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Ben lost it.
Rasheed lost himself, what a pussy. He has amazing size and talent, but his head is ed, what a waste.
http://www.sportsline.com/nba/gamece...0050609_DET@SA
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
SAN ANTONIO -- As soon as Ben Wallace flung away his headband in disgust, Game 1 of the NBA Finals got away from the defending champion Detroit Pistons, too.
Manu Ginobili started the game's decisive surge by bowling over Wallace early in the fourth quarter, a play that led to a blocking foul and a technical on Wallace that started the San Antonio Spurs on their way.
Ginobili's free throw on the technical began a 19-4 run that put San Antonio ahead by 16, and Ginobili added a dunk and a 3-pointer to stave off Detroit's subsequent rally as the Spurs defeated Detroit 84-69 Thursday night.
Ginobili had an awesome second half, especially in the fourth quarter when his drives into the lane produced several impressive baskets. Ginobili shot 9-for-10 in the second half and led all scorers with 26 points.
Tim Duncan added 24 points and 17 rebounds and Tony Parker scored 15 for the Spurs, who recovered from an early 13-point deficit to win the opener of the series -- only the third time in NBA history the past two champions have squared off in the finals.
AP NEWS
The Associated Press News Service
players of the game:
PLAYERS OF THE GAME
San Antonio Detroit
T. Duncan
Pts Rebs Ast Blk
24 17 2 2
C.Billups
Pts Rebs Ast
25 4 6
...Ben doing a Chris Webb?
Last edited by milkyway21; 06-09-2005 at 11:30 PM.
Ben lost it.
Rasheed lost himself, what a pussy. He has amazing size and talent, but his head is ed, what a waste.
pistons need to not let the refs effect them
did they not learn anything from the heat series
if Rasheed keeps contributing just 6 pts in 33 min, they're going to lose this series, guys. He was instrumental in game 7 for Detroit vs Miami. He had 20.
Sheed was a monster on the defensive end. He had like 7 blocks or something like that!
yah. but he needs to score. they need their big men to do it. or do the 3s. the problem is, only billups scores beyond the arc.
Ben just gets T's to flex his muscles. Come on dude. this is year, it's for real. you cannot clown around this year.
Rasheed definitely needs to get more touches. It's not that he only scored 6 points. It's that he only had 6 field goal attempts. A lot of that had to do with the San Antonio defense. But, the onus is also on Rip and Chauncey not giving Rasheed the ball enough. It will be up the coaching staff and the guards to make sure Rasheed gets involved and stays involved on the offensive end.
But, again, San Antonio had a lot to do with it. Both teams played very good defense. But, San Antonio was able to execute on offense in the fourth quarter. Good game by the Spurs.
Rasheed definitely needs to get more touches. It's not that he only scored 6 points. It's that he only had 6 field goal attempts
Let's be honest though, that was an OFF foul on Manu, but were getting shafted early in the game by non calls, as Det seemed to be getting all the calls their way.
Manu is a stud! WOW!
Ya, that prolly was an offensive foul on Manu. But, it's only one call...Ben needs to keep his head and play through bad calls. He was flopping way too much trying to get charges tonite. Bad calls happen, and they always will...you gotta learn to deal with them.
...Ben though is a poor copycat of Rasheed.Ben needs to keep his head and play through bad calls
i hope ESPN & Terry Porter are happy.
Because...
[/B]Alamo-mentum in San-AnTONY-oh is ON[B]
Rasheed as any Pistons fan will attest to needs to stop settling for the perimeter and get on the blocks
Sweep.
well, you outsmarted the Spurs in blocks tonight(Rasheed 7?), still it was a loss. duncan blocked a lot but still made 24 pts.
i recommend more perimeter shooting. But who am I? I am NOT coach Brown.just an ordinary fan
you can keep doing what you like doing, we can keep the "W", i tell u.
i agree, Rip.San Antonio began to pull away after Wallace was called for the technical foul for ripping off his headband and complaining. He had been called for a blocking foul when he thought it should have been a charge on Ginobili
"I thought that technical foul was definitely the turning point," Detroit's Richard Hamilton said.
"It was a tough call," Parker said. "He got mad after that, and he didn't stop penetrating, he kept attacking."
BTW Rip, 7-21(33%)FG is not enough
it was aclose play, its hard to believe Ginobili could knock down a guy like Wallace that hard.
BTW, hey Timmy D, you were great tonight, but, when Rashweed is on you, when you drive to the middle, STOP, and UPFAKE, he will go for it, a you will go to the line more, and will put him in foul trouble.
Same with Ben Wallace, same with Antonio McDeyss
It was the second completely BS foul called aginst Ben in the game. Keep in mind that he was called for an offensive foul when there was contact with a guy (Nazr I think?) standing a foot inside the semicircle. Dude was literally right under the basket - of course he was going to draw contact from someone driving the lane.
To me, that is much more disgraceful than the Manu charge/block call. With the semicircle, it is crystal clear what the correct call is. Screwing that call up is just as bad as if they gave a shooter credit for a 3 pointer when he is a foot inside the line.
"its hard to believe Ginobili could knock down a guy like Wallace that hard."
Ben's a top-heavy flopper!
Actually, they were saying something about that at the GTG. Something about Nazr not being the primary defender so the circle rule didn't apply to him...something like that.
It is possible to commit an offensive foul on a player inside the circle.
Wow. One game. The Spurs sweeping?? Actually, the Heat looked like more compe ion. The Heat looked stronger than the Spurs. I can assure you our boys are not worried and if you know anything about the Pistons, their resiliance is unbeliievable..
Both of you are a big overdoing it here.
Sweep? Won't happen.
Heat looking like more compe ion than the Spurs?
You're crazy too.
These two teams are so evenly matched, it's amazing. This series is going to go a long way. Whichever team wins, deserves it. I was impressed with the Spurs, they threw us off our game. We'll bounce back in Game 2.
I haven't seen an angle yet to show that was a blocking foul on Big Ben. I was laughing last night when Hubie was like ok here is where the charge..........oh thats a bad camera angle we have there
These teams ARE exremely evenly matched it scary...I think the first quarter...the Spurs were a little too tentative due to not playing for a week, and basically just trying to guage the Pistons, who they've only played twice this year.
As far as the foul calling...it was pretty even on both sides if you watched the game. In the first half, they were calling everything on the Spurs, while the Pistons didn't have one call called on them for a whole 7 minutes. I think it's the Spurs ability to not lose their cool when these bad calls are made, was and may just be the difference on who wins these games.
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