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Final Finals Showdown: Tim Duncan vs. Drew Gooden

Drew Gooden is a strange case: He's bounced around the league while on his rookie contract without being a total scrub. Some people still view him as a guy with a lot of potential, even if he's this close to having wasted it. He's a disappointment who has carved out a modest niche for himself in these playoffs.If that...

Final Finals Showdown: Bruce Bowen vs. LeBron James

This will be the most closely watched matchup in the NBA Finals. It's common knowledge that Bowen (or anyone else, really) can't check Bron Bron one-on-one. It's also common knowledge that Bowen will snap LeBron's tibia in half at the drop of a hat. Yeah, it's going to be fun watching these two go at it.Bowen has already...

Final Finals ShowFlopdown: Ginobili vs. Varejao

Forget LeBron's ascension into the Finals, forget the greatness that is TimBot, forget even the Battle of the Weird Hairdos -- the true storyline everyone, even casual NBA fans, know that it is Andy vs. Manu for Flop Supremacy. Shoals spoke the truth: "Can you imagine how amazing this Finals will be if, somehow, Manu and...

Final Finals Showdown: Coach Pop vs. Coach Mike

I'm guessing that throughout the course of the NBA Finals, ABC will remind us that Mike Brown was Gregg Popovich's protégé about 4,793 times. Maybe more. Actually, with ABC/ESPN showing the first few minutes of Game 1 on about 75 different platforms simultaneously, it'll definitely be more.Stating that Gregg Popovich is a...

Final Finals Showdown: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Fabricio Oberto

The matchup at "power forward" between Drew Gooden and Tim Duncan is going to be a lot closer to the spotlight. But the battle at "center" could go a long way to setting the tone of the series. (Of course, Duncan is pretty much a center... but the Spurs won't admit it.)The matchup pits against each other two 31-year-old...