<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Jun 8 2007, 03:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No CavsRules..they don't need some offense..they have plenty in James. They need to do what they do best and control the boards/play good defense. Gibson doesn't "need" to get more minutes. It's Eric Snow that needs to. Gibson had one night where he was in a zone and he's gonna get ripped up by Parker just as badly as Hughes. Eric Snow can stop Parker and that's how you beat the Spurs. Not with Daniel Gibson being your 45 minute, offensive hero. Does it matter if you're scoring if you can't stop the other team?</div>One thing, Snow can't stop Parker, he can only slow him down. Another thing, yes, Gibson did have that one good game, but did you see him lastnight? He was 6-8. He's hitting every shot he gets. You know what that says to Mike Brown? GIVE HIM MORE SHOTS. Yeah, James is there offense, but when he is getting shut down, or not on, just like lastnight, who do they have then to score? Sure as hell won't be Snow, and Hughes isn't performing either. At the end of the game, when Bron was getting double teamed, he would kick it to Gibson, and he'd hit the shot, just like when he did against Detroit. Gibson can be a huge factor in this series if Mike Brown allows him to be.
Yeah Gibson hit a few shots last night...they were losing by nearly 20. Gibson isn't suddenly the next superstar for Cleveland because of one big game in the playoffs. Was Gerald Henderson known as a superstar or a defensive mastermind just because he made that one big steal for the Celtics in the playoffs to help win it for them?The guys who need to step up are Ilgauskas (1-8 last night), Marshall, Gooden and Varejao.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Jun 8 2007, 04:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No CavsRules..they don't need some offense..they have plenty in James. They need to do what they do best and control the boards/play good defense. Gibson doesn't "need" to get more minutes. It's Eric Snow that needs to. Gibson had one night where he was in a zone and he's gonna get ripped up by Parker just as badly as Hughes. Eric Snow can stop Parker and that's how you beat the Spurs. Not with Daniel Gibson being your 45 minute, offensive hero. Does it matter if you're scoring if you can't stop the other team?</div>While I agree LeBron can hold his own with the offense.. the whole point is to get him some more help with the offense. If he does it all, wont they double him? And if they do, who do you think will be left open? If Snow is in the game, you bet you're ass it's gonna be him having to take a shot he doesn't want to take or passing it to Marshall or whoever for a miss 3-pointer. Its the story I seen over-and-over again! I don't wanna re-live that, I wanted all 82 games and Snow started half of those ballgames. We may have good defense when he is out there, but it leads to LeBron getting doubled, sometimes tripled and Snow having to do whatever with the basketball. I'll admit that when he is in, he leads to fastbreaks for us because he knows how to get steals. He knows how to slow down Parker. I want him in there, but this team needs some offense. I wish we could switch players in like football. :no1:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Jun 8 2007, 03:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah Gibson hit a few shots last night...they were losing by nearly 20. Gibson isn't suddenly the next superstar for Cleveland because of one big game in the playoffs. Was Gerald Henderson known as a superstar or a defensive mastermind just because he made that one big steal for the Celtics in the playoffs to help win it for them?The guys who need to step up are Ilgauskas (1-8 last night), Marshall, Gooden and Varejao.</div>They didn't though. LeBron is the playmaker that sets up those players. When he was getting double teamed by Duncan and Bowen, they were making it hard for him to pass it downlow to those guys. When the Cavs were attempting a come back and only down by 12 or so, Gibson was hitting shots. They're going to need Gibson. Not only can he knock down the shots, but he can also get into the lane and get fouled. The Cavs need to give Gibson more shots if they want to win. He's proven to be a factor in the Detroit series, so reward him, and you'll see the benefits.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Jun 8 2007, 04:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah Gibson hit a few shots last night...they were losing by nearly 20. Gibson isn't suddenly the next superstar for Cleveland because of one big game in the playoffs. Was Gerald Henderson known as a superstar or a defensive mastermind just because he made that one big steal for the Celtics in the playoffs to help win it for them?The guys who need to step up are Ilgauskas (1-8 last night), Marshall, Gooden and Varejao.</div>Gibson has played well against Detroit, and he played well last night. He is no star, but hes good enough to hit open shots... Which this team gets when James is on the floor. But when you say Z needs to step up, you do know Duncan is down-low, don't you? And down in SA, they call fouls blocks. Every time Z got the ball down low, right under the hoop. He'd pump fake, now he does EVERY TIME. You would think a defender would catch on and just wait for him to shoot it, but they don't. Anyway, Duncan played it correctly.. But he fouled em. Duncan bit on the fake and Z went up and shot it.. Only thing was, Duncan got more Z then he got ball.. And guess what? No call. I don't know how many blocks Duncan had, but I seen only 2 that were block/blocks. Anyway, Gooden isn't going to give you what he gave you last night. Anderson is just going to give you rebounds and a boost off the bench. Marshall, hes gonna hit 1 open three out of 5. Thats our so called, "good cast"...
I went to see the game with a couple friends to one of them's house...and we didn't even watch the game except for like 5 total minutes...it was just a borefest. 80 total points in the 3rd quarter? We just ate and drank and used his laptop...this year's finals will suck.
I have two comments on this game1. Two of my friends both FELL ASLEEP during the game. Literally. That's how boring it was2. Why did they keep running that awful "Zyrunas Ilgauskas sets a pick for Lebron, getting Lebron doubled and he passes it to Z who misses a jumper" play over and over again?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kobebryant_24OWNEDME @ Jun 8 2007, 07:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I have two comments on this game1. Two of my friends both FELL ASLEEP during the game. Literally. That's how boring it was2. Why did they keep running that awful "Zyrunas Ilgauskas sets a pick for Lebron, getting Lebron doubled and he passes it to Z who misses a jumper" play over and over again?</div>I have no clue. What I don't get about Mike Brown is how drastically he always changes the gameplan in each 3rd quarter. I know nothing really worked in the first half last night, but on the average night, Cleveland's perimeter players will be playing great, LeBron will have it going, nobody is stopping them. Then, as soon as the 3rd quarter begins, they slow the game down completely and run their offense through Z. That never made sense to me.
Couple things:1. One player is not enough offense2. Parker dominated Marion and will dominate a much older Eric Snow too.This is boring and it makes me sick to see the Spurs in it right now, but life isn't supposed to be fair I guess.... :-/
I remember when the Cavaliers signed Larry Hughes, I knew he would never produce what he did his last year in Washington after getting paid. His offensive efficiency is pretty pathetic.
Yes, he very well could. You put him back in Washington the very next year instead of signing with Cleveland, he'll put up numbers just like he did with them his last year. He just isn't working in Cleveland, and it really kills me.Also, never doubt Eric Snow's defense. The freaking guy comes off the bench with 5 seconds left and steals the ball from Carter, we win the game. He comes in against Detroit in game 5, and we win the game because Snow got 2 huge steals. He has come up huge for us defensively.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ASUFan22 @ Jun 8 2007, 08:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>2. Parker dominated Marion and will dominate a much older Eric Snow too.</div>But the point is that out of every Cavalier, Snow has the best chance at containing Parker. Will he shut him down? No, but the point is that he'd do a BETTER job than an injured Hughes or Daniel Gibson.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Jun 8 2007, 08:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I remember when the Cavaliers signed Larry Hughes, I knew he would never produce what he did his last year in Washington after getting paid. His offensive efficiency is pretty pathetic.</div>You seem to know everything before it happens.
I don't know what you guys are talking about. I thought that was a pretty entertaining game. Neither team scored a lot of points, but there were some nice plays. Tony Parker had some spectacular moments. Duncan had some nice dunks. The Spurs running the pick and roll was beautiful to watch.
I guess some people would rather see a superstar dunking and taking all these crazy shots than a team play spectacular team defense. Me? I like to see both of them, but I have no problem at all watching great team ball like the Spurs play. It's exciting to me. Some of the passes they make are amazing.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ChuckTheD @ Jun 9 2007, 12:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVlRAKGA7QU</div>Thank you.The Spurs are not boring to watch. I used to say they were until I actually started to watch them. That fastbreak by Ginobili was a great play. Same as the block by Duncan. But that pass by Parker was pure genius. Just a great pass with perfect timing.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GrizzFanTaylor @ Jun 8 2007, 10:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Thank you.The Spurs are not boring to watch. I used to say they were until I actually started to watch them. That fastbreak by Ginobili was a great play. Same as the block by Duncan. But that pass by Parker was pure genius. Just a great pass with perfect timing.</div>Yeah, and if Lebron can start hitting some shots and open up his driving game, this could turn into a very entertaining series (even though the Spurs are gonna take it pretty easily).
LeBron can't do much of anything when Bruce Bowen is shutting him down. Now where did all the Kobe haters go sayin Bron is better then KB24? HAHAHA
With LeBron I didn't really expect this but...TV ratings a prime-time lowAssociated PressJun. 8, 2007 04:36 PMNEW YORK - Game 1 of the NBA finals drew the lowest rating ever for an opening-game in prime time, dropping 19 percent from last year.The San Antonio Spurs' 85-76 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night earned a 6.3 rating and 11 share on ABC. The previous low was a 6.4/11 in 2003.Last year's Game 1 between Miami and Dallas earned a 7.8 rating and 14 share.The rating is the percentage watching a telecast among all homes with televisions, and the share is the percentage tuned in to a broadcast among those households with televisions on at the time. A ratings point represents 1,114,000 households.The NBA sux!
