Pistons -1.5 over Lakers
They are the better team.They are playing better and right now Brown's outcoaching Phil.Again defense and rebounding have been the key.And the Pistons do that better then anybody.
Lakers are capable of course of waking up and getting their offense going.Pistons offense might stall because many feel they are just playing over their heads.Rip and Billups score and the rest play solid defense.Prince,Rasheed,etc are also off. threats but every nite the Pistons have their great defense going.
To me that is the key. Shaq is seeing a 5 man tag team thrown at him and their going 1/1.B-Wallace and Campbell have done a great job on the low post.Throw in RW,Mehmet,and Corliss and these tag players have somewhat nuetralized him.
Kobe also has been harrased by a few.Prince and co have done a great job on him.He's forcing his shots.
What Brown has done is slow down the 2 studs and wants the other laker role players to beat him.
Payton is terrible.His numbers vs Billups in unreal.Magic yest really critized him.Paytons offense has disapperaed.But the real problem is his defense.He can't stop Billups.In the 1st 2 games Billups outscored him 49-5.
Malone is hurting and a lot slower.Walton has added spark with his pass-first-shoot second-play.
But Laker defense is poor.Brown is taking advantage of the pick and roll with Shaq.Shaq doesn't have the mobility to make the switch like he used too.
I have said this before.Pistons have "legs"They are faster,quicker and seem to jump higher.
Ben W has been unreal on the bds.Rip H has emerged into a superstar in the playoffs.Remember all the talk about Stackhouse and how bad that trade was for the Pistons.Dumars sure new something.
Lakers have had so many problems. Shaq complaining he's not getting the ball enough and why is Phil not playing some of the Vets like Fox and co.Kobe responding "thats not the problem".Payton whinning about the triangle offense.Malone's injury and problems with a fan.And the fans keeping up the players at the hotel.[ha]
The officials and the one sided calls on fouls.Lakers being made out to be crybabies. I do see their pt.It does seem like the Pistons are getting more calls.Desperation game tonite down 2-1.Should of been down 3-0. I could go on and on.
Pistons have outplayed the Lakers in 9 of 12 quarters.It would of been 10-12 but Lakers outscored Pistons 16-15 in game 3.
Everyone is waiting for the big comeback by LA.I don't think its coming.
We have been fed "west is the best" and "east is the least".I also believed that and in the past, the records do show that.
"they run in the west and they bang in the east". TV,media,etc have brainwashed us into that.
But the Pistons are the best defensive team by far.Holding teams to under the 80 pt "mendoza line".
Their post defense is excellant.Browns game plan in this series has been great.
Lakers were 69-33 in the regular season.And an amazing 39-59 ats.That's unreal.Maybe someone can throw in the playoffs ats record.
Pistons win and cover in the Palace.....
thanks Lowell,Scott-A,Ahjoh and Scott4USC.... GL to everyone
Going with a longshot in the Pocono 500...there are 10 teachers from my school there today.I asked the one that is an expert in NASCAR "give me your longshot" to win.He picked Terry Labonte at 50-1.
was invited to the Poc-500 but declined. Next friday I'm at Shinnecock and the US Open...
They are the better team.They are playing better and right now Brown's outcoaching Phil.Again defense and rebounding have been the key.And the Pistons do that better then anybody.
Lakers are capable of course of waking up and getting their offense going.Pistons offense might stall because many feel they are just playing over their heads.Rip and Billups score and the rest play solid defense.Prince,Rasheed,etc are also off. threats but every nite the Pistons have their great defense going.
To me that is the key. Shaq is seeing a 5 man tag team thrown at him and their going 1/1.B-Wallace and Campbell have done a great job on the low post.Throw in RW,Mehmet,and Corliss and these tag players have somewhat nuetralized him.
Kobe also has been harrased by a few.Prince and co have done a great job on him.He's forcing his shots.
What Brown has done is slow down the 2 studs and wants the other laker role players to beat him.
Payton is terrible.His numbers vs Billups in unreal.Magic yest really critized him.Paytons offense has disapperaed.But the real problem is his defense.He can't stop Billups.In the 1st 2 games Billups outscored him 49-5.
Malone is hurting and a lot slower.Walton has added spark with his pass-first-shoot second-play.
But Laker defense is poor.Brown is taking advantage of the pick and roll with Shaq.Shaq doesn't have the mobility to make the switch like he used too.
I have said this before.Pistons have "legs"They are faster,quicker and seem to jump higher.
Ben W has been unreal on the bds.Rip H has emerged into a superstar in the playoffs.Remember all the talk about Stackhouse and how bad that trade was for the Pistons.Dumars sure new something.
Lakers have had so many problems. Shaq complaining he's not getting the ball enough and why is Phil not playing some of the Vets like Fox and co.Kobe responding "thats not the problem".Payton whinning about the triangle offense.Malone's injury and problems with a fan.And the fans keeping up the players at the hotel.[ha]
The officials and the one sided calls on fouls.Lakers being made out to be crybabies. I do see their pt.It does seem like the Pistons are getting more calls.Desperation game tonite down 2-1.Should of been down 3-0. I could go on and on.
Pistons have outplayed the Lakers in 9 of 12 quarters.It would of been 10-12 but Lakers outscored Pistons 16-15 in game 3.
Everyone is waiting for the big comeback by LA.I don't think its coming.
We have been fed "west is the best" and "east is the least".I also believed that and in the past, the records do show that.
"they run in the west and they bang in the east". TV,media,etc have brainwashed us into that.
But the Pistons are the best defensive team by far.Holding teams to under the 80 pt "mendoza line".
Their post defense is excellant.Browns game plan in this series has been great.
Lakers were 69-33 in the regular season.And an amazing 39-59 ats.That's unreal.Maybe someone can throw in the playoffs ats record.
Pistons win and cover in the Palace.....
thanks Lowell,Scott-A,Ahjoh and Scott4USC.... GL to everyone
Going with a longshot in the Pocono 500...there are 10 teachers from my school there today.I asked the one that is an expert in NASCAR "give me your longshot" to win.He picked Terry Labonte at 50-1.
was invited to the Poc-500 but declined. Next friday I'm at Shinnecock and the US Open...
:tongue 
