Playoff Blogdome: Spurs-Cavs, Game 1

A roundup of reactions to Game One of the NBA Finals, from around this here Internets ...

• YAYSports!: "Before people start ripping on LeFranchise for having an off night, let's give the Spurs defense some credit. Actually, a lot of credit. It was almost as if they were playing with seven players out on the floor."

• Free Darko: "the spurs are kind of cocaine. in a contra kind of way ... i mean, the white jerseys go well with HATING THEM NOW ... talking about the cavs is like trying to write a poem about a cube ... pavlovic is a great finisher, except for the finishing part ..."

• Basketbawful: "My advice to the Cavs? Pick, and pick, and pick again for LeBron. It looked to me like the Cavs stopped playing after the first pick set for LeBron, assuming he would use his athleticism to score. That worked sporadically against the Pistons (aside from the amazing game 5, when it worked consistently, because LeBron played like Zeus), but it will not against the more talented Spurs."

• Cavaliers Blog: "So the Spurs are pretty good. Here's the scary part Cavs followers: in the 85-76 loss in Game 1, the Spurs played about average. They played good defense, Tony Parker was the fastest guy on the court, Tim Duncan was dominant, and Manu Ginobili hit a few shots. Then they called it a night. The word you're looking for is: eek."

• Bill Simmons: "Combined minutes of Cleveland's best unit that would give the Spurs the most trouble if they ever played together at the same time (Gibson, LeBron, Pavlovic, Gooden, Varejao): 6."