S p o r t s Benigni's Take: The NBA Finals

By Roberto Benigni San Antonio Spurs San Antonio! Such beauty! The Spurs are a prayer without fear, it fills your heart and your lungs with a joy that cannot be held without weeping! It weeps with prayer! Tim Duncan is like Saint Nicholas of Flüe, barefoot and clothed only in coarse fabric, trusting that God will take care of him in his wretchedness! Tony Parker is my Beatrice! I want to compose poetry about the torment and ecstasy of eternity, with Tony as my gorgeous muse! New Jersey Nets The New Jersey Nets are a candle, it burns with an illumination that can only heal! It is a healing burn, with a luminescence that awakens passions and makes my body swell with pride and pleasure! I am tumescent! I want to embrace New Jersey in a devouring love-lock and exhaust Kenyon Martin with heartfelt lovemaking! I will engulf the New Jersey Nets with ebullient melted love! They are a zephyr with a long, loving tongue! Benigni's pick: Spurs in six. Italian comedian/actor Roberto Benigni has covered the NBA Finals for the produce section for the last 3 years. He loves the NBA live.