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Damon Jones (+19) is the Answer!

You want to know how truly lopsided this game was?  Well, my friend Matty and I talk during the occasional regular season game.  The frequency of phone calls increase as we get further into the post season.  We have exchanged literally hundreds of phone calls over the years and not once have we ever talked during actual game play.  We've always limited discussion to commercials only...  until tonight, during the second quarter.  The game, and this series, was that over.  O-V-E-R.

"We're definitely still confident," James said. "We've been down 2-0 before and we have to find a way to get back the intensity we had in the fourth quarter and carry it into Game 3."

Well, out of compassion I'll give you directions for finding that fourth quarter intensity.  Try falling behind by 27 after three quarters.  That way you'll have Tony and Duncan flirting cracking jokes on the bench while Pop dicks around with proven quintets such as Vaughn, Ginobili, Bowen, Oberto and Elson.

I understand feeding the media the typical line of bs, but comparing this 0-2 deficit to the Pistons series is laughable.  Against the Pistons they could point to a couple plays that could have changed the outcome.  But if the Cavs seriously believe what Lebron is slinging then this series is D-O-N-E.  Because there is nothing positive they can take from game 2, a game in which they:

-led for 15 seconds (after leading for 74 seconds of game 1)
-trailed by 25 at half, the third largest halftime deficit in Finals history (via Marc Stein)
-had absolutely no answer for Parker, Duncan or Ginobili.  Seriously, the Big Three combined for 78 points and they, as a group, hit a total of two difficult shots (two acrobatic Parker layups).  Duncan is barely breaking a sweat on the offensive end, currently 19-33 with 9 assists and only 3 TOs.
-lost by 13 despite Bowen, Finley and Barry combining to shoot 2-15 from 3
-managed to get off 19 3PA, the most against the Spurs this playoffs, and not likely to happen again
-attempted 29 FT, well above the average allowed by the Spurs this postseason
-had Jeff Van Gundy talking about how the disparity between the two conferences may be the greatest in NBA history and Mark Jackson writing off the Cavs chances in the series... in the third quarter of game 2


Lebron looks to the only place he'll find answers (AP Photo / Eric Gay)

Hell, even Spurs fans have to be disappointed in this series.  The Cavaliers have been a damned joke so far.  The Spurs have yet to throw an A game out there and they are still winning comfortably.  Lebron continues to play timidly for large stretches despite it being clear they cannot compete that way.  Seriously, how bad has the Eastern Conference gotten when their finals representative has the media clamoring for more playing time for Eric Snow and Damon Jones?  Eesh.

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Re: Damon Jones (+19) is the Answer!
Hollinger recently made a comment that the Cavs are the worst team we've played in the playoffs this years.  I took that line of thought further and considered when was the last time we played a worse team in the playoffs.  

I think last year Dallas and Sacramento were tougher.

I think in 2005 Detroit, Phoenix, Seattle, and Denver were better.  Some might say Denver was worse than these Cavs but unless our current series goes to 6 games I'll disagree.

I went all the way back to the first round of 2004 to find a worse team - the Memphis Grizzlies, the last team we swept in the playoffs. I don't know, am I crazy here?  I feel like this is the truth.

by Jones on Jun 11, 2007 5:41 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Damon Jones (+19) is the Answer!
Denver? Denver had Anthony (whom we had no answer for), Iverson, and the Camby/Nene combo that gave Duncan the closest thing Duncan ever has to a hard time.

We were better than the Nuggs ... but they were much better than these Cavs. Hell, if J.R. Smith played for the Cavs he'd be their second-best scorer.

I say these Cavs are the weakest playoff team we've faced at least since '04. They're basically as good as we let LeBron be - and that ain't good.

by Rand on Jun 11, 2007 7:29 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Damon Jones (+19) is the Answer!
The Denver team I was referring to was from the 2005 playoffs.  

by Jones on Jun 11, 2007 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

4th Quarter
It was funny how Pop openingly admitted that he was dicking around in the 4th quarter. I think he did that on purpose so he would have something to harp on before Game 3. Just once I would like to see the Spurs just sweep someone and kick the hell out them in every game doing so. Could this be it?

by DennardC on Jun 11, 2007 11:42 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Damon Jones (+19) is the Answer!
^^^ Agreed. If everyone is going to label us the team that punted the overhyped baby off of a bridge, may as well go the full 9.
Go to Hell before seeing the moon. -Shagia Frost (Gundam X)

by Hideyori on Jun 11, 2007 12:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Damon Jones (+19) is the Answer!
anyone have espn insider and willing to help us folk without by pasting the the sports guy's chat transcript on a diary? much appreciated to the brave/kind soul that steps up.

by booth52 on Jun 11, 2007 3:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Simmons Chat Wrap
You can find it at:

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=16169

It's mostly about the Sopranos, though.

by wangalusa on Jun 11, 2007 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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