The finals start tonight and with Lebron and the Cavaliers in this series the NBA has officially reached levels of national anticipation that the league hasn’t seen since the mid-90s. We’re talking collective anticipation probably somewhere around the level of a new “24″ episode. It’s definitely not “Lost” by any means, but the jump is pretty significant seeing that the league has been in the “One Tree Hill” range for about a decade. Looks like this would be the perfect time for the NBA to deliver a really exciting, dramatic seven game series.

Too bad we’re not going to see one. At least if Vegas knows what it’s talking about. And in our experience, Vegas does know what it’s talking about, especially when it comes to sports, magicians, and prostitutes.

We’re looking at a 7 1/2 point line favoring the Spurs for tonight’s opener. And this is for a Game 1 where the Cavs should have a ton of momentum and energy, and the Spurs should be a little rusty and thinking about this series as a marathon, not a sprint. Remember the first game of the Lakers/Sixers series about five years ago? Where A.I. and the Sixers rolled into LA and stole Game 1 under pretty much the same pretense? We were kind of hoping for something like that tonight.

Well, again, Vegas seems to disagree. Spurs coming home with the championship after about five workman-like games seems to be the consensus from the Nevada gurus. And, like we said, they are spot on when it comes to which hookers carry STDs and which don’t, so we trust these guys with just about anything.

Sorry Cleveland. Sorry David Stern. Sorry NBA fans. Sorry Usher. Sorry Lithuania. Sorry every American hoping for a Celtics/Lakers-esque series.

Cavs, we’re still rooting for you. But please be careful. Keep in mind there’s a slight talent jump between the Arena-less Wizards and the Duncan/Parker/Ginobli Spurs. You guys might be walking into a shitstorm.

And just to keep everyone’s hopes up, here’s the new Lebron (swear I’m not trying to be Jordan) ad. Enjoy.

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