Is the Detroit vs. Boston match-up in the Eastern Conference Finals the one we, the sports fans, have been hoping for all year long? Is this the best possible series you could get out of the East?
In my opinion, it is. I mean, there is no Eastern Finals series math-up we would sanely rather see.
When you think about, I’m right. I mean, who really wants to watch a suck-fest between Washington and Philadelphia, or Toronto and Atlanta? Jeez.
Orlando and Cleveland would have been decent, but not even nearly as entertaining as Celtics/Pistons. By the way, the Celtics won the season series 2-1, losing the first meeting in Boston 87-85, winning the second meeting in Detroit 92-85, and winning the third meeting in Boston 90-78.
I’m sure the Pistons are living this thing up as much as me, because, in all seriousness, either this year or next year will eb Detroit’s last serious year in contention for an NBA title while working with the core as Chauncey, ‘Sheed, Rip, and Tayshaun. If they wanna fit in one more ring, this is the year to do it.
In my opinion, Boston is a better team than Detroit, but the better team doesn’t always win. Example: this p[ast February, Super Bowl XLII. I don’t think that there’s a doubt in anyone’s mind that the Patriots were better than the Giants. But, on that day, the Giants decided to play beter than the Patriots. See?
I could go on, but that would stray too far from the point of this story… ooh, cookies!
The Celtics techinaclly DON’T have to win on the road to win an NBA title, because of their having the best overall record in the league, guranteeing them 4 home games each round. They haven’t lost at home this post-season yet.
The Pistons are 5-1 at home and 3-2 on the road. By that statistic, you would think that they’d rather have played Cleveland, but I doubt that Flip Saunders and all of them are disappointed that they have to play Boston.
In my opinion, after the Pistons defeated the Magic in Game 4 from Orlando, it didn’t matter who won the other series, it was irrelevant. I knew right then and there that Detroit was the team to beat.
They will take this series in 6 games, winning games 1, 3, 4, and 6.
So, now I ask you, is this the series in the East we’ve been hoping for since November?
-Mike Greenspire
