Cavs v. Spurs

I like how Cleveland was able to really attack Detroit in all the right ways for 6 games. I don't like the insinuation that Detroit just played poorly throughout the series. Detroit was coming off a series where they beat a very good Chicago team pretty easily, so there's no reason to think they wouldn't be playing well. Furthermore, teams don't just randomly play poorly for 6 games straight - Cleveland forced them to play poorly. The Cavs may be ugly to watch, but they play good defense, rebound well, and are able to score well enough to win.

Now a comment about San Antonio:

Here's the thing (off topic a sec), I think San Antonio (as much as I dislike them for their style of defense and for all the Euro-soccer like whining and drama) is not an ugly team to watch play basketball. They aren't a fast team to watch play, but neither was Georgetown this season (and I think the Hoyas were great to watch - spectacular on offense). San Antonio has the best big man in the NBA right now, one of the most explosive playmakers, and an off-guard who can score from all over the court. The reason people assume that the Spurs are bad to watch is that they control the ball and keep a somewhat slow tempo. But their offense is right at the top of the league. Let's sit back and enjoy good basketball, because the Spurs are the best team in the league.

The Spurs will beat the Cavs and win another championship, but the Cavs will compete. I think 6 games is appropriate. But that being said, Duncan is not a young man and as Duncan deteriorates, so do the San Antonio Spurs. Meanwhile, LeBron pretty much single handedly took his team to the Finals, and he's 22. With Durant and Oden both going to the West, we are probably going to be looking at the Cavs in the NBA Finals a lot over the next decade or so.