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polsongrizz
May 23rd, 2005, 11:37 PM
Detroit 90, Miami 81

By CHRIS SHERIDAN, AP Basketball Writer
May 23, 2005

MIAMI (AP) -- The mismatches favored the Detroit Pistons, and the defending champions kept finding and exploiting them.

Whether it was Tayshaun Prince outsizing Dwyane Wade, Rasheed Wallace taking his man outside or Chauncey Billups getting the better of Damon Jones, the Detroit Pistons played calmly and intelligently for 48 minutes and defeated the Miami Heat 90-81 Monday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Miami had Shaquille O'Neal back in its lineup after waiting almost until tip-off to find out whether he could play with a bruised right thigh. He opened the game by making his first four shots, but Detroit's defense kept the Heat from running their offense through O'Neal for the rest of the game, and the big man wasn't all that much of a factor while scoring 20 points on 9-for-14 shooting with five rebounds.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2005052314&prov=ap
Grizo406
May 23rd, 2005, 11:53 PM
:hyped: :hyped: :hyped:

Well said, ralph.

I think about as highly of Shaq as I do of Warren Sapp. Different sports, I know, but still a couple of real tools!
polsongrizz
May 23rd, 2005, 11:53 PM
:hyped: :hyped: :hyped:
Calm down down Ralph, lets get some streaming going... ;)
polsongrizz
May 24th, 2005, 01:38 AM
Thanks for calling up while you were streaming tonight Ralph... :nod: :nod: ;) ;) ;) Too bad it was past bucks bedtime ;)
polsongrizz
May 24th, 2005, 01:53 AM
Anyone who missed it should regret it... it'll happen again. Thanks for the convo!
Your welcome bro... ;)
umassfan
May 24th, 2005, 04:20 AM
Heat all the way baby.... I dont see the Pistons winning more then 2 games vs the Heat.
TexasTerror
May 24th, 2005, 07:49 AM
Detroit beat the Lakers with Shaq and Kobe. They'll definitely have no problem beating a Heat team with a injured Shaq and Wade.
eaglefan452
May 24th, 2005, 08:52 AM
Detroit beat the Lakers with Shaq and Kobe. They'll definitely have no problem beating a Heat team with a injured Shaq and Wade.


I don't know if I would go as far as saying that they won't have a problem beating the Heat, this series might just go 6 or 7 games. My only thing is that the Heat haven't been tested at all during the playoffs and during the latter part of the season really. They coasted into the playoffs with an injured Shaq and swept two pretty bad teams before meeting the Pistons who had a pretty hard fought series with the Pacers.
buckp
May 24th, 2005, 02:46 PM
Thanks for calling up while you were streaming tonight Ralph... :nod: :nod: ;) ;) ;)
Too bad it was past bucks bedtime ;)

I did stay up and watched the whole game there bat breath.....:nod:
polsongrizz
May 24th, 2005, 10:13 PM
I did stay up and watched the whole game there bat breath.....:nod:
Bat Breath, you been goping to school on me when I wasn't looking? :confused: ? :nod: :rolleyes: :D ;) :)
polsongrizz
May 24th, 2005, 10:14 PM
You missed the streaming show last night buckp when we featured an entire hour with the telephone guest polsongrizz.

PS We talked about you!
Alot...not much of it good either. :eek: :rolleyes: :D :p ;)
buckp
May 25th, 2005, 06:28 AM
Originally Posted by ralph
You missed the streaming show last night buckp when we featured an entire hour with the telephone guest polsongrizz.
PS We talked about you!

Alot...not much of it good either. :eek: :rolleyes: :D :p ;)

Oh man.....if I would have known! :bang: Did you tape it Ralph?
It would have been fun to do a three-way conference. I'm sure I could have found some 'choice words' about Pols.....;)