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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Pistons in 6

With my pistons cap on...here's how i see the series playing out:

GAME 1--97-79, San Antonio--I just don't see anyone coming into San Antonio for the finals, and Pop not having them ready to play. Media goes nuts stating the series will be over quickly, as Detroit does not have enough D to slow San An, and doesn't have enough O to keep up with the Spurs.
GAME 2--105-99, Detroit--Not sure whether the Spurs had a let down in game 2 or Detroit came out gunning, but Detroit shows it has the offensive power to keep with San Antonio. All Pistons were hitting their shots, as the offense runs more smoothly through Rip than Chauncey (Rip drops 8 dimes in this game.)
GAME 3--87-80, Detroit--Intensity is high for the first game at the Palace, but Detroit shakes things up a bit. While Tony Parker torches Detroit for 29 points, the offense seems to sputter for San Antonio. Duncan is contained to 16 points and Ginobili is smothered by Tayshaun, scoring only 14.
GAME 4--75-69, San Antonio--Taking a page from Detroit, San Antonio baits Billups into trying to take over the game. Billups shoots 5/17 from the floor and finishes with 16 points. Rasheed is ejected in the middle of the third with 18 points. Announcers begin to speculate that the wheels have come off the bus for Detroit and lament that this series is only going to get uglier and uglier.
GAME 5--99-88, Detroit--Having both been embarrassed in this series, both point guards realize they must get others involved. Mysteriously, Duncan has his obligatory "one game disappearing act" for a series, and Parker tries to hard to create for Ginobili instead of letting him get his own. Meanwhile, Billups only shoots 12 shots (making 6) and he and Rip each rack up 7 assists.
GAME 6--88-82, Detroit--Outmuscled by Billups, harrassed by the length of Prince, and exhausted by the relentless pursuit of Hamilton, Paker appears broken down. Early in the second half Pop sees this and replaces him with Beno. By the fourth, Pop realizes their only hope is to put Manu at point. Unfortunately, this leaves a glaring disparity at shooting guard and the two man show of Ginobili and Duncan can't outgun the entire Detroit team. Coincidently, since Detroit has no big gun to worry about, San Antonio struggles the entire series to figure out who Bowen should be guarding, thus he appears more as a nomad, than a defensive stopper.

Other notes:

MVP--The media cringes, struggles, hesitates, and then places the trophy in Rasheed Wallace's hands. His stats weren't great, and his emotions are scary, but he makes others around him play better and try harder. After being traded for, this team went from an above average team to the back to back champs. Jim Gray immediately saddles up to him and pretends that he has always thought of Rasheed as a quality guy.
LARRY BROWN--After washing the shampoo out of his hair, Brown immediately begins pursuing Robert Horry and Lindsey Hunter as the perfect compliments for Lebron James. Brown even promises Hunter a starting role, as he doesn't think Lebron is old enough to be starting in the NBA and plans to move him to the bench until he gains form experience.
MEDIA--Members of the media pretend that they always thought Detroit would win, because a team beats a couple great players every time. They say this is the new blueprint for winning (comparisons to Patriots and Red Sox) and they can't figure out why other teams don't follow said pattern. Then they declare Miami as the favorite to win the championship next year.

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