proved to be the game-winning shot with 2.2 seconds remaining and Detroit's Chauncey Billups missed a shot in the paint that would've tied the game on the ensuing possession.

A huge portion of James' points came in the fourth quarter and the overtimes in which he scored 30 of his 48 points and just for a little reference on how shitty his teammates are...James scored 29 of the Cav's last 30 points and only two of his teammates scored in double figures, Zydrunas Ilgauskas with 16 points and Daniel "BOOBIES!!" Gibson with 11 points...only one problem, they both fouled out.

But even with this career defining game, you wouldn't know it by LeBron's post-game interview, man...he's so modest.

"Why should I be surprised? I was making a lot of great moves," James said. "They are definitely a great defensive team, but I was determined to attack."

The Cav's can lock up the series this Saturday night in Cleveland and if necessary, game seven is in Detroit and it would be on Monday night.

Side Note: The "Boobies" is a quote from one of my favorite sites, the Basketball Jones.

Kidd gets another triple-double and leads Nets over Cavs

After losing the first two games of the series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New Jersey Nets were in need of a strong show at home and they delivered. The Nets improved to 4-0 in the playoffs(and 10-0 going back to the regular season) at home after beating the Cavs, 96-85. The big three-Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson- all contributed in big ways, Kidd, Jefferson and Carter all had 23 points in the game. Kidd, along with his 23 points added 14 assists and 13 rebounds, Jefferson tallied 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals to his 23 points and Vince Carter, despite missing sometime after having to go to the locker to tape a sprained finger, grabbed 6 rebounds and 4 assists with his 23 point effort.

"He was terrific. His intensity, his ability to attack the paint, his will and doing it on both ends playing at such a high energy level," Nets coach Lawrence Frank said. "The triple-double, that is obviously such a tangible thing. He was tremendous on both ends. As a captain he set a great tone playing throughout their runs. He was obviously very, very special."

New Jersey was able to cool off the hot shooting LeBron James, James scored only 18 points, which snapped his 20-game streak of scoring at least 20 points in the playoffs. James did add 12 assists and 6 rebounds. The Cavs also had two players foul out, Sasha Pavolvic, who had been playing great defense on Carter in both games one and two and then Zydrunas Ilgauskas fouled out as well.

Most importantly for New Jersey, the Nets controlled the backboards after the Cavs pummeled them in the first two games, piling up a 100-69 rebounding advantage, including 39-12 on the offensive end.

"I have to give credit to our bigs," Jefferson said. "They did a great job of keeping them off the glass. In the first two games, there were some things we were doing defensively that I think were putting us in a bad way on the offensive glass and we adjusted to that."

The next game is going to be on Monday at 7:00 pm ET.