Lets see, Duncan is awesome on both sides of the court while Parker is awesome on only the offense (not saying his D is bad at all, but its not near as good as Duncan's). Beyond that, lets look at the stats:
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but duncan's job (consequently his pts) is made easier by parker's amazing play. he's making things easier for everyone -- except cleveland.
part of your opinion is likely based on who/what you feel is the most valuable on the floor. i think a great point guard is more valuable than any other position, so i personally like parker for mvp.
The Cavs main problem has been that LeBron cant get into any kind of rhythm offensively, the Spurs are a great defensive team and if you watch them they never let LeBron see the same trap for too long. They constantly switch were the traps come from and who is involved, this is where the Pistons went wrong imo.
To counter that the Cavs best chance is to take LeBron away from the ball and run him off some baseline screens, then give him the ball when he is on the move and let him attack the basket with a head of steam. He is a good enough passer to find the open man if Duncan helps and if he doesnt Bowen doesnt have a prayer when LeBron is going to the hole like that. Bowen is good at keeping his assignment in front of him but if he is already trailing on the screen LeBron has a clear path to either finish of find the open man.
Tony Parker has been great so far, but Duncan is the difference in this series. He makes the game easier for the whole team with his passes out of the double and triple teams and defensively he has owned the paint. Big Z has been terrible and you can see that he is totally intimidated by Duncan in the middle. Parker catches the eye with his flashy drives to the basket, but Duncan has the all around game that deserves Finals MVP.
Unless the Cavs change their gameplan (Mike Brown should hire an offensive minded assistant coach) and get LeBron the ball somewhere other than at the top of the circle (where he is easy to double) the Spurs will sweep them.
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First off, Tim Duncan should get Finals MVP in my opinion. As someone said, he's better balanced than Tony Parker. Duncan is good on both sides of the court.
Second off, I think the Spurs will win in 5 or 6, as I think my hometown team will win game three and possibly game four, but then again, I'm just thinking optimistically...
Third off, I'm not really a sports guy, so I only know some things about stats. I really just watch the 4th quarter and hope my team wins...
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The Cavs can't double Parker though, because their attention is on the real MVP. Also as I already said, Parker is only really contributing with his scoring. Not in much of any other way.
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