Because we enjoy getting way ahead of ourself and the rest of the world (especially those in the PHX area), let’s assume we end up with a Spurs-Jazz Western Conference Finals, and pair it with a Pistons-Cavs Eastern Conference Finals.
(For the record, even after last night’s Utah win to go up 2-0 on the Warriors, we think that thing goes seven games. It’s that type of series where everyone wins their home games. We do like both the Jazz and Spurs in 7, however.)
Left with those four teams before the italicized parentheses, we’ve got an absolute nightmare in the West, with the uber-boring Spurs and the largely unknown Jazz, in two of the smallest, most unexciting markets in the entire NBA. The Jazz’s showings against the Warriors aside, both will be happy with a series of 66-65 slugfests.
Out East, you’ve got Detroit, which…look, they’re boring. Then you’ve got LeBron and the Cavs, and while LBJ can allegedly draw in some ratings, it’s still gonna be driven primarily by the Cleveland market, which isn’t pulling Los Angeles ratings.
Taken one step further, any combination of the East-West winners in the NBA Finals that doesn’t include LeBron James could actually be lower rated than 2005′s SAS-DET pairing.
Let’s wrap up – we like looking ahead. We’ve got two more days until the Cavs play again. Actively admiring Carlos Boozer is doing things to our brain we’re not entirely able to piece together. And most importantly, LOST was freaking awesome last night – we’re completely back onboard. Completely, 100% with it again!
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I am simultaneously able to admire Boozer’s play and hate him. I call it multitasking.
Booz looks like the kid in seventh grade who had already gone through puberty and was a little too strong to be playing with the other kids.
“For the record, even after last night’s Utah win to go up 2-0 on the Warriors, we think that thing goes seven games. It’s that type of series where everyone wins their home games.”
(stands up and claps) Thank you, The Cavalier, for avoiding that most lazy analysis trick of sports talk show hosts. I hate it when they get breathless and ask “Can so-and-so even win one game?” Hey host, why don’t you let them have a game on their home floor first before you bury them already? Another reason why I like this site; it’s an integral part of my upscale lifestyle.
PHX and anybody out of the east (especially NJ) would get better ratings than the ’05 finals.
it could possibly be a series comprised entirely of fast breaks.
Or the Highest Scoring Finals of All Time (if some/all of the games go 161-157 like that one time). That’d be…awesome.
The NBA: “I love this game, but not anymoreâ€
With the wonderful handling of the officiating in the NBA in general I believe its time for the fans to take action. For those who watched the Suns / Spurs series I must say that it had the worst officiating in the history of professional sports. At least in the opinion of myself and many others. I could give a laundry list of examples but this isn’t a gripe email. The fact is that to win a championship in the NBA you must not possess skill, speed, or ability. You must possess thugs to hammer better players to the ground. You must beat the crap out of your opponents, and you must use third string players to hammer superstars in front of their bench. This is what makes a champion in the NBA. Sad but True.
The rules are enforced to favor the teams that approach this style of full contact basket ball. I’m not watching basket ball, I’m watching the old Arnold Schwarzenegger movie The Running Man, except the good guy looses.
I personally am going to boycott the NBA until further notice. This is no longer a game of skill that centers around putting the ball in the basket. It is a boxing match that centers around the strategy of how to most effectively hit and assault the other team. My personal message to David Stern… “I love this game, but not anymoreâ€
Boycott the NBA. National “Boxing†Association
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