Parker, Duncan Dominate as Spurs Roll in Game One, 85-76

Tony Parker was unstoppable. Tim Duncan was dominant. And LeBron James had a rude introduction to the NBA Finals, as the Spurs dispatched the Cavaliers rather handily in Game One, 85-76. Parker scored a game-high 27 points, and Duncan scored 24 points, collected 13 rebounds, and swatted five shots. The game was close in the first half, with the Cavs trailing by just five at the break. But the Cavaliers third quarter woes, which plagued them against the Pistons, allowed the Spurs to race to an 18-point lead from which Cleveland could never recover. The Cavs trimmed it to eight in the fourth with two minutes left, but I never got the feeling it was that close.Quick analysis:- Z is clearly too slow to keep up with Tim Duncan, so how about starting Drew Gooden on him, and going to Varejao as soon as Duncan starts warming up?- Larry Hughes has no business attempting to guard Tony Parker, and LeBron James isn't a good idea either, unless you want him to turn in another 4-for-16 performance; how about dusting off senior citizen Eric Snow?- Daniel Gibson is a brazen rookie who turned in a spectacular performance (team-high 16 points, four assists, and four steals in only 27 minutes) for the Cavs- Two relevant stats: the Spurs had 18 assists, the Cavs just nine; the Spurs outrebounded the Cavs 43-32- Liked what I saw from Cleveland's Sasha Pavlovic, who was equally fearless, and had 13 pointsNow LeBron and his 4-for-16, six turnover performance. He opened the game passive, and remained that way. You could tell he didn't have a sense of urgency to take over the game like he did in Detroit; I got the impression he was just feeling out the Spurs to see what they were doing defensively. What he saw he could not have liked; San Antonio handles the pick and roll as good as anyone in the League, and when LeBron drives the lane, he's met with two and three defenders. He's going to need his jumper in Game 2, that's for sure.