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Cleveland blew golden opportunities in Detroit in Games 1 & 2 and now allowed Detroit to force another OT in Game 5.
You can't fool around with a team of Detroit's caliber.
Pass the ball one of these times, LeBron.
Please.
I much rather face the Cavs than the Pistons.
:cooldevil
Casper Casper is back back in da in da House house.
Rasheed Wallace has turned into such a chucker this game
Wow Single Coverage??
GW you really want to play the Cavs? All the ex-Spur personnel and the King James FT parade?
Yes, I do.
The Pistons are clutch and have big forwards to harass Duncan.
I will take my chances with Bowen blanketing James. The rest of the Cavs are not all that good.
Plus, I like the drama of Mike Brown vs. Pop (we saw what Nellie did to avery in the first round) and it's more exciting to see King James vs. the Spurs.
The superstar against the super team.
Lebron just put this one in the pocket.
Wow.
I am not a James fan, but I found myself getting pumped during his remarkable performance tonight.
From the 4th quarter on, it was a 1 on 5 and James prevailed.
Amazing!
"The Pistons are clutch"
not anymore, they couldn't hit their shots, their defense sucked, they're lucky this series isn't over already.
Ghost...have you seen what LeBron has done to us throughout his career...in particular the last 3 games?
Bowen can't guard him.
PISTONS FUCKING SUCK INSIDE
JAMES IS IN for a rude awakening facing spurs
I still don't think either team can beat us at the level we are playing at in 7 games. We can't guard LBJ but on the same hand, they can't guard Timmy, Tony, or Manu. Sheed is tough on Tim and Billups is tough for TP.
I think it's official that Flip Saunders is the worst coach in the NBA
Not only does he not double team Lebron at the end of the game, he puts Billups on Lebron
I think Flip and Mike Brown can tie for that... neither one will outcoach Pop.
I hear you, whott, but Bowen's backers tell me all the time that he can slow down the Kobes and LeBrons of the NBA. :rolleyes
But seriously, would you really want a repeat of the 2005 Finals with the Pistons seeking revenge? They match up way better than the Cavs do.
And the Spurs will not leave Bowen out to dry.
Plain and simple, Bowen is a better perimeter defender than anyone on the Pistons and the Spurs play better team defense than Detroit.
San Antonio will force someone else to make shots on the Cavs and they simply can't.
You saw tonight's game, right? Spurs would not allow that crap.
:cooldevil
P.S.
Billups hit a clutch shot late in the game and barely missed two others. You don't force a couple OTs by accident, pal. Don't kick dirt on Detroit yet. Cavs were in this position last year and choked.
If the Cavs beat the Pistons, I will be able to see my first Finals game ever in person. The Cavs are also my second favorite team next to the Spurs, so this would be almost like an early birthday present for me. However, I will still be pulling all the way for the Spurs to win it all.
Fuck the Cavs.
AMENQuote:
Originally Posted by Marcus Bryant
What does everyone have against the Cavs?
HELL YEAH!!! :lol :clap :flag: :flag:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcus Bryant
The last time Spurs fans openly cheered for an upcoming opponent was in 1995. Spurs fans said there was no way this team could beat the Spurs.
About a week later, the Rockets had San Antonio crying.
Ghostwriter should be careful what he wishes for. It's LeBron's time now. Everybody knows it except San Antonio.
Anything pre-TD is a mute argument now. The Spurs are the '96 Bulls looking for 4 with the best team in the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
i respect the Pistons but,
I want another opponent in the Finals...
Go! Cavs! :cheer
#1 pick Duncan(S.A.Spurs) vs #1 pick LeBron(Clev.Cavs)
LeBron has to endure a few more growing pains before he reaches the apex, but he is almost there. I dare not compare him to Jordan yet, but he has certainly come the closest of those touted as "the next Jordan". He's everything whining, spoiled brat Kobe thinks himself to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by tlongII
those member of the media who did not vote for Lebron in the NBA 1st team must be having second thoughts right now:p: Win or not in this series he has proven he can deliver. 25 pts in the 4th? wow:wow
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Originally Posted by BeerIsGood!
I watch this knowing that every team we've beaten this postseason could beat the cavs and pistons....i feel confident.
:reading Pistons in 7. :reading
I am surprised that timvp and Marcus would be so wary of the Cavs.
The Pistons obviously are the tougher team.
Those veterans sing Bowen's praises.
Why worry now?
:cooldevil
ducks is waiting for ghost and mb to go at it
SI Ian Thompson: Lebron's great, but Pistons are not the Spurs
OK, when am I going to learn to stop comparing LeBron James to Michael Jordan? In the big picture he's the new Jordan, as demonstrated by the final 25 points he posted for the Cavaliers in the biggest game of his young life Thursday.
But the Jordan timetable no longer applies. I figured it was naïve and almost blasphemous to think that James could reach the NBA Finals in what should be his senior year of college when it took Jordan seven troubled years to go that far. Wrong. It's a different league with different rules, and the East is adrift without hierarchy. While the Pistons were the class of the conference this year, they were never dominant. In fact, they were as inconsistent all year as they have been throughout these playoffs.
I'm going to be careful about prematurely rubbing out the Pistons, because for all of their inattentiveness and LeBron's extraordinariness, Detroit still had a chance to win Game 5.
As obvious as it is that James is the new be-all/end-all, it's just as obvious what the Pistons aren't. They are not San Antonio. While the Spurs have a killer instinct and seek the highest level of play in the biggest games, the Pistons are more likely to do whatever they need to do to get by and leave it at that. The excuse that the Pistons are bored after contending for so long loses its steam when you realize that Tim Duncan has been at this longer than anyone from Detroit.
Would Gregg Popovich ever allow his Spurs to yield 29 of Cleveland's last 30 points to James in the swing game of the playoffs? The Spurs were scorched by Amaré Stoudemire two years ago and by Deron Williams in the last round, but neither scorer was permitted to single-handedly win the crucial game as James did Thursday.
Here's the other thing free-agent-to-be Chauncey Billups and his teammates know full well: Team president Joe Dumars isn't going to stick blindly with this roster if he doesn't think it can win championships. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. See how it plays out this weekend before writing off the Pistons, who have recovered from these predicaments before.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...tes/index.html