Can Cavaliers beat Spurs at 2007 NBA Finals in Cleveland?

For games 3, 4 and 5, the 2007 NBA Finals will be in Cleveland as the Cavaliers play the first of three games at home, down 0-2 to the Spurs.

ON TUESDAY, the Cleveland Cavaliers will face the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3. This will be the first of three home games for LeBron James and company as they try to get back to the 2007 NBA Finals currently being dominated by the San Antonio Spurs.

For games 1 and 2, the San Antonio Spurs dominated the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Spurs have been so dominant that people are already branding the Cavaliers as the weakest team these Spurs faced in the 2007 NBA Playoffs.

With the current makeup of the NBA today, that being all the powerhouse teams of the league jammed together in the West while the mediocre clubs call the East home, that is definitely a possibility.

The Spurs' domination of Cleveland was so apparent in the first two games of the 2007 NBA Finals, especially in Game 2, where San Antonio jumped on the Cleveland Cavaliers right from the get-go, leading by as many as 29 points early in the third quarter.

Cleveland's lone king, LeBron James, is being overly dominated by the three-headed monster from San Antonio. In Game 2, Tony Parker led the Spurs with 30 points, followed by Manu Ginobili who scored 25 and Tim Duncan with 23.

LeBron James was in his usual dominant form, scoring 25 points, but after that, nobody from the Cleveland Cavaliers stepped up. If it wasn't for the Cavaliers rookie Daniel Gibson and his 15 points off the bench, the Spurs could've ran over Cleveland easier.

The 2007 NBA Finals shift to Cleveland, Ohio as the Cavaliers play the first of three games at home, trying to get back to this seven-game championship series against the powerhouse team from San Antonio. The Cavaliers need somebody other than LeBron James to put the basket through the hoop.

Of course, when you're facing a team like the San Antonio Spurs, it's easier said than done.

Can the Cleveland Cavaliers win Game 3 over the San Antonio Spurs and cut their series lead to 2-1 in the 2007 NBA Finals? AcesAce Sportsbook has the odds.

San Antonio Spurs -1.5

Cleveland Cavaliers +1.5

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Who will win the 2007 NBA Finals? Spurs or Cavaliers?

After 82 regular season games and 12 wins in the 2007 NBA Playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers meet in the NBA Finals.

Yes, the San Antonio Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers are the TWO teams remaining, fighting for a chance to lift the Larry O'Brien trophy as they engage in the seven-game series of the 2007 NBA Finals.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, with LeBron James, now have an impending dominant dynasty and it's up to them to push it to reality when they take on the best of the West while the San Antonio Spurs try to prove to the young Cavaliers that it is STILL their time and no beast from the East can tell them otherwise yet.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, after shocking the rest of the world by beating the No.1 team in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons, will face the San Antonio Spurs dynasty trying to establish their own.

It took Michael Jordan seven NBA seasons before he had his very first NBA title. LeBron James can have his first one in only his third season in the league.

The San Antonio Spurs, after a tough Western Conference semifinals with the Phoenix Suns, had a rather easier time with the Utah Jazz coming to the final best-of-seven war of the NBA season.
Tim Duncan and Tony Parker still is the core of the San Antonio Spurs franchise and judging by the way the Texas tandem played in this year's playoffs, they're getting better and better with each year they've played together.

Since ''the Admiral'' retired from the game and left the Spurs all to Tim Duncan to lead, this franchise never skipped a beat, staying on top of the Western Conference as one of the NBA's elite teams. They will take on the Cavaliers beginning Thursday as they try to postpone the beginning of a new kingdom led by a King James.

Who will win the 2007 NBA Championship? Here are some odds from Bodog:

Cleveland Cavaliers 12/1

San Antonio Spurs 5/8

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Pistons to beat Cavaliers 79-76 again in Game 3

For two games straight, the Detroit Pistons beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 79-76, in an eerily similar fashion.

Back in Game 1, LeBron James passed up a shot that would've tied the game. Instead, Donyell Marshall missed a desperation three-pointer much to the delight of Pistons fans. Pistons won 79-76.

In Game 2, LeBron James again had the ball. Only this time, he took the shot. He missed. The Cavaliers AGAIN lost to the Pistons, 79-76.

Well, it's STILL a Pistons win. However, I can't help but worry about how the Pistons won the first two games of this NBA Eastern Conference Finals series. As big as a Pistons fan as I am, I have to admit that Detroit didn't won those two games in convincing fashion.

In Game 1, the Cleveland Cavaliers led for most of the game. LeBron James was only held down to 10 points, his lowest output in the playoffs career-wise. But surprisingly, the other guys for Cleveland stepped up.

In Game 2, again, the Cleveland Cavaliers led for most of it. They were way ahead, I think by 14 points, at halftime. The Pistons, for the second straight game, managed to come up with a dramatic comeback in the second half.

If it wasn't for Rasheed Wallace, I'll be looking at a 1-1 tied series.

You just know the Pistons will win Game 3 when this seven-game series shifts to Cleveland, Ohio at the Quicken Loans Arena. The score? Easy.

79-76.

Can the Detroit Pistons win Game 3 at the Quicken Loans Arena and take a commanding 3-0 lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers? Who will win the 2007 NBA Championship? Here are some odds from Bodog:

Detroit Pistons 2/1

Cleveland Cavaliers 12/1

Utah Jazz 9/1

San Antonio Spurs 5/8 (boo!)

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Real Madrid will have David Beckham on Sunday

It seems David Beckham just wanted time to fly until he joins the Los Angeles Galaxy in the United States.

Let me explain, David Beckham was handed his 10th yellow card of the season when he was found guilty of, get this, ''wasting time'' in the 74th minute of Real Madrid's 4-1 bashing of Athletic Bilbao.

As a result, he was handed his 10th yellow card of the season, making him ineligible to play one game for Real Madrid.

And to think that Beckham had only SIX games remaining before he shifts to the United States and play in the MLS (Major League Soccer).

David Beckham received his 10th yellow card of the season for time-wasting in the 74th minute of Madrid's 4-1 win over Athletic Bilbao last Sunday.

Players incur an automatic one-game suspension with every five yellow cards.

Madrid argues the midfielder had delayed taking a free kick because Bilbao midfielder Fran Yeste was standing closer than the allowed 10 yards (9.15 meters).

The club will reportedly provide Spain's soccer federation with video evidence which shows Beckham had only waited to ask referee Cesar Muniz Fernandez to enforce the distance rule.

Suspension would leave Beckham with a maximum of only five games remaining before he joins the Los Angeles Galaxy in August.

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Game 7 between Houston Rockets and Utah Jazz

This best-of-seven Western Conference first round series between the Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz has brought out the best in each team's group of guys, all vying to advance to the next round and be that much closer to the NBA title.

Of course, with only the Golden State Warriors standing between them and the Western Conference finals, you just know each team is just salivating to play Golden State and hope they won't be as careless as the Dallas Mavericks were.

The home team won ALL the home games in this best-of-seven first round series. And yep, the Houston Rockets WILL BE at home as they try to finish off the Utah Jazz in front of what would definitely be a raucous crowd in Texas.

The Jazz survived being eliminated at home when they were able to withstand the pressure from Houston, making its own run at Utah in the fourth quarter of Game 6. Desperation was the theme in Salt Lake City as the Jazz survived, winning Game 6, 94-82, to force a decisive Game 7 back in Texas.

The Jazz don't mind if the crowd will be up against them once it's time to play the final game of what turned out to be an exciting first-round battle. Well, of course, they DO mind but Utah Jazz point guard Deron Williams sure has a nice way of putting things in perspective.

''Now they're facing elimination as well,'' Williams said, ''so it puts a little pressure on them.''

Unfortunately, the Rockets will win game 7 and will have more than an easy time handling the Golden State Warriors who are probably tired now after beating the mighty Dallas Mavericks.

Can the Houston Rockets eliminate the Utah Jazz in Game 7? Who will win the 2007 NBA Championship? Here are some odds from Bodog:

Detroit Pistons 9/2

New Jersey Nets 40/1

Phoenix Suns 3/1

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Will Kobe score 50 to give Lakers a win in Game 4?

I guess the Lakers need Kobe to score at least 45 points to beat Phoenix.

Well, if that is the case, then I guess Tinseltown's win in Game 3 was indeed a fluke. The Lakers are lucky if Kobe Bryant can at least still see open looks at the basket in Game 4.

Don't get me wrong, I'm rooting for them Lakers. What I'm trying to stress here is the fact that the Los Angeles Lakers can't win THIS WAY, especially when you're playing a team like Phoenix. Heck, even more if it's a NBA playoff game.

After a horrendous start, the Lakers, behind Kobe Bryant's 45 points, rallied to beat the Phoenix Suns 95-89 Thursday night at Staples Center and regain solid footing in their opening-round playoff series.

A loss would have put the Lakers in a 3-0 hole in the best-of-seven series, a deficit from which no team has ever come back. Well, Kobe made sure that it won't happen on that night. He just refused to lose this game, hell, he did score 45 after all.

But you see, the Lakers can't just let Kobe do the scoring for them. As balanced as the Detroit Pistons are during the last couple of days, the Lakers have become polar opposites. One man can be stopped easier than five guys scoring a night. If the Phoenix Suns begin to clamp down on Kobe in Game 4, I guess there goes the season for Los Angeles eh?

Of course, knowing Phil Jackson's competitive drive, the Lakers head coach definitely can't have that.

This guy has one of the most intricate offensive sets there is in basketball and unfortunately, the Lakers STILL can't seem to know how to take advantage of it. One way or another, the Lakers NEED solid second, third, fourth scorers in Game 4. Otherwise, they will be looking at a 3-1 deficit with the series heading back to the desert.

Can the Los Angeles Lakers even the series against the Phoenix Suns at 2-2 in Game 4? Who will win the 2007 NBA Championship? Here are some odds from Bodog:

Chicago Bulls 7/1

Detroit Pistons 9/1

Dallas Mavericks 7/2

Miami Heat 4/1 (boo!)

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Beasts of the East begin 2007 NBA Playoffs war

The NBA Eastern Conference is considered the weaker side of NBA basketball.

Yes, the East don't have the Dirk Nowitzkis, the Kobe Bryants or the Yao Mings of the league but what the East has over the West is heart and it showed with the East becoming home of two NBA champions during the last three years.

Now, it's that time of the year when we find out who will represent the NBA Eastern Conference in the 2007 NBA Finals.

The East may be the weaker conference, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the Eastern Conference playoffs won't be as competitive compared to the Western side of basketball.

As expected, the Detroit Pistons once again secured the No.1 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers will have the No.2 spot while the Toronto Raptors secured No.3.

The Miami Heat weaseled their way to No.4 despite missing Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade for most of the year.

They will be in a tough first round battle with the young No.5 seeded Chicago Bulls facing them starting April 21.

The New Jersey Nets were able to overtake the Washington Wizards to take No.6.

Washington, missing Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler probably for the rest of the playoffs, dropped to No.7 while the Orlando Magic, after a fast start into the 2006-07 NBA regular season, dropped to the last and final playoff spot in the East.

Who will win the 2007 NBA Championship? Here are some odds from Bodog:

Chicago Bulls 7/1

Detroit Pistons 9/1

Dallas Mavericks 7/2

Miami Heat 4/1 (boo!)

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Best of the West to be decided in 2007 NBA Playoffs

The Western Conference always has been the stronger side of NBA Basketball.

With consistent powerhouse teams like the San Antonio Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns, the West always have the big boys. Additionally, the Western Conference finals, more often than not, becomes more exciting than the NBA Finals itself.

However, when it comes to the West representatives facing East representatives in a best-of-seven series to decide an NBA champion, the whole idea that the West is stronger is thrown out the window.

Why? Well just consider this, the East beat the West twice in the last three years for the NBA title. The Detroit Pistons did it to the Los Angeles Lakers back in 2004 and the Miami Heat did it to the Dallas Mavericks last year.

This year in the Western Conference playoffs, the BIG THREE secured the top three spots in the West side of the postseason. The Dallas Mavericks is your No.1 seed, Phoenix Suns No.2 and the San Antonio Spurs No.3.

The Utah Jazz, probably making a comeback now after their glory days with John Stockton and Karl Malone, have the No.4 spot while Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets will face them in the first round at No.5.

Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony and the rest of the Denver Nuggets will come in the 2007 NBA Playoffs as the No.6 seed while Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom were able to bring the Los Angeles Lakers to No.7.

As for the West's last and final playoff spot, the Golden State Warriors just edged the Los Angeles Clippers in their little foot race for the postseason. If both teams finish with identical 41-41 records, the Clippers will advance since they won their season-series with Golden State. The Warriors took care of that by finishing 42-40.

Who will win the 2007 NBA Championship? Here are some odds from Bodog:

Chicago Bulls 7/1

Detroit Pistons 9/1

Dallas Mavericks 7/2

Miami Heat 4/1 (boo!)

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Tales that has come and go in March Madness Bracket

The 2007 March Madness bracket battles are underway.

The wait is finally over as the first round of this year's March Madness bracket wars have been waged. The March Madness bracket tournament has been around for quite some time now and for those of you new to this annual spectacle of NCAA College Basketball, George Mason's improbable march in last year's bracket battles is perhaps the single-most significant event you'll remember.

Aside from George Mason's Cinderella season last year, there are quite a handful of feel-good stories the March Madness bracket brought to the table.

In 1983, watching Jimmy Valvano celebrate after his North Carolina State Wolfpack shock Houston was something. Sidney Lowe led the Wolfpack, letting Valvano parade around the hardwood in jubilation.

Sidney Lowe is the current mentor of the North Carolina State Wolfpack.

In 1985, the Kansas Jayhawks, the same basketball program included in the ''big four'' of the 2007 March Madness bracket battles, proved just how much the crowd can play in the outcome of a basketball game.

Larry Brown's Kansas Jayhawks were 12-8 at one point and heard chants of ''NIT, NIT.'' However, Danny Manning must not have been listening as he put the Jayhawks on his back and led them to the title. Yep, the Jayhawks sure have a lot of success already as they head to the 2007 March Madness bracket battles.

Can the Florida Gators successfully defend their NCAA College Basketball championship? Here are some odds from Bodog sportsbook.

Florida Gators 9/2

Ohio State Buckeyes 8/1

North Carolina Tar Heels 5/1

UCLA Bruins 8/1

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