by benji on Sat Dec 13, 2003 4:17 am
I wouldn't say the Cavs "shocked" the Pistons...the Pistons have been playing like crap and another team broke out of the dredges and had a good game against them...they survived the last game thanks to Rip's 44 which was the biggest fluke I've seen in a while...Rip usually gets right around 20, no more, no less...so the Cavs pitiful defense didn't shut him down like you claim...the failure was the bench, Okur, who they have been relying on to win games went cold and that killed them...also Billups and Atkins were in no condition to guard LeBron, they're bad defenders and now they have to guard a guy built like a Power Forward? Especially 5-10, 160 pound Atkins...bad decision making on Larry Brown's part...Boozer's 28 isn't surprising, he always gets it going against the Pistons because of Ben Wallace...Wallace always wanders into the paint to swat shots or get rebounds, thus if his man has a mid-range jumper (and Boozer's is sweet) he's going to rack up the points...he's just like Rodman in that respect...