I have pointed out how inept the NBA is on TV and the lack of folks interested in it, even with LeBron James on center stage.

Well here is more proof from Peter King of SI:

There are approximately 113 million television households in the United States, and the average rating for the NBA Championship Series showed that 6.9 million households watched the series between Cleveland and San Antonio.

We all know football is king in this country, but if the best the NBA has to offer gets trounced by the worst the NFL has to offer … well, the NBA is in more than a little trouble.

Well, this is the time of the year when baseball becomes the focus.

The NBA and NHL are over. The draft looks to be pretty quiet on the home fronts.

Golf doesn't get back on the radar scene until the British Open and Bridgestone until later in July.

NASCAR has had the Dale Jr. saga end. Only the Pepsi 400 is a big race in July.

The Browns and the NFL are on vacation until the end of July.

So really, it is baseball time. Time to talk Tribe chances of trade, who makes the all-star game and, as always, Barry Bonds.

Enjoy the lull in the schedule.

The TV ratings aren't out for Game 3 of the NBA Finals, but don't expect them to be good.

The surprising number to me is that in the first two games more folks are watching the finals in San Antonio than Cleveland. The ratings for the Cavs in Cleveland still don't touch what a regular-season game for the Browns gets. That for title starved Northeast Ohio is shocking.

No one outside Cleveland and San Antonio is watching the NBA Finals.

Nearly everyone outside of Cleveland that is watching is saying the Cavaliers are the worst team to ever make the NBA Finals.

LeBron James hasn't played anywhere near a good game, let alone a great one.

It has taken four days for nearly all of the good feelings about this season to get wiped away.

Where is this leading?

The Cavs have to win one game in this series. They need something to build on this offseason, something to build on for next season, something to think about in the playoffs next year.

Brian Windhorst, the Beacon Journal's Cavs beat writer, started this postseason with a column about the intermediate steps that teams have taken on their path to eventually winning a title. And he is right.

But the Cavs can't afford to trip over their feet at home this week.

Shouldn't the NBA Finals have the elite of the elite as the referees?

There is no bigger stage, yet all of the referees in this final look like they knew Dr. Naismith personally.

If the best the NBA can do is have three men pushing retirement calling their elite games, then the poor calls that they get is what they deserve.

So much for LeBron James having the drawing power to lift the NBA.

According to publish reports, Game 1 of the NBA Finals drew the lowest rating for an opening-game in prime time, dropping 19 percent from last year.

The San Antonio Spurs' 85-76 victory over the Cavaliers on Thursday night earned a 6.3 rating and 11 share on ABC. The previous low was a 6.4/11 in 2003.

Last year's Game 1 between Miami and Dallas earned a 7.8 rating and 14 share.

The baseball draft on TV was conducted very poorly. Instead of following the lead of the NHL or NFL, baseball had few if any of the players at the draft. Without the photos of the players holding the jerseys with the GM, what do you have? Nothing.
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The Cavs need to be active in the offseason to get some more weapons for LeBron James and Mike Brown.
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Or the Belmont Stakes?
We already know few watched the Stanley Cup Finals.
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The U.S. Open is looking like it might have a winner near double figures over par, if the players are telling the truth after practice rounds at Oakmont C.C. in Pittsburgh. Watching Tiger Woods and the rest of his golfing mates struggle should make great TV.

Now, that we have had time to digest Game 1, do the Cavaliers have any chance to win this series?

I don't think so.

There are too many weapons on the Spurs and a lack of weapons on the Cavs. I do think the Cavs can win 1 or 2 games but the defense has to be outstanding and LeBron James has to be much more aggressive.

It is too bad that Larry Hughes never has lived up to his potential with the Cavs. He came billed as a slasher but he has turned into a jump shooter who can't shoot. And now he is hurt again. There is no questioning his toughness but at some point Mike Brown has to put him on the bench.

Daniel Gibson and Drew Gooden played well on the offensive end but neither was a factor on the defensive end.

Basically the Cavs either have to take away Tim Duncan or Parker. If they both score in the 20s this series is over in 4.

I think they need to play faster on the offensive end and rebound better on the defensive end to have a chance to win … a game.

The Cavaliers might follow the blueprint that the Spurs and Gregg Popovich developed, but the Spurs showed in Game 1 that they are the leaders.

They dominated in every way possible and unless the Cavs' defense gets better it won't matter if LeBron scores 35 points.

Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and company manhandled and outsmarted a defense that was running around all game.

It is time for Mike Brown to earn his money or should I say his contract extension.

LeBron James didn't start his Finals career very well, scoring just 4 points with no field goals, but being down by just five isn't the worst thing that could have happened in the first half.

Actually the defense on Tony Parker is more worrisome. If that doesn't get fixed this will be a very short series.