LMAO...The HeartBreak Kid AKA Shawn Michaels, has been going to Spurs game for years...long before Tommy Lee or George Straight ever even thought about it...it's just wrong to gloss him as a Piston or bandwagon fan...He lived through the rough years with the rest of us.
Now Steve Austin...another San Antonio wrestler....was hanging out in the ing Laker lockerroom after they whipped up on us last season...his picture would have been more appropriate...the HeartBreakKid deserved better. Plus he's one of the top 5 pro wrestlers ever.
So you think it shouldn't be close at all, but you are predicting Pistons in Six? So you think they'll choke off that many games? Or are you just trying to keep your bad mojo going (seeing as you predicted the Spurs to lose the last three series)?This series shoulodn't even be close...if I don't see a major choke(and no, Barry going 1-3 in 10 minutes of play isn't a choke)...then it will all be on Pop.
I think it will be. Pistons in 6.
I can't tell you what I am doing because I don't want to it up...but do I seem unhappy the Spurs have proved me wrong?
I'm the Bruce Bowen of this forum...
Yes, you seem as miserable as always.
HBK is the best wrestler ever, i met him once
spurs in 7
HBK is the Jordan of Pro Wrestling...UT is the Will Perdue...get real.
We can worry about Spurs offense on another thread.
The simple fact of this series is that the matchups on Spurs D will be 1-1 with the exceptions of Billups or Prince posting up, which is not the Pistons bread-and-butter. If the Spurs can stop/limit Rip and Rasheed as well, then the Pistons offense will be hard-pressed to score many points. That by itself keeps the Spurs in every game.
Billups Can Get Some If Rip Is Shutdown
Exactly. The Pistons have never faced a defense like this before. The difference between the Spur O and Piston O is much greater than any difference between the teams' defenses.
I also believe that if you pressure billups enough he will turn the ball over or shoot stupid shots. I think stopping rip one on one really limits det's offensively offensive game. Remember also that he has to guard tp as well.
My key for the spurs:
1. bowen must shut down rip; w/out double teaming thus elimating the creation of easy shots for his teammates
2. The spurs must stop the pistons fast break so the spurs must own the offensive boards and must get back in transition d
Damn! I knew he wasn't human.Bruce Was Built For This
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Allen accounted for 24.2% of the Sonics offense in reg season and 26.8% in the playoffs. Rip accounted for 20.0 and 23.2% respectively. Bruce will be on Rip but Spurs will do a much better job of guys stepping out and challenging his shot when he comes around the screens, certainly better than the pathetic job Miami did. I'll be surprised if Rip has a very effective series overall.
I think Brown will likely go to a lot of posting up of Billups on Parker. If Billups is successful, particularly if Parker isn't producing at the offensive end, I wouldn't be surprised if Beno doesn't see more time since he's a little bigger and stronger than Parker.
And the DPY won't be playing Duncan which shows you what a farce that is. Big Ben is about the fourth best on the ball defender on the Pistons and half his rep comes from his fierce looks.
bruce will make himself san antonio god in this series, i dont see how Det can possibly score enough to win
Bowen will start off guarding Rip, and Rip will have his lowest scoring games of the playoffs. But I suspect Bowen will be called on to guard Billups when he gets going some times.
I agree with Kori's comments - Parker will have trouble scoring because Billups isa good defender. But Billups may have trouble scoring too, because Parker is pretty good on D as well, and can keep up with him. He won't leave him open like others have...
The X-factor for the Pistons is Tayshun Prince, and I think the Spurs answer to him is Robert Horry.
The X-factor for the SPurs will be either Manu or Robinson, and I don't think the Pistons will be able to stop them enough.
Bruce is at his best when he guards players like RIP. Who just run around picks and get open. I don't expect RIP to be a real big factor in this series. The guy I am truly worried about is Chauncey Billups. I think he will give problems to Tony Parker. Billups is quick and bigger and bigger guards tend to give Parker problems. Also the Pistons are really good at stopping penetration so Tony will need to hit those open jumpers so he can make the Pistons respect his shot and that will open up the lane.
BELIEVE!!.
What is missing here is that the effort it will take the Pistons to stop Duncan does expose them to be lit up by someone else. Mohammed is an obvious choice since the help D will likely come from the weak side, but I think there is an opportunity for Manu or TP to get some easy scores off of their D. If not them then someone is going to be left open.
Hamilton was 8 - 26 against the Spurs this year for a total of 19 points.
Ray allen is a better offensive player than Rip in only shooting. But RiP is better at defense, passing, and rebounding. If RIP had Ray's 3 point game he would be the best guard in the league. RIP scores 20 pts a game as a guard and doesn't shoot the 3. That is pretty impressive.
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