I must say i was quite impressed...

[bigbendbruisebrother]

I think that at ude is easy to explain. Anyone who has ever watched a playoff series before--and lots of detroit fans and media people have--has seen it happen. There's an ebb and flow to most playoff series as teams adjust to each other.

You underestimate the Spurs ability to adapt to teams' styles and to their adjustments. You're right about MOST series having ebb and flow, but Rummpd is right (above post). The Spurs are the better team. For the Pistons, its just ebb and ebb from here on in.

Regarding Billups, every single team the Spurs have faced in the playoffs have made a similar statement regarding making things tougher for Ginobili (Seattle went as far as to try to hurt him), but here's the thing about the Spurs--if you focus on one player, someone else (usually Duncan, Parker, Horry or Nazr on the weakside) will light you up. It's like Jujitsu. Whatever force you apply will be channeled back at you.

As far as game two goes, the Spurs won't start off rusty, and their defense will be stifling. Spurs by 20 points. Mark it.

[May_The_Best_Team_Win]

How did i score a point????????????
I said he score as much in the playoffs as his season average, my point was i am doubting that his injury really affected his game play as he posted the same kind of #'s he did in the regular season when he was healthy.

He is on the decline. Bottom line.