THE CLEVELAND Cavaliers gamely tried to carve out a come-from-behind victory with a big fourth-quarter run, but in the end their efforts just weren’t good enough as the San Antonio Spurs won 103-92 to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the National Basketball Association finals.

The question now is: Do the Cavs still have what it takes to make a comeback? Or will the Spurs’ championship experience just be too much for them? Could the Spurs score a sweep?

And if you were the Cavs, what adjustments would you make to get back in this series?

By Jim Slater
Agence France-Presse

SAN ANTONIO, Texas–Tony Parker and Tim Duncan sparked the San Antonio Spurs past Cleveland 85-76 here Thursday in the opener of the National Basketball Association Finals, humbling LeBron James in the process.

Parker scored 27 points while Duncan, a three-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to give the Spurs the lead in the best-of-seven championship series that continues here Sunday.

James, the flamboyant 22-year-old playmaker who lifted the Cavaliers into their first NBA Finals, made only 4-of-16 shots for 14 points, giving away six turnovers as San Antonio’s defense frustrated and contained him all night.

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WHO are you rooting for in the National Basketball Association finals? And why do you think your team will win?

As for me, I’m a Dallas Mavericks fan so olats na hehe I was a big Chicago Bulls fan during the Michael Jordan years. Not yet that devoted to the Mavs, but they’ve been my fave team for the past few, frustrating years.

Anyway, I know the San Antonio Spurs are favored to win but I’m rooting for the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James.

Oh, and here’s an interesting fact about this NBA finals: it will involve a record nine non-US players.

Will King James pull it off? We’ll see.

SO, does Kobe Bryant want the Los Angeles Lakers to trade him or not?

Almost as if he’s channeling Hamlet (”Kobe or not Kobe?” heh), Kobe first pleaded with the LA Lakers to trade him, then apparently changed his mind, and then… well, does anybody really know what he’s thinking now?

Anyway, this near-meltdown in public has a bunch of NBA teams dreaming of what it would be like to have Kobe suit up for them, but do you think he’s worth it? Or will he turn out to be a nightmare for whichever team gets him?

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