If the Cavaliers are to have any chance of winning the NBA Championship it will start with a win at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland tonight. While pundits have the Spurs penciled in for the 2007 NBA Championship, they still must play the games one at a time. While the Cavaliers’ chances aren’t very good at winning four out of five games, they do have a good chance to win Game-Three tonight. 

Chalked as a +1 ½ point home underdog with +105 money line juice at online sportsbook BetUS.com, the Cavaliers will bring some intensity to the game and backed up by their raucous Cleveland home crowd could prove trouble for San Antonio. Expect the Spurs to take some time to adjust to the new venue as they did in their first road game in the Western Conference Finals in Salt Lake City. In the game, the Jazz took the Spurs to the woodshed handing them a 26 point whipping. While a double digit result isn’t predicted, the Cavaliers are more than capable in taking this game. 

"They've played well there, and I think they'll feel a lot looser, a lot more aggressive in a lot of ways," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said of the Cavaliers. "So I think it will be a tremendous challenge for us. I think the place [Quest Arena] will be rocking, without a doubt."

LeBron James ' two fouls in the first three minutes of Game-Two quickly forced him to the sideline, so he'll be more careful tonight. Some of the calls that went against him also could go the other way now that the Cavaliers are at home. Even with his foul trouble in Game-Two, James looked far more aggressive than he was in the opener. He attacked nearly every chance he received, and the Spurs can expect more of the same tonight. 

I might be the only one to predict  Cleveland’s side in Game-Three but I think they will at least pull out one win of this series and maybe two. Tonight will be one of them. 

Pick: Cleveland + 1 ½

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