Posted by K22:

This is exactly what happened last year. They have to get the job done and close the deal.

And yeah, we pounded them into hash a time or two, but we can't live on woulda-shoulda-couldas right now.

this is a little different. cleveland is a different team. more mature. i think they know they have to win game 6. last year they were more in shock they were hanging with detroit, now, they kinda got a shark smelling blood attitude.

Detroit is going to win

Posted by EnySpree:

I feel confident that, if Cleveland wins game 6, there is no way Detroit has a chance at winning this series.

Yup.

How prophetic. I am forced to disagree, however. There's always the David Stern possibility of taking away a win due to LeBron's left toe being on the court during a spitball fight and him overturning Cleveland's game 6 win.

Great series, stern couldn't be happier.

Flip is known as a loser when the game really counts.

Cleveland's coach Brown was on the hotseat this yr for often losing early in the playoffs.

These next games will show me if it was Ben Wallace and Larry Brown the pistons missed, or is Cleveland coach better than FLIP .

Detroit is known for playing their best basketball when they have their backs against the wall. WE WILL SEE.

[Edited by - playa2 on 01-06-2007 06:31]

Posted by playa2:

Great series, stern couldn't be happier.

Flip is known as a loser when the game really counts.

Cleveland's coach Brown was on the hotseat this yr for often losing early in the playoffs.

These next games will show me if it was Ben Wallace and Larry Brown the pistons missed, or is Cleveland coach better than FLIP .

Detroit is known for playing their best basketball when they have their backs against the wall. WE WILL SEE.

[Edited by - playa2 on 01-06-2007 06:31]

Neither,
Lebron James was just unstoppable. Pistons had to see the writing on the wall. C'Mon, hitting fadeaway 3's when your down 4 with under a minute to play. That takes some balls and shows me alot about James. Cavs might have got their record because of a weak east, but let's not discredit their efforts. They are playing the power house of the east in Detroit and they are hanging with them and grinding it out. Let's see what happens. One more game until the finals, although I do not want to see a SA/Clev finals matchup.

That will be as lopsided as the spurs/knicks finals.

We were all witness to the king last nite.

I thought Eric Snow played a hell of a game last nite and was clutch in defense.

I know its all good for the new king but as a fan Im not all that blown away by it all.

Why? Its been done before. The superstar king thing by Jordan was a wonderful thing to behold, but it got old. Bird was the catalyst for his team, as was Magic. Lebron is the team.

Im not taking a thing away from him at all, at 22 he is incredible but the path they have had was very lucky, which is needed at times (as the suns and Mavs about good or bad fortune) and sometimes the best team does not advance.

I was hoping the SUns would make it as Nash and that ball movement thing should be the next big thing. Reverting to the savior thing has been done before.

scarey to think this kid would be a senior in college this year!

At 22 there has not been a better player. I think Kareem in his rookie year took the Bucks (with an aging oscar) to the finals and won. That was impact.