Sports Blog

This is the most anticipated match-up in the history of tennis. The most dominant player in this generation Roger Federer who entered his eight consecutive Grand Slam finals appearances against the superb and clay specialist Rafael Nadal who is eyeing for his third French Open in a row.

Who’s gonna win? I picked Federer last year and witnessed how Nadal excellently controlled the match. Federer has prepared himself for a year for this match  and  if he studied well enough the weaknesses and strengths of Nadal, I believe he will win.

But to consider that Nadal has extremely owned the clay in the last three years, Federer has to play his A plus game.

If Federer has to surpass the greatness of Pete Sampras, he has to capture this Grand Slam which Sampras was denied.

I can’t wait to watch them play.

Millions of NBA fans including all basketball experts believe that the San Antonio Spurs will win the NBA title against the Cleveland Cavaliers. But how many games? Charles Barkley predicted 4-1, had he not been wrong most of the time?

Here are the five reasons why the Spurs eventually will wind up 4-0.

1.The Hunger Factor. Coming into season, no team is hungrier than the Spurs. They should have won the title last year if it wouldn’t been for the ineffective seeding.
 

2. Spuracious Defense. There is no defensive scheme better than of Greg Popovich. It deranged the triangle offense of Phil Jackson in the past. It clamped down the best offensive team, the Phoenix Suns, of Mike D’Antony two times in the last three years.
 

3. Bruce Bowen and Tim Duncan’s defense. I need to include the individual defense of Bowen against Lebron James. What lacked the the previous opponents of the Cavs was a legitimate shotblocker. Once James enters into the paint, Tim Duncan will be there to block him.
 

4. The Troika. The greatness of the Spurs rely not only on their defense but the offense. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobli are too much for the Cavs.
 

5. The Experience. When the game comes down to the last 2 minutes, the Spurs can handle any pressure. They have been in so many contested battles, most of the time they prevailed.

Let’s wait and see these five things in the NBA Finals starting on Thursday.

Lebron James need not to score 40 points for the Cavaliers but somebody from his teammates stepped up in tough times.

If James is the Batman he just found his Robin Saturday night as the courageous Daniel Gibson scored 31 points, 19 in the fourth quarter to give the Cavaliers 98-82 victory over the Pistons and clinched the series.

Charles Barkley was right when he said that what Pistons defense on LeBron should have been used in Game 5. The Pistons doubled on Lebron in the fourth quarter everytime leaving Gibson open outside the arch line while the defensive rotation came late more often

The Cavaliers will be facing the San Antonio Spurs on the best-of-seven NBA Finals series Thursday.