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Finals Game 2 Cleveland @ San Antonio: Spurs 103, Cavaliers 92 Sorry, I missed it. Sopranos were on y’ know. I flipped it on at half time, saw the boring Spurs (who wouldn’t even be in this series if the league hadn’t shafted the Suns) and just went to bed and had a nice dream about Raquel Welch. :: hits self in the face, repeatedly :: Whoops, my bad. I…
Duncan Has Parker. James Has Himself. (New York Times) James may be the N.B.A.’s brightest star and its greatest hope, but three of the four best players in this series are wearing silver and black: Duncan, Parker and Manu Ginóbili. The Spurs have all of the experience, the three crisp championship banners and a cast of role players who have been there and done that, then done it again. The…
Have you seen any of the commercials that ABC has produced for the NBA Finals? I just saw this one during “NBA Fastbreak” on ESPN. ANNOUNCER: Cavaliers. [LeBron James heads out onto the court in warm-ups.] ANNOUNCER: Spurs. [Tim Duncan removes his pullover.] ANNOUNCER: Game one. [Pyrotechnics.] ANNOUNCER: Four titles in nine years would cement Tim Duncan’s Spurs as a basketball dynasty. [Tim Duncan holds up the O’Brien trophy; Duncan…
Game 5 Utah @ San Antonio: Spurs 109, Jazz 84 (4-1) We’re in the Finals again, yippee!!! At long last, the guys get to their long deserved moment in the sun, basking in the glow of being crowned champions of the ungodly stacked Western Conference in front of their appreciative fans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Can you feel my excitement? Can you sense my enthusiasm? Can you visualize my rock hard…
In case you missed it, Michael recaps game 4 on PtR, “Manu Ginobili Was the Second Gunman on the Grassy Knoll.” Nice recap and a clever title, Michael. But I think the second gunman was this guy.
Game 1 Utah @ San Antonio: Spurs 108, Jazz 100 (1-0)Let’s see… I don’t have to write anymore term papers, sit through lectures, or con my way to a passing grade in español anymore. I got the interminable graduation ceremony out of the way (the highlight, by far, was a speech given by this Asian gentleman; the head of our department or something, dressed like the Pope, whose accent reminded…
Game 5 San Antonio @ Phoenix: Spurs 88, Suns 85 (2-3) With all due respect to my colleague Matthew, I couldn’t disagree more about how it feels winning this game. At first, when the suspensions were announced, I admit I felt guilty about it. Hell, I even suggested that we should sit Timmy for the game just to protest against the national attack of our team’s integrity and principles. Looking…
Game recaps are not my forte, and Michael is certainly working on a brilliant recap of game 5 even as I write this. Even so, I’m compelled to write that last night I witnessed the worst 36 minutes of basketball I’ve seen all season. It started in Cleveland and continued in Phoenix. I have yet to watch a complete Eastern Conference playoff game. I’ve watched highlights and a quarter here…
Game 3 Phoenix @ San Antonio: Spurs 108, Suns 101 (1-2) Now that’s more like it. That vaguely resembled what I remember Spurs playoff games looking like in ’05. The Big Three was the Big Three again. Brent Barry was doing Brent Barry things again. Bruce Bowen was getting under people’s skins again. The Spurs are turning their opponents into soft, whiny crapweasels again. Amare had plenty of time to…
The San Antonio Spurs march to their fourth NBA Title continues tomorrow against the Phoenix Suns. Here’s what the press is saying about the matchup. * * *Did Bill Ingram make a Freudian slip by writing that “two years ago [the Spurs] won their fourth championship of the Tim Duncan era?” Maybe. He thinks the series will come down to the veterans. The absolute determining factor for the Spurs will…
