So what happens tonight in Detroit? Well, the sun will set, darkness will descend and the buds of spring will rest for an evening.
Who the heck wrote THAT?
Regarding the Cavs-Pistons game …
—It's hard to see what good it would do the Pistons to play their backups more. If those guys really were any good, wouldn't they be starting? And … does anyone really believe that Detroit's backups can do a lot against the Cavs when they have LeBron James on the floor and their team is focused and determined. Giving the backups a few more minutes here and there might help a little bit, but not much. The Cavs have been the clearly superior team.
–Be interesting to see the crowd. Detroit is a short drive from Cleveland — well it should be a short drive if the entire state highway system of Michigan were not in turmoil thanks to road closings and construction — and tickets are available. Cavs fans could easily make the drive and turn the Palace into less of a home-court advantage.
–Then there's this fact about the Pistons at home this year: They've not been that good there (which probably is the result of the team simply not being that good). "In past years, the Pistons protected their home floor," the Detroit Free Press reported. "This year, the Pistons were tentative and seemed unsure." Not quite something on which to hang the proverbial hat, he wrote, deftly avoiding the catastrophic preposition at the end of the sentence.
–This is the game the Pistons must win. Absolutely must win. Because if they go down 3-0 the series is over, and it's just a matter of whether it's four games or five. So Detroit has to try everything. And the one they have not tried is getting nasty. They had a couple hard fouls in Game 2, but they didn't get downright nasty. Home court, down 2-0 … who knows … this might be the game we see things get real physical and real nasty. If the Pistons have the fight to get physical and nasty, that is.
–I don't know what's up with Rip Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince. Neither look anything like their old selves. Prince supposedly has a back/rib problem, and it must be bothering him, because he's just not himself. Hamilton sounds like he's totally dismayed by the fact Chauncey Billups is not around, and by anything new run by coach Michael Curry. Either that or he sounds like he doesn't believe Curry is qualified. Hamilton is shooting 42.9 percent, Prince 28.6. And Prince is averaging 4 points in 38 minutes on the floor. "This is the most pivotal game," Prince said. "So, if I can't really get anything going early, I'll going to just have to let Arron (Afflalo) and those guys take the load."
–Most folks think Detroit has cashed it in already. The only reason I'd refrain from saying that is because Game 3 is tonight, and it's really Detroit's only chance. Detroit is averaging 83 points — and it's only that high thanks to the fourth quarter by the subs. It's shooting 42.8 percent and playing lackadaisical defense.
The result: It'll be close for a while, but not long enough. By game's end, the Cavs will have a 3-0 lead.
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"So what happens tonight in Detroit? Well, the sun will set, darkness will descend and the buds of spring will rest for an evening.
Who the heck wrote THAT?"
I'm guessing Bud Shaw on ludes.
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