Alex22 said:
I think you missed the point....but I put it as clearly as I could...but hey I'll try again
The Pistons are beatable, and everyone walks around like they cant be beat by any team.
If you couldnt see the humor in the Super Human Basketball Player thing you need to take a step back and be less serious
Of course the Pistons are beatable. I'm just betting against it; they are the least flawed team in the NBA playoffs. But any of the following things could easily derail Detroit's drive for 2 titles in 3 years:
1. an injury to Billups or one of the Wallaces would be instantly fatal to their playoff hopes (an injury to Hamilton or Prince would be difficult, but probably survivable).
2. a team capable of frustrating Ben Wallace to the point where he starts playing like a thug (never forget: Wallace started the infamous Palace Brawl and probably got off easy with a 5 game suspension), or a team that gets in Rasheed's head and gets him to pop off and rack up T's like Old School Sheed. Rasheed has calmed down in recent years, but is still a mental midget at heart.
3. a team with a defender who can fight through screens and hound Rip Hamilton endlessly. This would take Detroit's best scorer out of play, since Hamilton is fantastic without the ball, but often relies on screens and curls to get his shot. It wouldn't hurt to have a guy who could bully the frail (yet amazingly durable) Hamilton and get him off his game.
4. a team with a low-post presence capable of forcing Detroit's bigs into early foul trouble, thus exposing the relative lack of depth on the bench. Antonio McDyess is the only reliable power big; Dale Davis is mostly good for 6 fouls at this point. In the likely Miami series, Detroit must get 5-8 minutes a night from Davis where he more or less holds the fort against the Big Whatever. Elden Campbell did this beautifully in the 2004 Finals; Davis must revisit that. Rotating defenders on Shaq is a must; he's still too big and strong to be handled by one man, even if that man is Ben Wallace, the likely Defensive POY. The Wallaces and Davis need to rotate on him. McDyess would have to be kept away from O'Neal as much as possible, as he's easily pushed aside down low by Shaq.
5. a team that plays good enough team defense to force the ball to Prince; his offensive repertoire is limited and predictable; reasonably accurate chicken-winged jumper from outside, drive and spin left in the paint. That's pretty much it. The Pistons will avoid getting it to Ben Wallace as much as possible.
