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Pistons working on all cylinders, cool down Heat
By Dave Zizmor June 4, 2005 |
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The Detroit Pistons evened up the Eastern Conference Finals in Game 6 with the Miami Heat 91-66 Saturday night at Auburn Hills to tie the series at 3-3. The Heat's Dwayne Wade was missing in action with a rib injury. Richard Hamilton nailed 24 points for the Pistons in the offensive shooting clinic, Tayshaun Prince had 16 points, and Chauncey Billups had 14 points. For Miami, Shaquille O'Neil had 24 points and Rashul Butler had 13. Shaq was doing his best work without Wade, but the score was plenty short against Detroit. This isn't the first time that Shaq is contending to get into the finals - he did so with Los Angeles, and now he's battle-tested and will face a fierce Detroit Piston team Monday night at 5:00 p.m. PDT for Game 7. Despite the lopsided loss, it's even money on both of these teams. With the Heat, you have Shaq and Wade, two of the top players in the NBA. It's just the waiting game to see if Wade will be ready for Game 7 on Monday night. With the Pistons you have the defending NBA champions, one of the best defensive teams in the league, not just for the fact that the Pistons had won the championship, but the kind of ball they play. The Pistons are very team-oriented and they make sure everybody is involved. Either of these teams are going to put up a huge fight in the title round to win a championship again for the Eastern Conference. David Zizmor will be covering the NBA finals with Joe Cronin and Ken Gimblin and all three will be filing post-game reports for Game 7 on Monday night. David, Joe and Ken co-host Sportstalk on 1430 KVVN San Jose and KLIB 1110 Sacramento. |
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