Vintage 2007 Cleveland Cavaliers Red "RISE UP!" Playoff Car Flag (B)

NBA FINALS - San Antonio Spurs vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

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NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers must rise in hurry, or fall

Spurs' victory in Game 4 tonight would clinch title

BRIAN MAHONEY
The Associated Press
JUN 13, 2007 10:45 PM

CLEVELAND -- Signs all around Cleveland implore the Cavaliers to "Rise Up!", the team's motto this season.

And if the Cavaliers are going to win their first championship, they will have to rise up further than any NBA team has ever done.

Cleveland is facing a 3-0 deficit against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. No NBA club has won a series after dropping the first three games, forcing the Cavaliers to look elsewhere for belief.

"Red Sox-Yankees," center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said yesterday. "I thought about it this morning."

True, but Boston had a powerful offense back in 2004. These Cavaliers have one of the worst that has played on the NBA's biggest stage.

A loss tonight could leave Cleveland as the most inept offensive team in the Finals. Baltimore managed 376 points (94 per game) while getting swept by Milwaukee in 1971, and the Cavaliers have scored 240 (80 ppg) through the first three games.

Those Bullets shot 38.4 percent, also a Finals-low for a four-game series. Cleveland is hovering right at 40 percent, with superstar LeBron James hitting less than 37 percent of his shots.

The Cavaliers were competitive for the first time in the series Tuesday night in a 75-72 loss in Game 3. But even though Cleveland did plenty of things right, Ilgauskas and forward Drew Gooden both pointed out that the Spurs pulled out the victory without even playing their best.

So hopes of winning the first title by a Cleveland pro sports franchise since 1964 seem impossible. For now, the Cavaliers' biggest goal is to avoid becoming the first team to be swept in the Finals since the Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey in 2002.

"We're all in right now," Gooden said. "We're playing our last hand right now. Our luck has to change or the season is over."

The Cavaliers are playing for the title for the first time. And they quickly have realized that trying to figure out a team like the Spurs is only part of what goes on once a team gets here.

"From my perspective, I guess the stage is just so much bigger. I was caught off guard maybe by all the media attention," Ilgauskas said. "First time going through it, I think we're learning it as we go."

If the Cavaliers were going to keep their spirits up all the tough breaks at the end of Game 3, it would be up to James, their leader on and off the floor, to show that he was not letting them bother him.

"The biggest thing is understand with body language, not necessarily saying anything, but just with body language, show that, 'Hey, this thing is not over,' " Brown said. "Because it's not over. It's not over until somebody wins the fourth game.

"We -- when I say we, it's myself and the rest of the guys, and especially LeBron included -- have to understand it's one day, one game at a time. Nobody has come back from an 0-3 deficit like this. But like I was saying, there's always a first time for everything."

"We don't want to get swept, of course," James said. "We're not even thinking about that. We're thinking about winning a game and continuing to try to win and win a championship."

First Published June 13, 2007, 10:45pm


Remember the Cavs’ 2007 Playoff Run?

May 31, 2014  Zach Shafron

The Cleveland Cavaliers magical run to the 2007 NBA finals started with the LeBron James leading the Cavs and finishing with a 50-32 record. That was good for a second place finish in the central division and the Eastern Conference behind the Detroit Pistons. This was the first season Larry Hughes was brought to the Cavaliers to be LeBron’s running mate. It was the first time the Cavaliers made it to the NBA Finals. Unfortunately, they ran into a juggernaut known as the San Antonio Spurs.

The first team the Cavs played in the playoffs was the Washington Wizards lead by Gilbert Arenas. This was the second time in two years that we played the Wizards in the first round and they were considered a “rival”. It was a first round sweep especially with Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler having to sit out due to injuries they suffered late in the season. This also was the first playoff sweep for the Cleveland Cavalier’s franchise.

The Eastern Conference semifinals matchup for the Cavs was the New Jersey Nets (Now in Brooklyn).  The Cavs took care of the Nets in six games. Jason Kidd was the leader for the Nets and averaged a triple double for the entire playoffs that season. It was the Nets third time being eliminated in the semifinals in four years. The Cavs advanced to the Easter Conference Finals for the first time since 1992.

In the Eastern Conference Finals the Cleveland Cavaliers played The Detroit Pistons. This was a rematch from last year’s semifinals series and was one of the most exciting series in NBA history. The spotlight was on LeBron James especially after last second decisions that cost the Cavs in games one and two. Then the Cavs responded by winning the next three games including a double overtime thriller in game five at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit. It was the greatest game I have ever seen played by James. Check out the article “Our Former Great’s Greatest Game”. After the game five explosion, LeBron leaned on rookie Daniel Gibson to shoot the Cavs into the NBA finals. Gibson finished with a career-high 31 points.

The NBA Finals was a matchup with the San Antonito Spurs. This was Tony Parker’s series. Unfortunately, Larry Hughes was hampered by an ankle issue, which gave him no chance to guard Parker. Bruce Bowen and Michael Finley bottled up James, which lead to a 4-0 sweep by the Spurs. It was a good step for the Cavs, however they have not reached the NBA Finals since that season.

During this time it was great to be a Cleveland Cavaliers fan. The entire city was buzzing about the playoff run. Everyone was truly “witnessing” the growth and greatness of LeBron James. The emergence of Daniel “Boobie” Gibson was great for the team especially with his sharpshooting from 3-point land. I will never truly forget my excitement and nervousness that came from watching every Cavs game in the playoffs. This was a great time to be Cavs fan and I hope this sort of success comes from the Cavs again very soon!


San Antonio Spurs vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

The 2007 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2006–07 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs defeated the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers in a 4–0 sweep. This was Cleveland's first trip to the NBA Finals in their franchise history and San Antonio's fourth. Tony Parker was named the series' MVP. The series was televised on ABC under the ESPN on ABC branding, and produced the lowest television ratings in NBA Finals history until 2020.

This series was the last sweep in the NBA Finals until 2018, which coincidentally also involved the Cavaliers on the losing end.

The Finals were played using the 2-3-2 format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage. The NBA, after experimenting in the early years, restored this original format for the Finals in 1985. The other playoff series were played in the 2-2-1-1-1 format.

The best-of-seven series began on June 7, 2007, with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs playing the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Because the San Antonio Spurs had a better regular season win–loss record, they had home court advantage.

The previous season saw the San Antonio Spurs drop a heartbreaking seventh game at home to the rival Dallas Mavericks in the second round. As the new season began, the Spurs saw the Mavericks rolling through their regular season, on their way to a franchise best 67 win campaign. Meanwhile, the Spurs struggled through their season through January. With the main focus lying on Dallas and the Phoenix Suns, the Spurs found themselves flying under the radar. A late-season surge resulted in a 58–24 regular season record, good enough for third seed in the Western Conference.

In the playoffs, the Spurs met the Denver Nuggets and their duo of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony. The Nuggets took game 1, but the Spurs reeled off 4 straight wins to take the series in five games. As San Antonio prepared to face off against the second seed Suns, the top-ranked Mavericks suffered a stunning first-round exit at the hands of the Golden State Warriors. With the Mavericks gone, the stakes of the Suns-Spurs series shot up dramatically, and it was a closely competitive and controversial series.

The Suns had homecourt advantage, but that did not last past game 1. In a hotly contested battle of Western Conference heavyweights, each team tried to deliver a knockout blow. The Spurs finally landed it, but by accident. With the game in the balance Tony Parker and Steve Nash collided head-to-head. A large gash opened along Nash's nose and the medical staff could not stop the bleeding. He was forced to sit out the final 45 seconds and watch the Spurs win, 111–106. Game 2 saw the Suns rebound and blow out the Spurs, 101–81. After this game, Suns center Amar'e Stoudemire called the Spurs a dirty team. Game 3 switched back to San Antonio and saw a return of physical play, with Manu Ginóbili receiving a bruised and bloodied eye and Bruce Bowen kneeing Nash in the groin. Tim Duncan led the Spurs to a 108–101 victory.

Games 4 and 5 were the most controversial of the series. The Spurs, after being comfortably in control of game 4, saw their 11-point fourth-quarter lead dwindle away to a 2-point Suns lead. With 18 seconds left, Robert Horry bodychecked Nash into the scorers' table. Nash's teammates jumped to his defense; during the ensuing altercation, Stoudemire and Boris Diaw left the bench. Their action violated NBA rules, and league commissioner David Stern suspended both players for game 5. Horry was also suspended two games for his flagrant foul on Nash. In game 5, in Phoenix, the short-handed Suns jumped out early to a 16-point lead, but in a reversal of game 4, the Spurs came back in the final seconds and won the game 88–85, giving San Antonio a 3–2 series lead.

The Spurs won game 6 of the series 114–106 in San Antonio, sending them to their fifth Western Conference finals since 1999.

San Antonio went on to beat the Utah Jazz in five games to advance to the franchise's fourth NBA Finals.

In the replay of the previous year's playoffs with the Cavaliers holding home court advantage against Washington Wizards, the Cavaliers swept the Wizards after the season-ending injuries of both Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler. In the second round of the playoffs, the Cavaliers faced the New Jersey Nets. Again, the Cavaliers had home court advantage, and battled the Nets through 6 games before winning the series. The Cavaliers advanced to the conference finals for only the third time in franchise history, and faced a familiar foe: the Detroit Pistons, the number one seed in the Eastern Conference, with their home court advantage. This was the same Detroit team that knocked the Cavaliers out of the second round the previous year. Expectations were high after a 7-game series the previous year and the two teams did not disappoint.

The first two games were close and saw Cleveland fall by identical 79–76 scores. Down 0–2 in the series, the spotlight shifted back to Cleveland and LeBron James. Another hard-fought set ensued, with the Cavaliers taking the two games at home 88-82 and 91-87 respectively. Game 5 switched back to Detroit and produced one of the greatest moments in NBA history.

With 6:14 to go in regulation and his team clinging to a one-point 79–78 lead, James took over the game. He scored 11 of the final 12 points to end regulation tied 91-91. In the first overtime, James scored all nine of the Cavaliers' points, ending the period tied 100-100. In the second overtime, James again scored all nine of the team's points to win, 109-107. Thus, in the last 16:14 of play, James scored 29 of the Cavaliers' last 30 points, as well as all of their last 25 points.

The Cavaliers beat the Pistons at home in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals to earn the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. Cleveland became the third team in NBA history to win a best-of-seven conference finals series after trailing by 2 games.

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