Tonight, the NBA's best uninspired team will try to reclaim control of the Eastern Conference finals when the Pistons play the Cavs in the pivitol fifth game at the Palace. For all the talent and unselfishness the Pistons can display, they also display a stunning lack of eagerness to put inferior teams away. Against Chicago, they allowed the Bulls to win twice in blowouts, but they could afford that being up 3-0. Now, after two games, they did the exact same to Cleveland, and instead of last rites, the Cavs were injected with confidence that not only could they, but they will beat Detroit. Now the series is tied, yet the Pistons remained unimpressed. Just ask Rasheed Wallace, who, while not guaranSheeding a victory, basically wrote off the Cavs wins as an aberration and that the Pistons would play better tonight. Hell, how can you be so sure, after yukking it up with Cavs fans in game 3, you threw your jersey against the wall in anger after game 4? The Pistons never learned their lesson from last year i.e don't add extra work if you can help it. Now, while the Spurs ready themselves for the Finals, the Pistons must play at least two, mybe three more, games to win their conference title, and even that's not assured. Tonight's game is critical for both teams; Detroit must win to avoid a frenzied crowd in Cleveland in an elimination game, not to mention that they could coast again and have game 7 at home, and Cleveland must win to have any shot at winning the series, beacuse they won't win game 7 at the Palace. That being said, who do I think is going to win? Before I say, I live in Detroit, and the Pistons have the better team. So I pick... Cleveland! The Cavs will win game five because LeBron James has figured out how to win in crunch time, and the Billups-Hamilton backcourt continues to struggle. I think the Cavs will win a defensive struggle (a score in the mid to low 80s at best) and set themselves for the clincher at home. We'll see then if LeBron can take the next step and make the Finals. Maybe then the Pistons can learn to not take their opponents lightly!
I cldn't agree more..i wldn't be surprised the cavs
win 2nite..they can't tell me oh we really didn't want to win one game in ohio..we want to play more games than the spurs cuz were younger and don't need rest like a veteran team would want..i'm not feeling like a champion right now after these last 2 gms like i was after the chi-town series..but we can win 2 more..question is will it take 3 gms to do it?
I am David Downs, and I'm a sports nut who loves basketball and football and am open to good discussion about any sports subject. I am a Detroit sports fan, but I not a homer. Expect frequent vents on subjects that irritate me, and also expect the utmost respect for anybody's opinion, even if they disagree with me. Because, after all, that's what these blogs are all about, aren't they?
