[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.

[LT Profits]

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.

[onlooker]

Cavaliers in seven.

[bigboydan]

Spurs in 6

[isetcap]

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]

isetcap,

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

[LargeMouthBass]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Mr Nuts]

cavs have a shot i like them in 6 maybe 7

[isetcap]

...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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[thezbar]

Spurs are too deep for Cleveland and I would lay the wood with the favorite in the series,Spurs in six

[EaglesPhan36]

Spurs in 6, maybe even 5. Unlike Detroit, the Spurs will force the Cavs to find someone other than Lebron to win each game. Cavs are a good story, but the Spurs are the best defensive team in the league and have had plenty of time to break down all the stupid things the Pistons did to hand control of that series to CLE.

[BuddyBear]

Spurs in 4....don't overthink it. Possibly CLEV wins GM 3 at home in a desperation situation with a fired up crowd. Major mismatch in coaching, experience, talent, etc.....

The CAVS have overachieved greatly...and just getting here is an accomplishment in and of itself. Don't be fooled though the Pistons are a soft team that failed to adjust defensely against CLEV....SA won't make those same mistakes.

[The Prick]

Lebron will get his, bowen works but will be overmatched. BUT the team defense Spurs bring to the table makes it much more difficult for LBJ to get to the rim, and the cross-court passes for open 3's will NOT be available often. Unders across the board, Dog covers most likely, but the Spurs in 5.

[tevari]

Spurs sweep.

[vanman]

cavaliers

[gridironguy]

Spurs sweep.

No offense, but you have no clue what you're talking about.

[gridironguy]

If Cavs are to win, it must be in 6 games. If it goes 7, forget about it -- the Spurs will hoist the trophy.

I believe the Cavs will steal one in SA, then take 2 at home of the middle 3, and take this thing in Game 6 in SA.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Disclaimer: I am NOT betting on the winner of this series, only on individual games.

[babaoriley]

gridiron, hey chief... You say someone knows nothing for predicting a Spur sweep, then you say Cavs in 6??? Talking about delusional... The Spurs will take this series with ease. I don't know if it will be 4,5 or even 6 games, but the series outcome will never be in doubt, unless (and only unless) the Cavs can steal game 1. Even then, I'd be taking a hard look at the value of the Spurs series price.

[gridironguy]

I picked Cleveland in the Finals, way back on April 30th:

http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-ta...enix-suns.html

Yes, I'm going out on a limb picking Cleveland. It is a pick with my heart, that's why I'm not betting on it.

If you forced me to pick a winner, and my life depended on it, I would take the Spurs in 7.

The Spurs will not sweep. It is delusional to predict that.

[tevari]

No offense, but you have no clue what you're talking about.

Boy, you sure do look stupid now dont you?

[babaoriley]

I picked Cleveland in the Finals, way back on April 30th:

http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-ta...enix-suns.html

Yes, I'm going out on a limb picking Cleveland. It is a pick with my heart, that's why I'm not betting on it.

If you forced me to pick a winner, and my life depended on it, I would take the Spurs in 7.

The Spurs will not sweep. It is delusional to predict that.

Yeah gridiron, I think you overthought this a little bit. This was a mismatch of epic proportions. Looking back, I'm only sad that I made a small bet on SA in 5, rather than SA in 4... I just thought the shaky officiating would come into play and give one game to the cavs.

[gridironguy]

Boy, you sure do look stupid now dont you?

And how much did you win on your 'Spurs sweep' bet?

My guess is a big, fat nothing.

[gridironguy]

Yeah gridiron, I think you overthought this a little bit. This was a mismatch of epic proportions. Looking back, I'm only sad that I made a small bet on SA in 5, rather than SA in 4... I just thought the shaky officiating would come into play and give one game to the cavs.

Yes, a major mismatch. That said, the Cavs could've easily won game 3 as they only hit 3 out of 19 from deep, while SA hit 10 out of 19 from deep. Every other statistical category was even. They only lost that game by 3 pts.

That was the game right there that they should have won. When every category is even except for one, where one team hits 7 more threes in the same amount of attempts, then the losing team gave it away.

No way to predict things like this. Most of those missed 3's were wide open too.

[tevari]

And how much did you win on your 'Spurs sweep' bet?

My guess is a big, fat nothing.

You're right, didn't bet on the series. Let's not forget, you were the one who made an idiotic post first. GJ on embarassing yourself though, gave me a good laugh.

[BuddyBear]

Spurs in 4....don't overthink it. Possibly CLEV wins GM 3 at home in a desperation situation with a fired up crowd. Major mismatch in coaching, experience, talent, etc.....

The CAVS have overachieved greatly...and just getting here is an accomplishment in and of itself. Don't be fooled though the Pistons are a soft team that failed to adjust defensely against CLEV....SA won't make those same mistakes.

Great call Buddy

CLEV showed that they are not even in the same league as SA. It's not often you can lay 1-4 and you are getting a cheap price on the favorite but that was the case here. They could play 10 more games and the Spurs would win every single game. No comparison whatsoever between these two teams. It was the varsity vs. the junior varsity...that was the storyline the entire series.