NBA Finals: Game 1

Time for the NBA Finals. A review as seen thru my eyes.

Prelude: Ahhh, my favorite part of game 1. Dinner at Sea Island. I had the fried catfish and shrimp, Sandy the sirloin & grilled shrimp. Washed down with a nice, cold beer. Point of interest: going to dinner the freeway was typical rush hour bumper to bumper, snail paced traffic. On the way home there were only 10 or 12 cars the entire way.

1st Quarter: After a 7 day layoff between games, I showed a little rust. While the Spurs & Cavs were sluggishly going back and forth, so was I. I went upstairs and fired up the laptop. Dohhhhh, I forgot my Diet Coke, so back down for the soda and then back up. Ohhh, I forgot a snack. Down & up again. Answered a "Go Spurs" pm from Allie and then jumped into the Forums.

Key Play of the quarter: Managed to eat my snack without having to share with the dogs - that was HUGE! Spurs: 20 Cavs: 15

2nd Quarter: Started strong but started slipping after a bit. The soda gave way to bottled water, and that may have proved to be bad judgment on my part. I was trying to play Snood on my laptop, but the bladder wasn't cooperating. My game was starting to slip a bit and I was giving up too much ground. If I could just hang on til half time. Sandy turned on the game and kept cheering which just added to the distraction. Finally half time.

Key Play of the quarter: Holding my bladder until I finished Snood. I was able to score an all time best on the "Evil" level. I had my game coming together. At the half Spurs: 40 Cavs: 35

3rd Quarter: I finally gave into Sandy's request and began to watch the game. It's hard for me to get to worked up about game 1 of any series. With the Spurs it really never gets to interesting until the 4th quarter anyway, so usually I wait. But Sandy kept yelling and being a distraction ......

Key Play of the Quarter: Actually staying awake! The game was getting out of control. The big thing that piqued my attention was that LeBron James (King James according to the media) was having a horrific night - that was cool. I'm not a fan of players that think it's all about them - he be one. After three Spurs: 64 Cavs: 49

4th Quarter: You could hear people all over the neighborhood yelling and cheering. It's a begin thing here to have playoff parties. Kind of a tailgate party thing. Everyone is on the deck or patio, BBQ grill going and the TV moved out for all to enjoy. I personally don't like watching TV sports with a group. Too many people say too many stupid things.At commercial breaks I was running downstairs, making coffee for the morning, letting the dogs out and shutting things down. It was my favorite kind of game - blowout & ending before 11 pm! No anxiety, just the fun of watching an opponent being crushed!

Key Play of the Quarter: Getting the dogs potty break and coffee made in one commercial break. I've got game!

Final Score: Spurs 85 Cavs 76