Pistons or Spurs?

[Brandon Martus]

De-troit.
Basket-ball.

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

[Alex Cormier]

I see the Spurs win the series by 2 games.

[Ryan Albright]

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

[Kyle Love]

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

[Beth Sweet]

Hmmm let's think about this one

DEEEEETROIT BAAAAAASKETBALLLLLLL

[David Hoff]

Originally Posted by Kyle45

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

It was Rasheed Wallace, not Ben Wallace.

[JackN]

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

[JulieB]

Originally Posted by Ryan Albright

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

I agree
but Spurs in 6
Im not a Pistons fan at all!! Sry!!

[santosh]

Yeah, I am watching the game too. It appears that the Spurs might be a little rusty. But then again, the the NBA likes to have as many games as possible so that they can make more money. But I still hold on to my comment about Detroit. They will win.

[xzvrw2]

And as you can see the officiating is still crap. YAY FOR CRAP OFFICIATING!!!

[sure_smile]

i'm still depressed about the pistons/heat game! *sobs, runs away*

[Jeremiah Johnson]

I don't like basketball. But like every sport, I follow the finals.

The Spurs have won enough championships... but the Pistons won last year. I can't decide. Who wants to pick for me?

[Lisa Perez]

After game 1, it was obvious that the Pistons had lost a majority of the momentum they had in the first two quarters. I think much of this would be due to the fact that the Spurs have had quite a few more days off, not that I'm trying to make an excuse for the Pistons or anything, but they did. By second half, there was no energy left.

The Pistons still have the motivation. If they can pull off a defense like they had in the first half yesterday for the next game, they're good to go, because that defense is just about the best out there.

And I'm not going to say anything about officiating, lest I get sued $20,000 by the NBA

I still stand by Pistons in 7.

[Ms.Demeanor]

Psh, Pistons all the way.

Both teams are good defensively, so it will be a close playoff series, that's for sure. The Pistons are gonna get it though.
Booyah!

[JoeXIII'007]

Pistons lost last night. Was it because I fell asleep?
Anywho, definitely watch the officiating, and critique it. That alone may help unravel why the series turns out the way it will. It may just have last time for the Pistons. You never know.