Cavs Get Varejao’ed, Spurs Take 3-0 Lead
Varejao’ed - v - When a composite, group or team featuring an outstanding component, individual or player is undermined by a lesser component, individual or player.
The sexy story from last night’s 75-72 Spurs victory over the Cavs will be the non-call on Bruce Bowen fouling LeBron James on a last-second three-point attempt. But the ugly side of Cleveland’s final night of playoff hope doesn’t rest on LeBron’s heave or the ref’s silent whistle.
It rest’s on the floppy-locked head of one Anderson Varejao.
Usually, collective groans and jeers for a home team are reserved for draft selections, and even then, its only a couple hundred die-hard yahoos. But with the Cavs trailing 72-70 with 13 seconds remaining in the game, the Cavaliers version of Full Throttle energy drink took one of the most untimely shots in NBA history, and sent the crowd of 20,562 into a collective “What the heezy?”
13 seconds and three Ginobili free throws later, the Spurs went into cruise control in the search for their fourth NBA championship.
Sure, Larry Hughes didn’t play, the role players didn’t contribute, and Daniel ‘Boobie’ Gibson came up ‘A-cup’ in his first Finals start, but the Cavs kept it close enough in spite of horrendous shooting from three; 2-16 compared to the Spurs’ 10-19. The Spurs defense played bad enough to not blow them out, but well enough to match an ineffective offense. This same defense should pick up in game four to close it out.
No matter the reason, the city of Cleveland has a chance to come down from the disappointment of meeting up with the Spurs in the NBA finals, just in time to greet a man named Brady at Browns mini-camp.
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