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Originally posted by grumpyolddude
The flaw in the Pacers' lineup will be Reggie Miller. If Indy puts Artest on Hamilton, Prince and Williamson will run all over Reggie... plus, Artest will spend most of the series out of rebounding position and an outnumbered Jermaine O'Neal will give up too many offensive rebounds. If Reggie covers Hamilton (and the refs call his clutching and grabbing excuse for defense), Rip will wear the Pacers out and the inside games will negate each other.
Detroit totally outclasses Indy at guard... starters and bench... at both ends of the floor. Now that they have an answer to Jermaine inside, they will win. 6 games. (Al Harrington has the potential to be the "X" factor and change this outcome... but I doubt that he will)
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Amazing how two people can see things so differently. The Pacers are a deeper team. Look at their rosters.(guys who play)
Pacers:
Ron Artest
Jermaine O'Neal
Reggie Miller
Al Harrington
Jamaal Tinsley
Jonathan Bender
Fred Jones
Jeff Foster
Anthony Johnson
Austin Croshere
Detroit:
Richard Hamilton
Chauncey Billups
Rasheed Wallace
Tayshaun Prince
Ben Wallace
Corliss Williamson
Mehmet Okur
Mike James
Lindsey Hunter
Mike James and Lindsey suck nuts. So that only leaves Chauncey and Rip at guard. The Pacers have Artest, Tinsley, Jones, Johnson, and Miller all play guard. Now, exactly how the hell is Detroit deeper and how do they outclass the Pacers at guard? Also, Rip and Chauncey put in 40 minutes a night at guard. Which doesn't leave any time for the bench to play... Why is that? Because their coach has zero faith in their week ass backups. The Pacers have 4 guards averaging over 20 minutes a game, and Johnson plays about 18. Why do these guys get more playing time than Detroit's backups? Because they're better players. Period. Pacers own the guard position, and Jermaine is the best big man on the court in this series.