How many games will it take the Spurs to beat the Cavs?

I think it will be a sweep, by an average margin of about 12 points.  The Cavs are no good, and the East is a complete joke compared to the West.  The Lakers would have been the best team in the East.  These finals are going to be terrible.

And don't say "the Cavs won both regular season games," because that means nothing.  The last 3 teams that have swept the regular season series have all lost in the finals (heard it on SportsCenter earlier).

Spurs in 5. They'll walk all over the Cavs, especially if they can contain LeBron.bluezy

Who can contain lebron?... no one. people are way too quick to rule out the cavs. I agree the spurs will win but if gibson shows up to play like last series and lebron plays the way we know he can the cavs might steal it.

Edit: I said might. 

[QUOTE="bluezy"]Spurs in 5. They'll walk all over the Cavs, especially if they can contain LeBron.pen_needlz

Who can contain lebron?... no one. people are way too quick to rule out the cavs. I agree the spurs will win but if gibson shows up to play like last series and lebron plays the way we know he can the cavs might steal it.

Edit: I said might. 

no one can stop LeBron but slowing him down is possible and Bowen is on that job...

its gonna go 2 the spurs because of their outstanding d-fense and that they have a team full of good players when compared 2 cavs, they have about 2 (not sure) like king james and larry hughes but unless lebron and the team has a good game, it will be a close one to the end

^^^ u are very true bruce is a great defender, but i remember him getting torched for 20 a game last series via Deron Williamspen_needlz

True, but williams worked for every shot he got, taking many more field goal attempts than usual.  Other than him and boozer, the jazz role players did jack.

I just want to throw in there that no team in the history of the NBA has won with a single all-star.LessThanMarcus

You mean as in made the all star team that particular season?

[QUOTE="LessThanMarcus"]I just want to throw in there that no team in the history of the NBA has won with a single all-star.UT_Wrestler

You mean as in made the all star team that particular season?

Yes current all-stars, but do Cavs have any players that made it ANY season? NM, Ilgauskas is a former all-star. Back when all the big men were in the west.

Wait, Did the pistons have 2 all stars back in 04?UT_Wrestler

Didn't they have 4 all-stars? 

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[QUOTE="bluezy"]Spurs in 5. They'll walk all over the Cavs, especially if they can contain LeBron.yrag31

Who can contain lebron?... no one. people are way too quick to rule out the cavs. I agree the spurs will win but if gibson shows up to play like last series and lebron plays the way we know he can the cavs might steal it.

Edit: I said might. 

no one can stop LeBron but slowing him down is possible and Bowen is on that job...

Yeah... Bowen did a great job of slowing down D-Will... What was his avg again for that series? Almost 26pts and it would have been over 30pts had he not been injured for game 5... LeBron is going to take over and Gibson is ready to have a solid series.It would take the Spurs winning 4 games would be enough to beat the Cavs but they are only going to win twice cuz the Cavs will win in 6!

[QUOTE="yrag31"][QUOTE="pen_needlz"]

[QUOTE="bluezy"]Spurs in 5. They'll walk all over the Cavs, especially if they can contain LeBron.nickdastick

Who can contain lebron?... no one. people are way too quick to rule out the cavs. I agree the spurs will win but if gibson shows up to play like last series and lebron plays the way we know he can the cavs might steal it.

Edit: I said might. 

no one can stop LeBron but slowing him down is possible and Bowen is on that job...

Yeah... Bowen did a great job of slowing down D-Will... What was his avg again for that series? Almost 26pts and it would have been over 30pts had he not been injured for game 5... LeBron is going to take over and Gibson is ready to have a solid series.It would take the Spurs winning 4 games would be enough to beat the Cavs but they are only going to win twice cuz the Cavs will win in 6!

No he Avg. 29.5 points per game.

For now I'm saying, the Cavs wil take this series in 6, the Spurs have got big match-up problems with LeBron and if they can manage just 1 guy stepping up and supporting LeBron each game(doesn't matter who Gibson, Hughes, Z) they will beat the Spurs.

And for the East beeing no good, the East won 2 out of the last 3 championships, and the Lakers wouldn't have made it past the 1st round in the East, because Kobe is a terrible leader(that's why he wants a veteran player, so he won't have to be the leader anymore), I can't believe nobody else has noticed this, but he's like T-Mac, he just can't lead a team past the 1st round.

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[QUOTE="bluezy"]Spurs in 5. They'll walk all over the Cavs, especially if they can contain LeBron.yellbell

Who can contain lebron?... no one. people are way too quick to rule out the cavs. I agree the spurs will win but if gibson shows up to play like last series and lebron plays the way we know he can the cavs might steal it.

Edit: I said might. 

no one can stop LeBron but slowing him down is possible and Bowen is on that job...

Yeah... Bowen did a great job of slowing down D-Will... What was his avg again for that series? Almost 26pts and it would have been over 30pts had he not been injured for game 5... LeBron is going to take over and Gibson is ready to have a solid series.It would take the Spurs winning 4 games would be enough to beat the Cavs but they are only going to win twice cuz the Cavs will win in 6!

No he Avg. 29.5 points per game.

And in the reg. season LeBron owned Bowen scoring an average of about 40 ppg.

For now I'm saying, the Cavs wil take this series in 6, the Spurs have got big match-up problems with LeBron and if they can manage just 1 guy stepping up and supporting LeBron each game(doesn't matter who Gibson, Hughes, Z) they will beat the Spurs.

And for the East beeing no good, the East won 2 out of the last 3 championships, and the Lakers wouldn't have made it past the 1st round in the East, because Kobe is a terrible leader(that's why he wants a veteran player, so he won't have to be the leader anymore), I can't believe nobody else has noticed this, but he's like T-Mac, he just can't lead a team past the 1st round.

Nene33

Yeah, and who's gonna guard Duncan?, Boozer got burned by Duncan, and Ginobili?, Larry "I'm injured and I'm a Flop" Hughes can't guard him right now or what a about the speedy Tony Parker? Gibson can score but his a defensive liability so they would probably go with Snow. And what about the Spurs championship expirience or how coach Popavich(spelling?) is gonna step over Brown? 

I don't think Mike Brown is a good coach he uses his Finally Timeoutes to early so they can't advance the ball when it matters. they really don't have that good of plays. I want the Cavs to win but with Coaching of Mike Brown they won't.

[QUOTE="Nene33"]

For now I'm saying, the Cavs wil take this series in 6, the Spurs have got big match-up problems with LeBron and if they can manage just 1 guy stepping up and supporting LeBron each game(doesn't matter who Gibson, Hughes, Z) they will beat the Spurs.

And for the East beeing no good, the East won 2 out of the last 3 championships, and the Lakers wouldn't have made it past the 1st round in the East, because Kobe is a terrible leader(that's why he wants a veteran player, so he won't have to be the leader anymore), I can't believe nobody else has noticed this, but he's like T-Mac, he just can't lead a team past the 1st round.

Master_Live

Yeah, and who's gonna guard Duncan?, Boozer got burned by Duncan, and Ginobili?, Larry "I'm injured and I'm a Flop" Hughes can't guard him right now or what a about the speedy Tony Parker? Gibson can score but his a defensive liability so they would probably go with Snow. And what about the Spurs championship expirience or how coach Popavich(spelling?) is gonna step over Brown? 

All I can say is, the Cavs beat the Spurs twice this season, why not 4 more times.

The Cavs have a great player that changes games and hasn't even peaked yet, a good veteran starting Center, necessary role players, plus they have a top ranked defense and they rebound very well. Their coaching staff learned all they know from the Spurs personell and whenever a game is close in the fourth you simply can't count them out.

The Spurs are championship level across the board, a proven team that deserves to be the heavy favorites. But they're facing a tough defensive opponent with a superstar and until I see the Cavs being dominated in game 3 on their home court it's still a series in my eyes.

I really believe this finals will be much more competitve than most are expecting and I wouldn't even be surprised if Cleveland was able to pull off the upset. Perhaps it's wishful thinking but let's just watch the games unfold and see how they match up before crowning San Antonio and throwing up cute polls.

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]Wait, Did the pistons have 2 all stars back in 04?LessThanMarcus

Didn't they have 4 all-stars? 

No, that was 05

[QUOTE="Master_Live"][QUOTE="Nene33"]

For now I'm saying, the Cavs wil take this series in 6, the Spurs have got big match-up problems with LeBron and if they can manage just 1 guy stepping up and supporting LeBron each game(doesn't matter who Gibson, Hughes, Z) they will beat the Spurs.

And for the East beeing no good, the East won 2 out of the last 3 championships, and the Lakers wouldn't have made it past the 1st round in the East, because Kobe is a terrible leader(that's why he wants a veteran player, so he won't have to be the leader anymore), I can't believe nobody else has noticed this, but he's like T-Mac, he just can't lead a team past the 1st round.

Nene33

Yeah, and who's gonna guard Duncan?, Boozer got burned by Duncan, and Ginobili?, Larry "I'm injured and I'm a Flop" Hughes can't guard him right now or what a about the speedy Tony Parker? Gibson can score but his a defensive liability so they would probably go with Snow. And what about the Spurs championship expirience or how coach Popavich(spelling?) is gonna step over Brown? 

All I can say is, the Cavs beat the Spurs twice this season, why not 4 more times.

So did the nuggets, suns, and jazz.  Where are they now?

Spurs in 5... as much as i hate the Spurs... Im a Pistons fan and feel that Spurs/Pistons would have been a much better Finals then Spurs/Cavs... i mean WTF CAVS????!?!?!?!?

DETROIT BASKETBALL!!! 

ps:    I HATE FLIP! 

Spurs in 5... as much as i hate the Spurs... Im a Pistons fan and feel that Spurs/Pistons would have been a much better Finals then Spurs/Cavs... i mean WTF CAVS????!?!?!?!?

DETROIT BASKETBALL!!! 

ps:    I HATE FLIP! 

DuhQbnSiLo

I know everyone in the world wants Lebron to win because he's the greatest player in the history of the game of basketball, no one can stop him, he has amazing dunks, nice step back threes, he's exciting to watch, spurs are boring and dirty blah blah blah. Fact is, Spurs are a better experienced veteran team. Better defensively. Anyone who thinks Gibson can score 31 points against the Spurs better check themselves. Gibson will get one or two open threes the entire series, and will miss both of them since Spurs will be all up in his grill. LessThanMarcus

Cavaliers in 6.EnergyAbsorber

Are you still singing that same tune? Spurs are up by 30 or so in game 2. Maybe they should give the Cavs a 10 point head start in the next couple games. Like I said before, Spurs will sweep.