Game Preview: Cleveland Cavaliers @ San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs vs Cleveland Cavaliers

AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
March 16, 2013, 7:30 PM Spurs Time
TV: FSSW - RADIO: 1200 AM WOAI

Man, I get all the best games. Well, it's time again Spurs fans, your team takes on another bottom dweller, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and will likely lose by double digits. I think that's the March game plan. Beat all the good teams, and the Mavericks (bazinga!), and lose horribly to the terrible teams to throw everyone off our trail. It must be working as the Spurs are dropping like rocks in the power rankings. I mean third?! What the hell? It's clearly time to blow it up.

Ok, no, I'm not going to do another one of those previews. You can't go around doing too many of those, it messes with the mojo. Speaking of mojo, Manu needs to stop upsetting the balance of the universe and get back to being awesome. Maybe Duncan will share some of the magic potion he's been taking to be turn back the clock. Why does the clock only turn back for one person? If Timmeh's turning it back shouldn't I be seeing some benefits from yesteryear? Whatever, I'm sure we'll Manu improve over the next couple of weeks. He has always been one of those guys that needs to play his way out of a slump. I'm just hoping Pop gives him the time he needs.

On to the Cavs, the poor saps. So Cleveland is now without their two best players and Kyrie Irving is out 3-4 weeks with a shoulder injury. This after Anderson Varejao went down for the year a couple months back. That probably doesn't bode well for the Spurs as they will likely get run out of the building by Ormi Casspi and Luke Walton. How is Luke Walton still in the NBA? The dude has never done anything worth getting paid millions of dollars for, but I digress.

So the Cavs are in South Texas without their two best players and are on a SEGABABA after playing in Dallas last night. I refused to watch that drek. For the Spurs to win, they will simply need to execute. Pop said they've been playing like they're in mud recently and it's time to shake that off and take it to a lesser team. I look for Manu to have a nice game. He's due and the Cavs won't be able to slow him down.

Meanwhile, if the Spurs just don't let the Cavs have the games of their lives, like they did in Minnesota, they'll have a very solid chance to have a nice easy win. A win in which the starters don't have to play 30+ minutes and I can go to bed at a reasonable hour. I'm so old. Anywho, Cleveland does have several guys that can randomly get hot and really cause some trouble. Keep a lid on that and your Spurs should cruise....should.

Lineups Starters PG: Cory Joseph SG: Danny Green SF: Kawhi Leonard PF: Tim Duncan C: Tiago Splitter Key Bench Players Manu Ginobili Boris Diaw Stephen Jackson Head Coach Gregg Popovich			Lineups Starters PG: Shaun Livingston SG: Dion Waiters SF: Alonzo Gee PF: Tristan Thompson C: Tyler Zeller Key Bench Players C.J. Miles Marreese Speights Daniel Gibson Head Coach Byron Scott

Cavs perspective can be found here: Fear the Sword (I'm still not sure what S-word we're supposed to fear, but whatever.)

Game Prediction: Cavs by 12....the trend continues.

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