The Finals -- Call it

[RadioFan]

Spurs in 6.

Simply shocking that Screamin' A. Smith and Greg Anthony are picking the Pistons.

Btw, rack this guy ...

Speaking of 'Sheed, I'd like to thank him for helping me realize a lifelong dream: Seeing players on a defending NBA champion carrying around championship belts like pro wrestlers. And since I need a new cause, I'm making it my mission to convince sports TV execs that music has actually been released since 1985. You may remember my starting this crusade back in the 2004 ALCS when Fox kicked off Game 1 with Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonight," which came out a good 20 years ago. And ever since then, I've been noticing how nobody can ever kick off a telecast with a recent song. For instance, during the Suns-Spurs series, ESPN actually dragged out Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight" as the running background music for the opener and commercial breaks in Game 3. Are you kidding me? You could almost picture them breaking out of the final production meeting right before the game:

– Some 22-year-old intern: "Wait, wait, did we pick a song for the game?"

– Middle-aged boss (heading to another meeting): "Oh, crap, I almost forgot … um … just use that Phil Collins song again, the one from Miami Vice."

– Intern (as boss is rushing off): "Didn't we already use that one?"

– Boss (shouting over his shoulder): "Who cares, just use it again!"

Anyway, I'm making it a personal crusade – there have been plenty of songs (both new and old) that would work for those opening sequences. If you wanted something more upbeat and current, "Time Is Running Out" (Muse), "Sweet Harmony" (The Beloved), "Honest Mistake" (The Bravery), "Take Me Out" (Franz Ferdinand), "Extreme Ways" (Moby) and "Y Control" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) would all work. If you wanted something slower that could generate some goose bumps, go with "Clocks" (Coldplay) or "Last Goodbye" (Jeff Buckley), or even go way back for "Smalltown Boy" (Bronski Beat), "Reptile" (The Church) or "The Killing Moon" (Echo and the Bunnymen). If you want a prolonged instrumental with a kick, use the second half of "Uncertain Smile" by The The. If you want a less-known '80s song out of the "In the Air Tonight" mold, go with "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel. And those are just the ones I that popped in my head in the last five minutes.

Here's the point: Music has been released in the last 20 years. I know it's impossible to believe. So just for the hell of it, give me Muse heading into one of these games. I don't ask for much.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... 0608&num=3

Reason No. 17 to mute the TV and turn up the radio.

[Cicero]

The Spurs in 5. BTW, Bill Simmons is the funniest sports writer in America.

[Shoalzie]

I don't know how the Pistons can keep this up...Spurs in 6 but I would love to be proven wrong again. It won't be the most exciting series but it'll be a closely contested series. With no Red Wings, the Pistons need to continue carrying the torch for the Detroit sports scene.

[ElvisMonster]

This isn't some banged up team with its only two stars limping up and down the court. This is a well rested Spurs team that is arguably better than the Pistons at every single position from headcoach to the end of the bench. Detroit will be lucky to escape the finals with their dignity, let alone a win. But I'll give 'em the benefit of the doubt. Spurs in 5.

[RadioFan]

This isn't some banged up team with its only two stars limping up and down the court. This is a well rested Spurs team that is arguably better than the Pistons at every single position from headcoach to the end of the bench. Detroit will be lucky to escape the finals with their dignity, let alone a win. But I'll give 'em the benefit of the doubt. Spurs in 5.

Unrack me for being a lazy, confident bastard.

I couldn't help it though. You're our resident expert and stuff. Btw, I will hate you forever if the Spurs lose this series.

[ElvisMonster]

I'd feel pretty bad, too. But I'm feeling a little more confident now that I know Steven A. Smith went the other way.

[RadioFan]

The Spurs in 5.

Even as a Spurs fan, for the better part of 20 years, this seems ridiculous.

Not to mention Game 1 tonight.

Fuck all the "Oh, it's boring" hatahs.

On a global scale, everybody bitches that the "NBA plays no defense" or "all those guys in the NBA, they are all just flash and they all travel." Sure.

And where are the college BB fans, hmmmm? What the hell is the difference in this series, other than it happens to be the best players in the world, for the most part?

Yeah, college basketball rocks, and NBA sucks. :roll:

Not much difference at all, in this series, and not because of superstars. But because of DEFENSE, motherfuckers.

College bball lovers, how is this not a great series? It's bball, at it's purist, no?

Btw, if I were gay, I'd want to pretend I could have Tony Parker's and Manu Ginobli's babies and stuff.

Honestly, though, I really just want Parker to kick ass so I can fuck Eva Longaria in the women's bathroom during a timeout, just to relieve her nervousness. ABC hasn't played that card yet, but don't worry, it's on the way.

[Cicero]

Gonna be hard for the Pistons to win a game when they cant even score 70 points. I'm hoping that when the Spurs win in 5 games, that Duncan walks over to Sheed, grabs his belt and beats the piss out of him, Triple HHH style.

[RadioFan]

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[Dinsdale]

Eva Longaria ...... ABC hasn't played that card yet, but don't worry, it's on the way.

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