Spurs get win, tie for 2nd-lowest scoring game in Finals history

ESPN ^ | 6/13/07

[laotzu]

I'm ready to build the Spurs another new stadium.

[Huck]

Just don’t name it the “Quicken Loans Arena.” Man, that’s lame.

[BenLurkin]

go cavs

[laotzu]

God bless you, my friend.

[Paleo Conservative]

Didn’t the Spurs just move into a new arena just a few years ago?

[laotzu]

Yes, they did. A damn nice one.

[MplsSteve]

Let me guess.

Did the taxpayers of Bexar County get to foot the bill for it?

[NeoCaveman]

Just don’t name it the “Quicken Loans Arena.” Man, that’s lame.

It's a step up from the old name "Gund Arena". Gund Arena sounds like a venereal disease.

[PPHSFL]

Lebron and the Cavs will be back, but this simply is not the year for them. They ran into Duncan, the Spurs, and their dynasty at their peak.

[Teacher317]

Poor Cavs...

they out-rebounded the Spurs, had more assists, more blocks, fewer turnovers, hit more free throws (on fewer attempts), took 9 more shots and had one more basket than the Spurs...

they even kept Manu Ginobili without a single basket (and only 3 free throws, all in the last 10 seconds of the game... he had 25 in Game 2, and averaged over 20 pts for the past 11 playoff games)...

and yet somehow they still lost. Ouch.

I hope they at least win Game 4, just to avoid the sweep. The Spurs teammates’ thuggish tactics really turned me away from being a Tim Duncan fan anymore.

[laotzu]

I believe bonds were issued, but I’m not certain.

[laotzu]

the Cavs will be back

I would bet on it.

The Cavs lean to much on James. Like too many teams, their fortune depends entirely on whether one guy has a good night.

[NeoCaveman]

For big Z to have 14 or more rebounds and the Cavs to still lose is just amazing, and not in a good way.

[neocon1984]

“Lebron and the Cavs will be back, but this simply is not the year for them.”

Don’t count your chickens yet. The Bulls have hatched and they will stampede the NBA in a few years. A lot of Cav players are at the end of their careers, so it will be tough to build a supporting cast around LeBron.

As you have probably guesed, I don’t think that LeBron will come close to the feats produced by MJ.

-loyal Bulls fan

[laotzu]

The Spurs teammates’ thuggish tactics...

please describe for me

I'm really quite sorry to hear that. For many years now, I...we have thought of the Spurs as the team of gentlemen.

[Liberty Valance]

"they even kept Manu Ginobili without a single basket (and only 3 free throws, all in the last 10 seconds of the game... he had 25 in Game 2, and averaged over 20 pts for the past 11 playoff games)... and yet somehow they still lost. Ouch."

I can't believe they won last night's game either. The Spurs seem to play as a team. When their "stars" have a bad night the others always "step-up".

"The Spurs teammates’ thuggish tactics really turned me away from being a Tim Duncan fan anymore."

I keep hearing that. Can you please elaborate. I've also been told I should not support such a 'globalist' team. I must have missed something.



Go Spurs!

[danneskjold]

Go JAZZ!!!

[dfwgator]

Looks like Ohio will end up #2 yet again.

[laotzu]

Utah would have beat the Cavs as well. They have my respect.

The Spurs soundly whipped 'em though.

Go Spurs!

[Liberty Valance]

"Looks like Ohio will end up #2 yet again."

I hadn't realized until last night when the NBA showed that piece about the Ohio teams "almost winning" so many close heartbreakers how tough it has been for them. It was great to see Jim Brown in the crowd last night ;o)