The San Antonio Spurs are now the NBA champions for the fourth time after completing a 4-0 sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA finals. In winning their fourth title, the Spurs join the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls as the only teams in NBA history with four or more titles.
Of course, this being the Spurs, they did it with stifling defence, good ball movement and teamwork on offence, and a style of play that has been characterised as efficient, professional and effective by some and dull, boring and detrimental to the popularity of the NBA by others. Not that the Spurs will care. As far as they are concerned they have clinched the trophy yet again and gotten the job done.
Sadly, I didn't manage to catch any of the games live on television, as all four of them took place on weekday mornings (Singapore time). I was reduced to following proceedings on Yahoo Gamechannel, and watching the replays in the evenings. The naysayers did have a point. It got ugly watching Cleveland miss jumper after jumper and shoot 40% or less from the field for the whole series.
It was also unfortunate that Lebron James had such a poor series - he was one player who could have really lifted things up with a spectacular night. It's easy to forget that James is still all of 23 years old. The experience of being in the NBA finals will definitely stand him in good stead in the future and he remains one of the top talents the NBA has to offer.
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