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Originally posted by Nimbletoe
I'm sure the turnovers, Malone being gimp and LA not having a competent back up, the pressure defense by Detroit along with them putting up a decent ammount of points had nothing to do with it...
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Yeah, the points off turnovers were big. Detroit's two spurts at the beginning of the 3rd and 4th quarters were good offensive displays. But, I feel that the offensive boards and the FT's were bigger factors. You give any NBA team 2 or 3 shots per offensive series, they will usually convert. If the Lakers and Pistons had equal amounts of FT's, then this would've been a whole different game. The Lakers couldn't get inside to draw the fouls, while the Pistons did.