[CLE/DET] Eastern Conference Finals discussion
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if Larry Hughes can't play game 4, Chauncey's slump is over by default. The Cavs perimeter D starts and ends with him.
The Cavs got by without him for the half on the strength of hot shooting, but that's not going to last over a 48-minute game. Neither Gibson nor Jones are going to keep and angry Billups from going off on them for a full game.
The Cavs got by without him for the half on the strength of hot shooting, but that's not going to last over a 48-minute game. Neither Gibson nor Jones are going to keep and angry Billups from going off on them for a full game.
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Man I hope the Pistons blow the Cavs out the next game I HATE Cleveland's whole team including Anderson Flop Varejao and LeBron "fingernails for lunch, dinner, and breakfast" James.
Chauncey is frustrating the heck out of me right now, I mean damn find other ways to score. Instead he is playing horribly. The Pistons need to give Sheed more touches in the post. I want Rip and Chauncey to stop chucking.
Chauncey is frustrating the heck out of me right now, I mean damn find other ways to score. Instead he is playing horribly. The Pistons need to give Sheed more touches in the post. I want Rip and Chauncey to stop chucking.
sloter, I just had the same basic discussion with a friend about San Antonio. He thinks Utah is now in the Spurs head because of the blow out last night. I told him that the Spurs are way too experienced and that the next game will prove it. I could be wrong but I expect that both the Spurs and Pistons have been awakened and will now cruise in 6 (maybe one of them 7) to meet for the NBA championship.
Whatever Larry Hughes may be achieving on defense, he's more than ruining it offense by chucking ball at his teammates knees, ankles, not to mention his inability to stretch the defense (he was never a very confident player to begin with). I also think that his defense is very overrated: he is one of those matador defenders, but not that great of a defender against physical guards (he got abused by Jason Kidd in a couple of games in the previous series). In fact, if you look at the big stops that were made in the last 2 games on the Cavaliers side they are courtesy of noone other thabut Daniel Gibson. He is a MUCH better fit for whatever Cavaliers are trying to do right now.
No, I don't think it's the same situation with Utah-SA series. Utah didn't have much chance of winning the first two games in San Antonio (even though Jazz made strong comebacks, Spurs wins were never in danger) while Cavaliers practically gave the two games away to Detroit. Also, despite the fact that they are a very young team, Cavaliers were in a very similar situation last year, so they do have some experience themselves.
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Pistons missed an opportunity to take complete control of this series. They got solid contributions from CWebb, McDyess and Flip Murray (of all people), Tayshawn showed up on offense (although he couldn't control Lebron on the defensive side of the ball), and they won the rebound battle. If either Billups or Rip Hamilton show up with an average game tonight, Pistons are up 3-0.
But, to the Cavs' credit, they battled, took care of the ball all night, and let Lebron win the game for them when they needed him to step up.
My guess is that both Billups and Rip play better in game 4, but I'm not sure if CWebb will play as well, or if Flip Murray can provide the offensive punch which he provided tonight.
But, to the Cavs' credit, they battled, took care of the ball all night, and let Lebron win the game for them when they needed him to step up.
My guess is that both Billups and Rip play better in game 4, but I'm not sure if CWebb will play as well, or if Flip Murray can provide the offensive punch which he provided tonight.
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