FTT's Spurs-Cavs Game 2 Diary: Fourth Quarter

11:14 - Yay! The NBA Cares! I was worried they no longer did.

11:15 - Why do they send a blimp to a game that's indoors, and doing that, why don't you just show file footage?

11:15 - "The Cavs have to take better care of the ball, and they have to defend."

No, honestly, they don't. They could just lose.

11:17 - Damon Jones hits a 3 for his first points of the game. He now has three more than Leisure Suit Larry. Just, you know, saying.

11:18 - Jones hits another 3, AND THE LEAD IS 19! Come back, nationwide television audience! You don't want to miss the Cavs big comeback to make the final score seem competitive!

11:21 - ABC comes back from commercial with Stevie Ray Vaughn. I miss SRV. If only Clapton had gotten on the helicopter instead.

11:22 - HD does Michele Tafoya no favors.

11:23 - Spurs airball, James layup. It's 17! Wake the kids!

11:24 - Ah, let them sleep. The Spurs still have Duncan. And, it seems, a Green Day CD. Who knew that kind of music was allowed there?

11:25 - The Spurs play volleyball for a minute, getting five offensive rebounds. Weren't the Cavs supposed to be, you know, kind of OK at getting rebounds? Or anything?

11:26 - Nike going into hard rotation on the LeBron ad. They're not doing him any favors right now.

11:27 - Having seen the ad a half dozen times, I now know the secret of the Silver Surfer. THE CHANTEUSE HAS A PENIS.

11:28 - Marshall with a 3 to cut it to 16. Wake the kids!

11:29 - Gibson cuts it to 14. Mike Breen just wet himself. Doesn't he, you know, watch the games? This is what the Spurs do *every* game... Varejo cuts it to 12.

11:30 - Gibson, having clubbed Mike Brown with a tire iron so that he can get on the floor, makes a steal. James follows with a rebound and putback, then hits the free throw to cut it to 9.

Gosh, what might Cleveland be with Gibson getting more time?

11:31 - Answer: a loser in 5, just the same as now. But LeBron is going into Uber Mode, having drawn Duncan's 4th foul -- after getting away with a hard elbow in Manu's face. He's setting the stage for his 50-point night in Cleveland's lone win of the series, which will be Game 3.

If Kobe Bryant had elbowed Manu like that, he'd be in jail -- and we'd all be safer.

11:35 -- The lead is eight! Set your kids' bed on fire, because there will be no sleeping tonight!

11:36 - James doesn't get a call, Parker hits, and it's back to 10. My kids are asking why I set the bed on fire, but LeBron now has 25. That explains everything.

11:37 - Gibson with his 12th point. Yes, that's 12 more than Leisure Suit Larry. Brown's need to keep splitting time is starting to look Grady Little-esque.

11:38 - That's the kill shot - a Manu 3 with flop, giving him 24, and a 12-point lead with 2:23 left.

11:39 - Gibson with another 3, but Duncan calmly gets the board and scores a bucket. Like, um, always.

11:40 - The first moment of genuine drama all night - Horry slams into Popovich, causing him to leave the bench area. Does this mean Pop is suspended for the next game? Damn you, Horry!

11:41 - Mark Jackson points out that the Cavs have to feel good about this, because the comeback came against the Spurs starters.

Sure -- if this was the Special Olympics, or the Cavs were looking for Participant Trophies.

The final is an 11-point win. The Cavs will win Game 3 as James gets every possible call. Game 4 will have lots of pre-game coverage of how the Spurs haven't looked good for five quarters. And then they'll win, just like the Jazz series, and close it at home in five.

And gosh, it'll be exciting! Almost as exciting as this!