Who got ‘whacked’?

Who got ‘whacked’?

The Cavaliers, who were down 0-2 against Detroit in the conference finals, can also look to last year’s finals for comfort. Miami lost Games 1 and 2 in Dallas before going home to Florida and winning three straight and then beating the Mavericks on their home floor for their first championship.

“We’re definitely still confident,” James said. “We’ve been down 2-0 before and we have to find a way to get back the intensity we had in the fourth quarter.”

Gibson added 15 points, Drew Gooden had 13 and Sasha Pavlovic 10 for the Cavs, who went just 19-of-29 from the line and got zero points in 20 minutes from point guard Larry Hughes, who is playing with a foot injury.

After building a 12-point lead in the first quarter while James was out, the Spurs pushed it to 17 on a 3-pointer from Ginobili. Parker scored on a three-point play and whizzed through the lane for a layup to make it 46-26.

Then, with 30 seconds left before the half, Parker drilled a 17-foot jumper to make it 58-30. By then, most of America had probably already switched over to “The Sopranos” series finale to see if Tony got whacked.

He didn’t. The Cavaliers did.

James was confident he would play better after his Game 1 flop, and as long as he did, he felt the Cavaliers would be OK.

“When I make adjustments, my team automatically makes adjustments,” he said. “We have to play hard for 48 minutes.”

But he was only on the floor for 2:55 before being forced to the bench with his second personal foul.