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2007 NBA Finals - Cavs v Spurs

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The Spurs are playing great and doing a lot of things well to frustrate the Cavs. On top of what San Antonio is doing, the Cavs are just playing piss poor basketball right now. I may tune it back in later, but I changed the channel for now. It's not that I can't take it as a Cavs fan. They're just so bad tonight that it's offending my sensibilities as a fan of the game of basketball in general.
 
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why does Mike Brown continue to double Tim Duncan when it just leads to even easier shots than just playing him straight up------it's blatantly obvious, and it's unbelievable they haven't figured this out yet.....why let Parker and Ginobli get off, when we can just let Tim do his thing and shoot 50- 60 %...it'll keep us around much etter than letting Ginobli have wide open look after look, and force Parker to shoot rather than penetrate on a rotating defense
 
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Mike Brown

Mike Brown is an offensive cancer to the Cavs. Pass the ball - get some touches and play to your strengths not your weaknesses.

They look so stagnant on offense sometimes it is sickening. Boobie needs to run the point. That is the best way to compliment and eploit an offensive weapon such as Lebron. You can't expect Lebron to take it to the hoop everytime since he is drawing double and triple teams and he is NOT a shooter - yet.

Mike Brown's team is really dropping the ball on defense as well. I thought defense was his cup of tea (eg-fricken-zactly billmac91, well said)?

I hope they leave it all on the court next game and run it up and down. A half court offense aint gonna cut it with San Tonio. I suspect some homecourt hero's will step up as well; Gooden, Pavlovich, Sasha.

How about playing agressive ... rather than passive-aggressive. The crappy part is Mike Brown just bought himself 2-3 more years if not more.

just my 2 cents...
 
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The Spurs grades for Game 2:

Tim Duncan
Duncan had an all around powerful contest in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. He dominated early and finished with 23 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, while connecting on 9-of-16 from the field and committing only one turnover. While he didn't have a blocked shot in the game, he was a force on that end of the court as well. As with rest of the team, his play suffered a bit at the end but he did more than enough to help the Spurs go up 2-0 in this best of seven series.
Grade: A-


Manu Ginobili
Ginobili was incredibly efficient in Game 2. He scored 25 points on only 11 field goal attempts. To go along with his points, he added six rebounds, three steals and two assists in only 28 minutes of play. His offensive production given his playing time was phenomenal. The only downside to Ginobili's game was his defense. After a stellar defensive performance in Game 1, he let his play on that end of the court slip a bit in the second contest of the series.
Grade: A-


Tony Parker
Parker is continuing his breakout playoff run. In Game 2 of the Finals, Parker again led the Spurs in scoring with 30 points on 13-for-20 shooting from the floor. With LeBron James guarding him for much of the game, the Spurs decided to take Parker off the ball and let him run through a myriad of screens to try to wear James down. Parker flourished in that role and was consistently the Spurs most successful offensive weapon throughout the game.
Grade: A-


Bruce Bowen
Bowen's numbers weren't pretty but he had another quality showing defensively. While James did score 25 points and hand out 6 assists, Bowen made him work for everything he got. Rarely did James run free or get anything easy. Offensively, it was more of a struggle for Bowen. He hit only 1-of-9 shots from the field in his 41 minutes of playing time.
Grade: B-


Fabricio Oberto
Oberto played 20 solid minutes for the Spurs. He only finished with four points and four rebounds, but he was physical and played smart basketball. With the series switching over to Cleveland for Game 3, the Spurs will need more from Oberto than they got in the first two games of the Finals.
Grade: B-


Michael Finley
For the second consecutive game, Finley had a tough night and saw little action in the second half. He finished 1-for-4 from the field in scoring two points in 15 minutes. The worst aspect of Finley's game was a couple of missed box outs that led to second chance point for the Cavs. Finley needs to straighten out his shot and play a more all around game from here on out.
Grade: C-


Robert Horry
Horry has had some good games in the playoffs this year but this game topped them all. Even with Big Three playing well, Horry was perhaps the best player on the court for the Spurs. His defense was outstanding. Horry pulled down nine rebounds and blocked five shots in 26 minutes of action. Offensively, Horry buried a three-pointer and two free throws while also handing out four assists. Horry's production was apparent in the plus/minus stat, where he led the Spurs with a +27.
Grade: A+


Jacque Vaughn
Vaughn had his second straight solid outing for San Antonio. In 12 minutes, Vaughn scored two points, assisted on two baskets and pulled down three rebounds. He has proven to be a good matchup against the Cavaliers and can use his energy to cause havoc on the court.
Grade: B+


Francisco Elson
Elson had his moments in Game 2. He was 3-for-3 from the floor on his way to six points and three rebounds in 13 minutes. His defense was decent, although he was late on a couple rotations. The biggest negative against him was his far and away team worst plus/minus of -16.
Grade: B+


Brent Barry
Barry made a couple nice plays in the first half, including a slick pass to Elson for a dunk. However, the second half was a different story for Barry. He hurried a couple three-pointers that helped the Cavs find their way back into the game. His defense was also nothing to write home about in the second half.
Grade: C+


Pop
Pop's adjustment of taking Parker off the ball and forcing James to work defensively was a stroke of genius. Cleveland certainly doesn't want James chasing Parker around picks defensively, especially considering how much of the offensive load James has to carry. Pop also took advantage of the Cavs not doubling right away against Duncan in the first half. Pop does warrant some blame for his role in the near disastrous collapse in the fourth quarter. He seemed to step off the gas and the Cavs nearly made the Spurs pay dearly for that mistake.
Grade: B
 
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Anyone else think it's time to put Hughes on the shelf for the rest of the season? I appreciate what he is trying to do, but with only one foot he isn't doing anything to help the team. His game is athleticism and driving to the hoop. Right now all he is doing is throwing up shots. If Shannon Brown is healthy I would play him 10-15 minutes a game and give him the sole job of becoming Parker's shadow. All effort and fouls, harass the hell out of him. If all Hughes is going to do is jack up 3's they'd be better off with Brown playing since he is a better shooter. Marshall is another guy that needs to find a spot on the bench and stay there for the rest of the season.
 
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exhawg;861638; said:
Anyone else think it's time to put Hughes on the shelf for the rest of the season? I appreciate what he is trying to do, but with only one foot he isn't doing anything to help the team. His game is athleticism and driving to the hoop. Right now all he is doing is throwing up shots. If Shannon Brown is healthy I would play him 10-15 minutes a game and give him the sole job of becoming Parker's shadow. All effort and fouls, harass the hell out of him. If all Hughes is going to do is jack up 3's they'd be better off with Brown playing since he is a better shooter. Marshall is another guy that needs to find a spot on the bench and stay there for the rest of the season.
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I agree with all of your suggestions, but doubt that Brown will come up with any earth-shattering changes. Its not nearly enough to say that he is being outcoached at the moment - that's too obvious. The Cavs are completely unprepared, made zero adjustments for game 2 and have no offensive scheme whatsoever. I know the Spurs are a superlative defensive team, but it can't be hard to guard a team who relies on its best player hold the ball and create from 25-30 feet away on seemingly 75% of possessions.
 
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I think it's could almost be time for..
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Hughes, Snow and Marshall need to all stay the hell of the court. How many f'n open looks can Hughes and Marshall clank? Snow had a layup that he refused to take and he passed it back out top. The Spurs are too damn good to waste floor time with those 3 stiffs. I can only buy the defenseive arguement so much before their offensive liability overtakes the help they may offer on defense.

When LBJ passes, you need to hit the open look!!! Gibson does it. The sooner they hit the open shots, the sooner the Spurs stop tripling LBJ when he enters the lane.

F'n turds. Brown better wake the hell up and start Gibson, and tell him to chuck up at least 20 shots.

Hughes stinks, period !!!
 
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The Spurs are just too good over the full 48 mins. We catch up when the Spurs play like humans, but as we have seen in the two games thats only going to be for about a total of 15mins a game. The other 33 we need to play out of this worldly and 30% shooting with 50% FTs is never going to get it done against a team consistently best 50%/75%. Simple math, they make more points per trip then we do. Especially when we only get a shot at two free throws and only make one. Thats how we got beat last night. How many one point trips did we get in the first half? I dont know but I bet half our scoring drives were only for one point in the first 24 mins.
 
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Toledo Blade

Cavs' hole deepens; too little too late as Spurs up 2-0

By MAUREEN FULTON
BLADE SPORTS WRITER


SAN ANTONIO - The talk started before the finals did, and the Cavaliers' time in Texas has only put a loudspeaker in front of it.

The Cavaliers are one of the worst teams to ever make the NBA finals, national pundits said. Of all the teams the Spurs have played this postseason, the Cavs are the fourth-best.

It's possible the Cavs could be playing the rest of the series not to win a championship, but to shake off those labels. So far all they've shown for themselves are two strong fourth quarters where they've turned blowouts into respectable scores.
 
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Yahoo Sports


History lessons

History lessons
td.yspwidearticlebody { font-size: 13.5px; }By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
June 10, 2007 SAN ANTONIO ? Two years ago, the San Antonio Spurs wrapped up another NBA finals manhandling of the Detroit Pistons, scoring a second straight blowout victory to take a 2-0 series lead. The Pistons looked overmatched up and down the roster. People were talking sweep.
Then the series moved to Michigan.
"We won against Detroit by (21) in Game 2 and in Game 3 we got smashed, we lost by (17), and in Game 4 we lost by (31)," said Tony Parker, who is halfway to this year's finals MVP.

And so here we go again, San Antonio clearly the better team in the finals, just two late flurries by the Cleveland Cavaliers making the score appear closer than it was. The Spurs are up 2-0 after a 103-92 victory Sunday, and it's up to them to determine how long this one goes.

The Cavs' hope lies almost completely in past history ? theirs of coming back from 2-0 holes and the Spurs' tendency through the years of letting opponents up off the canvas and allowing them to get right back into these things.
The Pistons in the 2005 finals ? a series that wound up going to the final minutes of Game 7 before San Antonio pulled it out ? are just the most famous example. Since 2002, the Spurs have taken 2-0 leads eight times. In six of those series, they lost Game 3. In four of them, they lost Game 4, too. Once, they lost the entire series.
"We already discussed it," said Tim Duncan, not 15 minutes after Game 2 ended.
 
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