2nd Round: Detroit vs. Orlando - Series DET leads (1-0)
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I'm not going to predict a win for the Magic, but the Pistons should be aware that this team is very different from the one that got swept last year. It's even different from the one that beat Detroit twice this regular season. The Magic team from mid-February would never have been able to win a playoff series shooting the 3-ball as poorly as they did against the Raps.
Now, we will have to hit those 3s to be able to beat Detroit, and Chauncey will probably bend Jameer over a few times, but the way Dwight has raised his game for the playoffs changes everything.
Now, we will have to hit those 3s to be able to beat Detroit, and Chauncey will probably bend Jameer over a few times, but the way Dwight has raised his game for the playoffs changes everything.
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Cammo101 wrote:Jameer and Rasheed are gonna have to exchange makeup info after this series then, because Dwight has been destroying Sheed and the rest of the 6'5'' Detroit frontline the last couple years as well. Sheed will no doubt go to the Chris Bosh flop and pray defense. What's the over/under on techs for Sheed when the refs are laughing at that instead of calling fouls?
But here's the thing...
Pssst...Detroit advanced in the playoffs. Pass it on.
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Manocad wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Pssst...the Pistons got better too. Notice that bench? Pass it on.
Orlando added SVG and Rashard Lewis. Detroit added Maxiell and Stuckey to their rotation. Detroit got older and more frail, Orlando got better and more confident.
Orlando and Detroit are playing much different teams than they did last year, but only one team is happy about that fact.
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Respect in earned in the playoffs... You beat a pathetic Raptors team in 5 games big deal.
The Sixers finished the regular season 22-12... which is the same record the Magic put up over their last 34 games. The Sixers went into the playoffs playing much much better than the Raptors.
Why should I have any doubts of beating the Magic after an easy sweep last season? After seeing Billups abuse you guys.
Detroit wins in 6 or less... Orlando isn't any better than Philly.
The Sixers finished the regular season 22-12... which is the same record the Magic put up over their last 34 games. The Sixers went into the playoffs playing much much better than the Raptors.
Why should I have any doubts of beating the Magic after an easy sweep last season? After seeing Billups abuse you guys.
Detroit wins in 6 or less... Orlando isn't any better than Philly.
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bstein14 wrote:Respect in earned in the playoffs... You beat a pathetic Raptors team in 5 games big deal.
The Sixers finished the regular season 22-12... which is the same record the Magic put up over their last 34 games. The Sixers went into the playoffs playing much much better than the Raptors.
Why should I have any doubts of beating the Magic after an easy sweep last season? After seeing Billups abuse you guys.
Detroit wins in 6 or less... Orlando isn't any better than Philly.
Did you happen to notice that during their 22-12 finish, Orlando happened to beat them twice in blowouts? Or do facts simply elude your thought process?
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dingyibvs wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Did you happen to notice that during their 22-12 finish, Orlando happened to beat them twice in blowouts? Or do facts simply elude your thought process?
If your team had more playoff experience, you'd probably realize how little head-to-head regular season records matter once the playoffs start.
Its two completely different ball games.
A year ago the Pistons played 4 meaningful games against Orlando and won them all.
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bstein14 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
If your team had more playoff experience, you'd probably realize how little head-to-head regular season records matter once the playoffs start.
Its two completely different ball games.
A year ago the Pistons played 4 meaningful games against Orlando and won them all.
How else can you explain Detroit's choke job last year to the Cavs. A Cavs team with no playoff experience who the Pistons handled in the regular season. The Pistons vaunted playoff experience was the real difference in that series. Imagine how great the Cavs will be now that they added Ben Wallace's amazing playoff experience. The Cavs will never lose.
Who needs talent when you have...PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE?
Which is just another way of saying we are gonna win because we are old. How did Dallas and all their playoff experience do against the upstart Hornets?