Pistons or Spurs?
 

The NBA finals are set. It's the defending champion Detroit Pistons against the San Antonio Spurs. The Pistons just got off a 7-game battle with the Miami Heat and the Spurs have been resting up after sweeping their previous opponent.

Thus, the only question that remains unanswered is: who will win?

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Spurs in 6.

But maybe that's just because I am a pacers fan and i don't particularly like the pistons.

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De-troit.
Basket-ball.

Any 'riot' comments will be removed without notice... and then I'll throw my beverage at you. ;)

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I see the Spurs win the series by 2 games.

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Spurs in 5
grrr you beat MIAMI. Only if shaq could make some free throws.

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Spurs...Didn't Rasheed Wallace use his "I garuntee" thing already on the Pacers? :rolleyes:

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Hmmm let's think about this one

DEEEEETROIT BAAAAAASKETBALLLLLLL

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It was Rasheed Wallace, not Ben Wallace.

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I have to go with the hometown DETROIT PISTONS. In comparing position by position it is a interesting match up.

Guards Tony Parker/Brent Barry/Manu Ginobli
Chauncey Billups/Rip Hamilton/Lindsey Hunter
Detroit has the edge with arguably the best player that nobody knows in Billups, though Ginobli is a very close second. Hunter is the one of the best on ball players in the league and will cause major trouble for the spurs. I Will pick Detroit here

Forwards Tim Duncan/ Bruce bowen/ Nazr Mohammed
Ben Wallace/ Rasheed Wallace/Tayshaun Prince
San Antonio has the best player in the series with Duncan. Bruce Bowen is also one of the best on ball defenders so he is another plus. The thing is that both Wallace's and Prince combine to make arguably the most formidable front line so I am going to pick them and their length. (they are really tall)

Bench San Antonio
Detroit
Here is where both teams shine. They both have incredibly deep benches with every player on San Antonio playing in the playoffs. I will have to go with San Antonio for this one just because they all can play.

Coaching Greg Popovich
Larry Brown
This is the most interesting match up of all. The two coaches of the USA basketball team at the last Olympics. Larry has already lead Detroit to the championship last year and thereby solidifying his place on the list of greatest coaches of all time. In this battle you can't stop Larry Brown and the pistons.

So in conclusion i think the pistons will win in 6 games.

Man I have way to much free time

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well for one they didn't sweep the suns they beat them in five.


I think that the Pistons will win in 6 or 7 depending if Ben decideds to show up or not. If he does then we win in 6. If not we win in 7. Yes the spurs have Duncan, Ginobli, and Parker. and yes they also have Horry and Barry, but we have Sheed, Prince, and, and Rip. They say that Bowen will shut down Rip.....now Wade is much faster then Bowen right? right... he couldn't even shut down Rip. What makes you think that some one not half as talented as Wade will shut down someone that Wade himself couldn't handle. Duncan is like Shaq...he is going to get his, and so is Ginobli. but, and this is a big but, you can stop them. they aren't 7'1" 380 lbs. yes Ginoblis fast and yes Duncan has a stroke and is wet from every were, but if they can shut down Shaq and Wade then they can shut them down.


Stevie

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It's not whether or not Ben will show up...he showed up against the heat, but he was blocking someone a foot taller and 100 lbs heavier than him. The fact that he did that and still had a game with 13 rebounds and another with 5 blocks shows a lot.

The Pistons match up much better with the Spurs than they did with the heat....the teams are pretty much playing themselves.

I'd like to see Pistons in 5 so they win it at home(when I'm there), but if that can't happen, Pistons in 6.

1 - Pistons
2 - Spurs
3 - Pistons
4 - Spurs
5 - Pistons
6 - Pistons

PS. Ron Artest couldn't stop Rip last year, and he was the DPOY....Bruce Bowen isn't going to this year.

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Okay, the Suns are an amazing team with no playoff experienc. That was no biggy for the Spurs to win even in 5. Detroit beat th most dominant team in the NBA. I don't care if the Suns won more, the Heat were more dominant. Detroit will win.

Plus I hate Tim Duncan. Sorry guys.

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x2

Detroit all the way. I don't see the Spurs having the O to defeat the Pistons D...

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And oh yeah, you will get a lot more DEtroit Basketball people because of the fact that there a quite a few detroit FIRST teams.

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... and because they're going to win. We know whats up.