June 17, 2005

Dee-troit Basket-ball!

Posted at June 17, 2005 12:19 AM in Sports .

It's been an interesting Finals for sure. First two games San Antonio thrashed Detroit and the series looked like it might be coming to a quick end. Now the Pistons have come back to Detroit and put the smack down on the Spurs in the last two games. After a lackluster Game 3, which they lost by 17 points, I figured the Spurs would be back with a vengeance. Tim Duncan doesn't have two bad games in a row. Manu would return to carving up the defense, and Parker would be driving and dishing as usual. Wrong, wrong, and wrong, due to the Pistons stout defense. It's all steals, blocks, and intimidation leading to fast break points. Throw in some unexpected bench scoring and we're talking about a 31 point rout. The series is still only evened up (at 2-2), but the Pistons have proved without a doubt that they can more than just hang with the Spurs. They can beat them resoundingly. Now the question for the Spurs is can they counter the physical Detroit defense?

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