Game 2. Let's Try This Again.

It is going to take a major LeBron/Boobie love-fest, like the one at right, tonight for the Cavs to pull off what appears to be an increasingly large upset--winning a game in the Finals in San Antonio. The more time we've had to reflect on Thursday's Game 1, the more we realized that the Cavs were really overmatched, and that the Spurs are actually very, very good. Oh, and Mike Brown sucks ass.

However, we are emboldened by what LeBron has showed us in the past, and that is his ability to come back from a sub-par game with a new strategy and aggressiveness to beat whatever defenses were thrown at him in said sub-par game (for further discussion on particle physics, check back later). We're also holding out hope that Mike Brown is just psyching us out with the whole "Larry's still gonna play a bunch" stance, and that the second-most dangerous offensive weapon on the Cavs, Boobie, plays, we don't know, more than half the game? We don't think we're asking too much.

While the Spurs were good in Game 1, we're going to invoke a partial "Pistons rebuttal" for the Cavs' performance: they didn't play that well. If the Pistons can bitch about their underperformance for 6 full games, the Cavs are allowed one, no? The Spurs are really friggin good, and certainly contributed to the Cavs poor play, but we really thought it was an ugly performance for the Cavs, and we're confident they'll bounce back for Game 2.

Anyway, what we're here for: Spurs 88, Cavs 81. LeBron will have a much better game, like 24 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists. And, we feel pretty sure he'll shoot better than 30%. Duncan will be surgical again, 24 and 12, but LeBron's going to cover Parker a lot and hold him to under 20. Sasha: 18; Boobie: 14; Varejao: 10 and 10. Better performance, but still not enough to take one from these Spurs. They'll feel good going home, though, and be ready to take Game 3.