Friday, May 2, 2008

Overview: Pistons vs Sixers


I'm still worried. It took them 6 games -3 straight wins - to eliminate a 40 -42 team that plays no defense and have no clear go to guy. Those 3 straight wins could be signs of "back in track" but Chauncy Billups had not been that steady hand we have seen in previous years.

Philly did their thing. They run, they weren't afraid of the Pistons (kudos to Andre Miller and Mo Cheeks for that) and they believed in themselves. Even that Andre Igoudala didn't have a good series the Sixers never roll and died (thanks to Mo Cheecks). The ugly part happened when the Pistons turned it on, specially Sheed. If those Pistons had played every game it would have been a 4 game series and that was the lesson of this series the Pistons have attentional issues or some basketball synonym. That could cost them later in their playoff run.

Whose fault is it? Igoudala could have had a better series (13.2 ppg, .333 FG%) but the rest of the Sixers pick up the slack for him. They are eliminated because the other team was better. At least for four games.


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