I watched the game last night from my favorite pub, and read all the relevant stuff this morning. It seems no one can figure out what happened. My thoughts:
- The only thing everyone seems to agree on, is that Mike Brown should be fired for playing a limping Hughes so much when he has a healthy Boobie on the bench.
- Yes, Parker did whatever he wanted to do, but then again he was being gaurded by Hughes a lot of the time.
- Why the fuck would Brown put LeBron on Parker?? LeBron is struggling offensively already, Cleveland has very few offensive options, why wear out your primary threat defending a guy as quick as Parker??
- I cannot for the life of me understand where LeBron goes for the first 3 quarters of playoff games. I understand that Cleveland was close most of the game, but there's no excuse for him to be that passive offensively. Why not attack early and make San Antonio adjust or get back on their heels? It's Game 1 on the road -- what's so wrong with getting a big lead??? Jesus, this drives me crazy. It's like LeBron has to be the come-from-behind hero in every game, like it validates his godliness or something.
- This game was not nearly as close as the score indicated, but LeBron sat on his hands most of the game. It'll be interesting to see what San Antonio does if he starts to take over a game. THAT'S the game I want to see. Anyone think we'll see it?
- Loved Simmons comment on what would happen if Verajao and Manu ran into each other...Can't have too many Ghostbusters references, can we? I disagree with Simmons on the announcers though...I can't stand Mark Jackson or Van Gundy.
So, as many of you know, I'm no fan of Henry Abbot. Mostly becuase I think he's too old-school and well, not very smart. But now the prick is stealing my stuff. The day after I posted this blog entry on the correlation between Duncan's foul trouble and a San Antonio win, he starts mentioning it in every blog, including 2 or 3 times last night, as he keeps a running fould count. Maybe I should figure out what's wrong with LeBron so he can announce it to the world and claim it as his...Also, his analysis was not very good, and not very entertaining. Reading his running blog was like watching a game with Wise LeBron, who won't shut up.
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