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After being crushed in Chicago, the Cavaliers have to turn around and face the Spurs in San Antonio. Due to the disappointing loss to the Rockets, Cleveland hopes the Spurs train has briefly lost a bit of steam and can avoid being steam-rolled early to start the game. The loss to Houston might have the Spurs come out firing on all cylinders and blow the Cavaliers out early. But if Cleveland can hang around and make a run in the 4th quarter, the question will be if the Spurs will hang on to win or let another one slip away. James is going to need to play big but he’ll need another monster game from Z or Drew to pull this one off. Duncan will get his double-double, Parker should slash and test the Cavalier defense and the shooters of San Antonio will stretch the defense. Cleveland's offense will need to be crisp to find the holes in the San Antonio defense. Even when the Spurs are "beat" on a play, as a good team, they show the ability to recover quickly. The Cavalier trait of unselfishness is good but that alone may not be enough.
After a few so-so games by James' standards, will the son of Akron bust out?