{"id":346,"date":"2007-06-08T12:50:41","date_gmt":"2007-06-08T19:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rynosoft.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=346"},"modified":"2008-04-07T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T04:09:11","slug":"nba-finals-game-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rynosoft.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/nba-finals-game-1","title":{"rendered":"NBA Finals, Game 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I can&#8217;t believe they have Jeff Van Gundy broadcasting the finals. I really can&#8217;t stand him. He has no real insight, speaks in platitudes and always sounds like he is straining to be heard.<\/li>\n<li>Mark Jackson is OK, but I really like Kerr, Albert and Collins. Too bad they work for TNT and not ABC.<\/li>\n<li>Ginobli has a breakaway layup off a steal towards the end of the first quarter. Lebron James is right there and <em>doesn&#8217;t foul him.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Robert Horry isn&#8217;t nearly as good as he used to be but he&#8217;s still what is known as a &#8220;wily veteran.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Lebron James has a bad habit of dribbling at the top of the key for too long before starting his move. The consequence is that the pass he makes has to be an assist &#8211; there&#8217;s not enough time for more passing.<\/li>\n<li>Donyell Marshall is a very capable three point shooter. When is he going to start hitting shots?<\/li>\n<li>I suppose I would like to see Michael Finley get a ring. He&#8217;s gone from one of the &#8220;big three&#8221; in Dallas to playing the 2 and 3 off the bench. I admire veterans who can go from &#8220;star&#8221; to role player because there are so few who have done it. Ron Harper and Brian Shaw come to mind. I thought Magic Johnson could do it in his comeback, but even he failed.<\/li>\n<li>Add me to the chorus of Daniel Gibson admirers. There&#8217;s a good chance that Gibson will be Scottie Pippen to Lebron&#8217;s Michael Jordan.<\/li>\n<li>Although Parker and Duncan are better than ever, this may be the weakest Spurs team to reach the Finals, especially in the frontcourt and on the bench.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s unbelievable that Brent Barry is still getting playing time &#8211; he&#8217;s got length but he has no impact on either end of the floor. He&#8217;s reputed to be a three point shooter, but I&#8217;ve seen none of that this year during the playoffs.<\/li>\n<li>Francisco Elson is grom the Netherlands. Somehow I never imagined that there were people of color in the Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>Drew Gooden is a solid player but has a hard time keeping focus, I think. He&#8217;s a great hustler, though, and has a really nice post game.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t understand why the Cavs aren&#8217;t working their big men more on offense. Both Ilgauskus and Gooden could really give Duncan a workout.<\/li>\n<li>Weaknesses in Lebron James&#8217; game: jacks up too many threes and questionable ball-handling sometimes. He might be a little too patient in waiting for the game to come to him. He also seems unwilling to stick with the same strategy after it fails once.<\/li>\n<li>The San Antonio veterans have a great killer instinct especially Ginobli, Parker, Horry and Duncan.<\/li>\n<li>Cleveland played a pretty good defensive game for three quarters.<\/li>\n<li>Mike Brown needs to realize that Larry Hughes can&#8217;t play starter minutes on his gimpy foot now. It&#8217;s time for Gibson to start.<\/li>\n<li>Pavlovic needs to have a bigger role in the offense. He&#8217;s a good shooter and capable of high flying lane penetration. Unfortunately, his position overlaps with Lebron&#8217;s and he has the smallest role of any starter.<\/li>\n<li>Duncan had a ton of offensive rebounds and they were all clean (no pushing).<\/li>\n<li>R.C. Bruford has to be the most under-rated GM in the league. Year after year the Spurs have one of the best rosters in the NBA but they still have a fair amount of turnover in personnel. They&#8217;ve lost some good talent to free agency but they always seem to replace it.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the loss, the Cavs should feel good about this game. The Spurs are beatable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the loss, the Cavs should feel good about this game. 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