are the pistons bein hard on dwayne wade cause they scared?
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r u kidding me...hes their best player..of corse they are going to play hard on him because they are scared...if you were down 3 games to 1 in  the esastern conf. finals, woodnt u be a lil scared? i no i would
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of course they have a chance, but the spurs are gonna be hard to beat. i don't think it's impossible though. if they do they're gonna have a hard time with the pistons!!
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Sorry.  There are a few things you shouldn't overlook.  First, being the deepest team isn't really an advantage in the playoffs.  You play a game, get 3 or 4 days off, and then play again.  Your starters are rested.  Deepness maters in the regular season, not the playoffs.  \n\nSecond,  Dirk is an awesome offensive player, but he's not that great of a defender.  He will have to defend Duncan who is one of the best inside players in the game.  I don't think Mavs have an answer for him.\n\nThird, in the East, the Pistons are going to have it easy compared to the West.  Last year the Pistons had to play Miami 7 games before playing the Spurs -- unlikely this year.  Yes, Miami beat the Pistons Sunday, but they were at home (Pistons will have HCA), Shaq & Wade had their best games of the season on the same night, the Pistons are in a slump, and finally the Pistons blew a 13 point 4th quarter lead to lose by 2 with Pistons taking the final shot.  Miami doesn't have a prayer.\n\nFourth, the West is tough.  You've got the Suns, Spurs, and Clippers.  While the Pistons get a week off between a series or two, the Mavs are fighting for every game.\n\nFinally, the Pistons have two straight years of Finals experiance.  The Mavs don't have any.  In the Finals, experiance plays a huge factor.  Its a new ball game!\n\nIs it impossible for the Mavs to win it all?  No, this is sports.  Unpredictability rules in sports.  A couple of years back everyone said crown the Lakers, but the Pistons beat them in 5.  Who dreamed it?  However, it is unlikely.
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no.. i dont think so not a chance, pistons r gonna win no doubt bout it.
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this year the pistons are going to take...the pistons are a team who do not rely on one or two guys the team relies on itself...what is most each guy is willing to sacrifice himself for the betterment of the team...no one player is looking to be the hero.
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Ha. Lebron even said "There's no way were ready for Detriot". Looks like he's right and I don't think they ever will be in time to beat the Pistons in the series.
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The heat will win because dwyane wade got rest and he's angry.  Vince carter's shot's been off all season, and if dwyane focuses on mid-range penetration and passing, they will win. Also, Antoine shouldn't take so many 3's. If he gives them up, they will most definately win.
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They don't look like it this time. Though the two teams looks to be quite evenly matched, but Miami have a greater comibination of great talents and future hall of fame players. On the other hand, Detroit's best players disappeared down the stretch against the Cavs. Sure you can slip up against Cavs, but you can't afford to play sloppy against Miami, because they can knock the pistons out before they recover.
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yes they deserve it because wade play hard just to win it shaq,williams,and the rest of the team play hard so they deserve it.
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I dont think so, but if the Pistons lose, and it ends up being either the Heat or the Cavs in the finals, they could, but they still have to get past the clippers, pr phoenx...I cant believe i just said that about the clippers...lol
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Not only do I think so, I know so. There is no way the Pistons are going to let the Heat run over them like that. They played the best team basketball all year long and this is no time to start believing that they won't pull through and win what they fought so hard for.
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It's going to be tough with milwaukee and cleveland this year.  If they do you better hope they don't face Detroit in the first round. They have gotten blown out in both games so far.
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For Miami I think is everyone crashing the boards and all the role players contributing in some sort of way.  Also making their freethrows and lastly getting as many stops on transition defense and half court defense as possible for 48 minutes. \n\nAs far as Dallas finding an answer for Dwyane Wade and second finding an answer for Dwayne wade and third finding an answer for Dwayne Wade...and fourth...this guy in the Heat who wears number 3...oh yeah Dwayne Wade LOL.  But they have not seem to get it together in 3 outings..so good luck.  If they stop Wade they have to worry about Shaq...and Udonis and Mourning, and Payton, and Walker and Jayson Williams and Riley...but they cannot even worry about that because they have yet found an answer for ummm that guy named Dwayne "Flash" Wade. - haha
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Miami 95, Detroit 78\nHeat Overcome Wade’s Illness to Eliminate Pistons\nBox Score \n|\nHeat Home \n|\nPistons Home\n\n\nMIAMI, June 2 (Ticker) -- When Dwyane Wade came down with the flu, the Miami Heat had to be feeling a bit queasy. In the end, however, the Detroit Pistons were left feeling sick to their stomachs.\n\nThe Heat are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, overcoming Wade's untimely illness with a huge game from Shaquille O'Neal and hot shooting from Jason Williams in an affirming 95-78 victory over the Pistons.\n\nNBA TV highlights from\nPistons-Heat: Play\nPress Conference: Play\nThe second-seeded Heat won the series in six games and ended the two-year reign of the top-seeded Pistons as Eastern Conference champions. They play at Dallas or Phoenix on Tuesday.\n\n"To be at the point where we are now on our way to The Finals is truly amazing for this organization," Wade said. "As the saying goes with this team, they did what they do and we went out there and played team basketball at the right time of the year."\n\n"I only celebrate when it's really over," said O'Neal, who is headed to The Finals with his third team. "I'll celebrate a little bit, but like I told the guys, the job is not done."\n\nMiami avenged last year's disheartening loss, when it held the lead with less than two minutes to play in Game 7 at home but was denied by Detroit. Wade labored through that game with bruised ribs.\n\nA sickening case of deja vu swept over South Florida when Wade missed Friday's shootaround - and briefly was hospitalized - with a bad touch of the flu. He showed courage in starting and playing 37 minutes but was not himself.\n\n"At 3 a.m. is really when I woke up and I knew I wasn't going to go back to sleep," Wade said. "My wife was giving me tea and vapor rub and everything she could. I told her to call our trainer, probably 7 or 8 today, and that's when he told me I needed to get to the hospital. I stayed at the hospital until 3 p.m. They I went home and changed and came to the game."\n\n"I feel bad for him after what he had to go through in last year's playoffs," teammate Antoine Walker said. "He got hurt ... last year and to see him not at 100 percent was tough. We felt for him but we were very confident that we could pick up the slack and make it happen."\n\nWade didn't have to be 100 percent, not with O'Neal unleashing a "Shaq Attack" and Williams finally finding his shooting touch. The Heat took the lead for good in the first quarter and took off in the third period, when Wade finally got into the act.\n\nO'Neal scored 28 points on 12-of-14 shooting, grabbing 16 rebounds and blocking five shots.\n\n"Shaquille is Shaquille. We couldn't get him the ball enough," said Heat coach Pat Riley, also going to The Finals with his third different team. "We couldn't straight post him up, so we started doing a lot of things to move him a little bit on pick-and-rolls so he could get the ball."\n\n"I just told the guys that they can come to me. Whenever they need a bucket just come to me," O'Neal said. "For the first five or six minutes, I actually didn't touch the ball and I got a little worried, but everyone else was playing so well, I just became a role player - until they came to me."\n\nWilliams made his first 10 shots before missing his last two, finishing with 21 points.\n\n"I think you saw his game tonight," Riley said. "It was at the right time, there's no doubt."\n\n"I just wanted to come out and try to do what I always try to do - be aggressive and knock down open shots, and luckily they were falling for me tonight," said Williams, who was shooting 38 percent in the postseason.\n\nWade had 14 points and 10 assists. He began as a playmaker, missed the start of the
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yes now that they are past the cavs they definitely will miami is not goin to be a problem for them. the cavs would of destroyed them and the pistons will do the same. sorry but miami shouldnt be where they are the nets should beat them in 5 games instead of the other way.
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Many experts will say that the bench is the weakest link on the Pistons. The bench does not need to score a lot for the Pistons to win. As long as the bench goes out every night and shows up, Detroit will be fine throughout the playoffs. Against the Heat, the main problem is obviously Shaq. This is when we will really see the bench's depth. The Pistons have multiple big men that they can throw at Shaq, making it a long series for the big fella.
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Spurs are back to back champions, Detroit better suit up i know they are ready, but game 7 spurs will take it and having them look stupid at there home town losing. detroit lose by Seven points in the finals, its going down. Have bruce bowen guard rasheed wallace its going down. SPURS 06 Champion reunite once again.