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Cleveland, San Antonio Face Off for Finals
P atrick G ruhler
T he P ortland O bserver
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The C leveland C avaliers will
match up against the San A ntonio
Spurs for the NBA finals Thursday,
JuneS. With Cleveland playing their
first ever NBA finals, the Spurs will
go for their fourth title in nine sea­
sons after beating the Utah Jazz in
five gam es in the W estern C onfer­
ence finals. The Spurs finished that
series off last Tuesday and will
have an eight-day rest before the
finals start.
The C avaliers finished off the
D etroit Pistons Saturday 98-82,
w inning the series 4-2. A fter get­
ting dow n 2-0, losing those gam es
in Detroit both by three points,
C leveland seemed to gain more
confidence as each gam e w ent on
before blow ing out the Pistons in
gam e six.
T hat series was the com ing out
party for Jam es, who faced much
scrutiny in the first two losses for
the decisions he was making. In
game one Lebron had only 10 points
to go with 10 rebounds and nine
assists, but took heat for passing
the last shot o f the gam e to D onyell
M arshall w ho was open for the
g am e w in n in g shot. M a rsh a ll
m issed that shot.
In gam e two Jam es listened to
the critics and drove the lane for the
last shot, although he m issed when
Cleveland Cavaliers' Daniel Gibson drives around Zydrunas
llgauskas, left, from Lithuania, and LeBron James, right, during
practice earlier this week.
he felt there was contact.
The follow ing trio o f gam es was
the Lebron Jam es show. T he Pis­
tons tried to throw m ultiple double
and triple team s at Jam es but noth­
ing worked. Games three and four in
C leveland were all Jam es, as he
scored 32 and 25 points respec-
tively.
But it was gam e five that took
Jam es into the pantheon o f super-
star players and superstar games.
Jam es scored 48 points, including
25 straight points and 29 and 30
points for Cleveland, as they won
in double overtim e in Detroit, seiz­
ing control o f the series.
The Pistons tried to learn in game
six, harassing Jam es into finishing
with 20 points on 3-11 shooting,
but also had 8 assists and 14 re­
bounds. The C avaliers took a one
point lead into the fourth quarter,
but Jam es kept finding his open
teammates, especially rookie Daniel
G ibson. G ibson knocked dow n
three straight threes to start the
fourth quarter, taking all the air out
o f the Pistons, and finished with a
career high 31 points.
The Spurs will be the next team to
try to slow dow n Jam es.
C le v e la n d w on b oth g am es
against the Spurs this year, but
both gam es were before the all-star
break, when the Spurs tightened up
their play and really found their
game.
The Spurs have been playing
some o f the best basketball in the
NBA since the al 1 star break and are
the clear cut favorites to win their
fourth cham pionship.
Look for the Spurs to use their
depth and to focus on their own
superstar, Tim D uncan, to control
the tem po o f the game. The C ava­
liers will have a very tough time
defending D uncan, and if they can
slow him dow n, the Spurs have
several shooters on the perim eter
to knock down jum pers and drive
the lane for easy buckets.
Is Michael Jordan Better Than Lebron James?
P atrick G rihler
T he P ortland O bserver
Jordan was beauty. He made
basketball seem like an art form.
A fter Lebron Jam es put up 48
Jordan could get past anybody
points on Thursday night against on the court, even tw o or three
the D etroit Pistons, including 25 times, and his gam e was different. It
straight points and 29 o f his team s was beauty, it was graceful and
last 30 points, he elevated him self m ost o f all it was better than every­
into the topic o f greatest player one else's.
ever. We all know that with a bad
Both m en have put up rid ic u ­
fin a ls p e rfo rm a n c e that co u ld lous num bers in th e ir first four
quickly change, but for the tim e s e a s o n s . J o rd a n a v e ra g e d 37
being, Jam es is the guy.
points in his third season in the
His perform ance against Pistons league. Jam es av erag ed 31 in his
m ade it clear cut in my mind that third season.
Jam es is the best.
But Jordan never got to the fi­
So the real question is, is Lebron nals until his seventh season. It has
Jam es better than M ichael Jordan? taken Lebron four.
W ell, let’s exam ine their gam es
But Jam es plays w ith D rew
real quick. They may both be perim ­ G ooden, Donyell M arshall, Daniel
eter players, but com pletely d iffer­ G ibson and Big Z. Jordan never
ent types.
m ade it to the finals until he had
Jam es is power. He can go right Scottie Pippen.
through co n tact ov er and ov er
Jordan played in a tim e when one
player did n ’t control a team 's pay-
again, and it doesn’t affect him.
by
roll, and a team could have several
su p erstars.
For my m oney 1 will still take
Jordan.
T he beauty at w hich Jordan
played the gam e o f basketball was
unbelievable. Lebron may pow er
past his opponents, Jordan is just
better than them. All of them. At the
same time.
Now I know you might be saying
that in ten years Jam es could aver-
agea triple double, w ineightM VPS,
and have a handful o f rings, 1 will
still take Jordan.
In fact one friend told me, “Jor­
dan is better now, but lets talk in
eight years.”
M aybe I ca n ’t get the image o f
him knocking down all those threes
against the Blazers, looking at the
sidelines, and shrugging his shoul­
ders like he d id n 't know he had it in
him.
A fter that, no one ever ques­
tioned what Jordan had in him.
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2 on Saturday. Forest Grove won the
6A Softball championship handily
defeating Central Catholic 5 - 1.
NHL
The Anaheim Ducks took a 3-1 lead
against Ottowa in the Stanley Cup
Finals. Game 5 takes place W ednes­
day night in Anaheim as the Ducks
look to win their first Stanley Cup
trophy.
One Step Closer
The Oregon State Beavers got them ­
selves into a hole in their repeat bid
for a national baseball cham pion­
ship. A fter losing their first game
against Virginia, the Beavers had to
win three straight gam es to move
on to the super regional. On M on­
day, the Beavers beat Rutgers 5-2,
and then beat Virginia5-3. On Tues­
day the Beavers beat the odds as
they beat V irginia 7-3 to win the
regional bracket. They will play the
U niversity o f M ichigan in the best
o f three super regional, starting
Friday.
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