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Originally Posted by Nimbletoe
...And the Pacers are MILES better than Chicago or Washington.
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Simply not true. At full capacity they are indeed better than both. However, Washington split the season series with this Indiana team. Three out of the four (Miller, O’Neal, Tinsley, and Jackson) were playing each game for Indiana. Washington won their games without Larry Hughes or Kwame Brown.
Washington, despite losing 4 starters for an extended period of time (Haywood, Hughes, Hayes, and Brown) during the regular season, still finished ahead of Indiana and split the season series. Those are the facts. “MILES” better huh? Not close.
The point maximusveritas is probably trying to make is that Detroit did not dominate either series. The Pistons needed overtime to prevent Philly from tying up the series 2 games to 2. The Pistons needed to just flat out win to prevent going down 1 game to 3 to the Pacers.
The Miami Heat swept New Jersey and Washington with a hobbled and missing Shaq.