Here we go again. The Lakers and the Celtics will face off for the NBA championship. This will be the 12th time they they battle for the title. The Celtics lead 9-2 in the Finals, and they actually lead the regular season series as well 152-120. So what does all this mean? If history teaches us anything, the Celtics will win. First of all, these are the same Celtics that beat Kobe and the Lakers in 2008. The Lakers are pretty much the same except for the addition of Ron Artest. The Celtics bullied the Lakers two years ago. That's not going to change, even if the Lakers are tougher w/ Artest, the self-proclaimed True Warrior. Second, the Lakers don't have an answer for Rondo. Sure Derek Fisher has faced Russell Westbrook, Deron Williams, and Steve Nash, but Rondo is has been playing at a high level since the first round. That's not going to change in the Finals. Finally, the Celtics have run past Dwayne Wade, Lebron James, and Dwight Howard this post season. Kobe and the Lakers are going to be the cherry on top. The Celtics are playing their best basketball at the best time. They are running on all cylinders.
So they don't have home court advantage, but they have history.
James Flora (I'm inclined to agree with James. Game One of the NBA Finals is tonight on ABC.)
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Congratulations to the San Antonio Spurs, who have officialy become a Basketball Dynasty, joining themselves with Michael Jordan's Bulls, Larry Bird's Celtics, and Shaquille O' Neal and Kobe Bryant's Lakers. Congratulations to Tony Parker, who gets his first NBA Finals MVP Trophy. This is also Tony Parker's third NBA Finals Ring. What a great year for Tony Parker. He gets an NBA Championship ring in June, and he will be getting a wedding ring later in the year. Congratulations to Tim Duncan, the cornerstone of the Spurs, there for all four titles. Congratulations to Michael Finley, coming over to the Spurs from the Dallas Mavericks, finally getting to hoist the NBA Championship Trophy after twelve seasons in the NBA. Congrats to Manu Ginobili, one of the best players in the league, hoisting the trophy again.
The San Antonio Spurs are NBA Champions for the fourth time. They defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 83-82 to become one of the great dynasties in NBA History. This is The Spurs fourth NBA Championship. The Spurs have been NBA Champions in 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007. Watching the Spurs hoist up that trophy again was great. These guys are the New England Patriots of Basketball, doing things right until they are impossible to get wrong. To the Cavaliers and LeBron James: Don't worry. Cleveland will get their own NBA Championship soon, as LeBron James is only 22 years old.
Click on the video to see an unbelievable shot from Tony Parker in Game Four.
This was one of the reasons Tony Parker won the NBA Finals MVP Award, as he scored 23 points in game four and was playing his heart out and making shots from all over the court during all four games.
Click on the video to see the end of Game Four and See the Spurs hoist the Larry O' Brien Trophy!
Click on the video to see a preview of Game Four of the NBA Finals.
The San Antonio Spurs have a 3-0 lead in this best of seven series and can get their four NBA Finals trophy in nine years on Thursday by sweeping the Cavaliers. There has never been an NBA Team coming back from a 3-0 defecit, and it's not going to happen this year either.
I hope the Spurs will win tonight, but something tells me the Cavaliers will win tonight to avoid the sweep.
Click on the video to see highlights from Game Three of the NBA Finals.
Cleveland was electric as Game Three of the NBA Finals got under way. It was back and fourth as both teams traded the lead, as Cleveland had a two point lead at the end of the first quarter. However, the Spurs came back strong, as Tony Parker put in a layup at the buzzer to give the Spurs a 40-38 lead at halftime. The third quarter continued to have both teams trading buckets and the lead, but the Spurs fought back to lead at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth, the Spurs had a two point lead increased to five points as Tony Parker knocked in a huge three pointer. Manu Ginobili banged in a freethrow to make it a three point lead with 5.5 seconds remaining. LeBron James tried a three pointer, but it did not fall. LeBron had some words for the officials, claiming that he was fouled in the act of shooting. If the officials had ruled that LeBron was fouled in the act of shooting, he would have had three freethrows, and a chance to tie the game. But the score stands at 75-72 Spurs. The Spurs have a 3-0 lead in this series and can sweep the Cavaliers on Thursday in Cleveland.
Click on the video to see highlights from Game Two of the NBA Finals.
LeBron James had a better game this time, but he got the same result as game one. James scored 25 points, but the Cavs still lost 103-92. The Spurs had a 27 point lead enetering the start of the fourth quarter, but James and the Cavaliers were able to cut it to eight before Manu Ginobili hit a three to put the game away. The Spurs Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker were unstoppable. Parker had 30 points, Manu Ginobili had 25 points, and Tim Duncan had 23 points. LeBron James and the Cavaliers will rebound though, as game three is in Cleveland.
Click on the video to see a preview of Game two of the NBA Finals.
Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker were red hot as the Spurs smothered the ice cold LeBron James, as the Spurs won game one of the NBA Finals on Thursday Night and hope to do the same on Sunday Night to take a commanding 2-0 lead in this best of seven series.
Click on the video to see the final seconds of Game One of the NBA Finals.
LeBron James was not king in San Antonio. James and the Cavaliers found out the hard way that you cannot win against the San Antonio Spurs if you do not contain "The Big Three" Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili. Duncan had 24 points, Ginobili had 16 points, and Tony Parker had 27 points. "The Big Three" combined for 67 points, while the entire Cavaliers team had 72 points. King James finished with 14 points, and was held to four points at the end of the first half. as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 85-76.
Game Two of the NBA Finals is Sunday Night in San Antonio.