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Isn't the stones the trailblazers nickname?
This is definitely a tough match up for us. I would have gone with Miami every day of the week.
I think every player in this Detroit squad can score if we let him loose. The key would probably be a good 3p defense on Chauncy and Rip. TP should not allow the 3 from Billups and force him to penetrate. Chauncy is no Steve Nash, he will get trapped with our bigs, he won't be able to keep the dribble alive like Nash or find a team-mate with some miraculous pass.
We should go with Manu against Prince with slashing and try to finish to draw fouls from their bigs or finding Tim or Mohammed for the layup/dunk.
Although Manu can’t guard Prince, I don’t think he is such an offensive threat really. We should benefit from that match up.
Isn't the stones the trailblazers nickname?
Prince is the Pistons most consistant offensive player. The fact is you have to defend all five, becuase all five can score.
I have no doubt he is the most consistent scorer. Bowen had the best 3p% in 2003 and I would never say he is a best 3p shooter than Kerr.
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That's exactly what I said in my post.
Isn't Hamilton the most consistent at .48 fg% vs. Prince at .45? It seems to me he and Chauncey are the go to guys when you really need a basket. Even if you believe Prince is the most consistent, Rip still scores the majority of your points.
Nobody seems to have commented on one of the main thrusts of my initial post. Do we have an advantage if Parker plays off-guard and Manu handles the ball in stretches as he did against the Suns?
This is the mis-match of the series, heavily in favor of Detroit.
Manu is definitely the better creator against good defensive units. If the Spurs aren't able to get out and run I suspect that Manu will start handling the rock in some of the halfcourt sets.
If you saw the MIA series Rip wasn't very consistant.
I think you see what Parker does to begin with
then what larry counters with
then pop can counter him and move tp to the 2 guard
alot thought mvp nash would destroy parker
Billups will have to outplay Parker and by a fairly wide margin for the Pistons to win this series. If Parker even keeps the Parker - Billups matchup reasonably close the Pistons will lose.
Um, ok but the term "consistent" by definition doesn't imply performance in one series but performance against all teams. In that respect, Hamilton is your most consistent scorer. Whether he will be consistent with Bowen guarding him is yet to be seen.
Bowen will make Hamilton work offensively, no matter what. If Hamilton is also expected to spend time trying to shut down Manu he is going to lose his effectiveness quick.
I like the idea of having Manu handle the ball if Tony is struggling. This will give him some of his confidence back. Last series, Parker wasn't really looking for the assist anyways as much as he should have. Pop needs to remind him to continue to play agressive, because even if he is missing shots, Tony needs to realize that just by his penetrating and using speed, that makes the other guy work on defense and wears him down.
Unfortunately, Iverson doesn't have Duncan or Manu to drop it off to when he penetrates as Parker will.
BINGO! The key is for Parker to keep penetrating and maximize his talent and natural speed. Even if his shot does not fall, he would draw defenders out of position, or draw fouls, or allow our bigs to get offensive rebounds and putbacks. I would rather TP doing that (even when his shot does not fall) than him taking long jumpers that are low percenatge shots.
We've all said it at least a few times apiece on this board during the regular season, if Parker stays aggressive good things will eventually come from it. It's basically going to be a race to see who can get the other guy in foul trouble first. If Parker gets the lead in that early then the Pistons are in major trouble. Watching the Heat series the offense really starts hurting when Billups hits the bench. It's not quite as bad as when Nash would sit for the Suns, but the lag is noticeable.
Ultimately I like Tony in this matchup because he's got the younger legs in this war of attrition that they are going to wage. I think that Billups is going to get tired of chasing Parker faster than Parker will get tired from Billups trying to post him or anything else.
The keys to this series will be Duncan vs Sheed and the speed at which the game is played. Sheed must at least hold his own against Duncan although it will be difficult. He has played well against Duncan in the past, but we all know that TD is the superior player. The Spurs will need to get their transition game going to have a chance. If it's a slow-down half-court game the Pistons will win.
Parker needs to penetrate and unless he's absolutely certain he canget to the rim uncontestd he needs to put up the floater. Even if the floater doesn't go down, if he draws the bigs to contest it Nazr and TD can clean up the putbacks.
Ha. Pistons need some prayers if they are going to score against the best defense in the NBA in the halfcourt.
yeah, i'm not buying the slow down half court game as the spurs demise. weren't they built for the half-court? wasn't the big surprise from last series the fact that the spurs were outrunning and gunning the runner gunner sunners? i'd be stunned if the spurs lost this series, to be honest. if you check the matchup stats on espn, the spurs score more points and play at least as good of defense as the pistons. certainly the pistons may stun us all like they did last year, but that would be the point: it would be stunning.
Prepare to get stunned.
After you.
How do you expect your weaker offense to produce against a better halfcourt defense?
Methinks Piston fan didn't see much of the Spurs this season.
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