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Originally posted by goddfather40
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.
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The lakers had 17 less free throws than the pistons. You figure they make about half of those (9, i'll even be nice), they still lose by 11. Shaq didn't get to the line because they didn't get the ball to him, and Kobe didn't get to the line because the pistons swarmed him, and wouldn't let him. It wasn't that the lakers were like, lets just not drive to the hole today, the Detroit defense wouldn't let them.
Oh, and by the way, it's driving me nuts how people think teams just play bad against the pistons. NJ, Indiana, now LA... don't you people think that it's more than a coincidence now that every time a team plays detroit, they play poorly? Come on.