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Originally Posted by powerclown
Depressing game.
The Pistons played horribly, particularly Billups. He looked like he was smoking crack out there, just going round and round in circles doing nothing. Didn't take one 3-pointer. Sheed should have got the ball more, Hamilton 6-18, Hunter blah, Prince blah. Big letdown.
The Spurs deserved the win. Tim Duncan was The Man.
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Pistons shot poorly from the field as a team, but Billups didn't have a bad game, its just he didn't assert himself. He hit 3 out of 8 shots, got to the line a lot and sunk his free throws, and dished out 8 assists to only 1 turnover. He didn't shoot a lot, which was atypical for him, but up through the third quarter when they were up 7, him shooting less and passing more was working out for them. He actually did shoot three shots from 3-point range, most notably, the one Bowen blocked in the final couple of minutes. Hamilton and Prince shoot poorly from the field, and what I don't understand is why Lindsey Hunter jacked up as many shots as Billups did, in half the playing time. I guess he had one good offensive game in Detroit, but I would rather have 5 other guys shooting shots than him if I was a Pistons fan.
I will reiterate what I said in my last response. The Pistons are a damn good team, and they played well enough to win this series. Kudos to the Spurs and especially Ginobili. Parker and Duncan both struggled from the field in game 7, but Manu shot over 60%.