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Pistons now looking for repeat
By David Zizmor June 6, 2005 |
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Detroit Pistons head coach Larry Brown showed the love after the completion of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, telling Lindsay Hunter he loved him and hand-slapping with Tayshaun Prince. "That's what it's all about," Brown said. Game 7 was not as easy as Game 6, when Detroit handed Miami a 25-point loss. Game 7 was an 88-82 victory for the Pistons, who had offensive help from Richard Hamilton, who scored 22 points, and Rasheed Wallace with 20. The Pistons closed the game with a 10-3 run to hand the Heat a Game 7 loss in its own building, the American Airlines Center. "That's what we do," Hamilton yelled repeatedly in the happy post-game Pistons dressing room. The Pistons became the first Eastern Conference team to win a Game 7 on the road in 23 years. For the Heat's Shaquille O'Neal, he lead Miami with 27 points. Dwayne Wade, who was scratched from Game 6 due to a rib muscle injury, played Game 7 and finished with 20 points. Wade was still in pain and couldn't score during the final 15 minutes of the game - that could have proven to be the difference. "It turned out beyond my wildest dreams," said Brown. "I'm home, my family was around, now I'm just excited about the opportunity because these don't come around very much." Brown will report to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., after the championship series with San Antonio after developing complications following hip surgery. Brown has said if doctors can't fix the hip, he will retire from coaching the Pistons and take a job in the front office with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Ziz's footnotes: Look for the upcoming championship series to be a rough and tumble affair with these two physical teams. There will be no blowout here and it might as well go 7 games. Here's how the NBA Championship schedule shapes up starting Thursday, all games to be shown on ABC (KGO, Channel 7 in San Francisco): Thursday June 9th PDT 6PM @San Antonio Sunday June 12th PDT 6PM @San Antonio Tuesday June 14th PDT 6PM @Detroit Thursday June 16th PDT 6PM @Detroit *Sunday June 19th PDT 6PM@Detroit *Monday June 20th PDT 6PM @San Antonio *Thursday June 23rd PDT 6PM @San Antonio *-if necessary. Dave Zizmor will be covering the NBA finals starting Thursday night catch all his post game reports right here and hear his analysis of the NBA finals on 1430 KVVN San Jose and 1110 KLIB Sacramento. |
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