Spurs are far from a dominant team. They are a good team and a deserving favorite but hardly unbeatable. The x factor is of course Duncan. Cleveland has a matchup problem there because Duncan can step back and shoot that little bank shot that most big men cant. Parker must be controlled and with Hughes hobbling and Gibson's defense suspect he can be a problem also. LeBron certainly will be a problem for the Spurs because Bowen is overmatched and will be in foul trouble early which forces SA to double. The reason why NBA teams dont double much is it leaves guys wide open and even average players like Gooden can hit wide open 15 footers all night. What SA has that Detroit lacked is poise. Cleveland has virtually no experienced playoff hardend guys with the exception of Snow who is too much of an offensive liability (sorry Morty/Hal) to play more than a few minutes. Clveland will need to dominate the boards and limit SA's second chance points to win games. They must also limit the secondary break and keep Finley and Ginobilli from getting out in transition where they excel. Cleveland must try to turn the games into physical, grinding games because they dont have the transition type players that can keep up with SA. I think SA will win the series but I dont think it will be easy.
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