Pistons bored, beat Spurs
March 14, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Chauncey Billups, Detroit Pistons, Rasheed Wallace, Rip Hamilton, San Antonio Spurs, Tayshaun Prince, Tim Duncan
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Rip Hamilton asks the Squibster if they are playing another contender tonight?
All the talk in Piston land has been the moodiness, technicals, coach arguing, less scoring of Rip Hamilton.
Rip laughs it off.
“I’m never in a lull,” Hamilton insisted. “When I don’t shoot, people think that something’s wrong. We got a lot of All-Stars on this team.” source
Oh, and that boredom thing happens when you go to the Conference finals every year, thank you Joe Dumars.
The Detroit Pistons have a hard time gearing up for games at times with little at stake a month before the playoffs, comfortably positioned as the second-seeded team in the Eastern Conference.
San Antonio brought out Detroit’s best in the final minutes Friday night.
Richard Hamilton scored seven of his 25 points in the final 21 seconds, lifting the Pistons to an 84-80 victory over the short-handed Spurs.
“It’s good to see a team come in here that is going to be vying for a shot at the finals as we are,” Pistons guard Chauncey Billups said.
Seems like everyone had a good time.
“Playing San Antonio, it was like a playoff atmosphere with our fans,” Hamilton said. “And, we had to give them something to cheer about.”
Prince scored 17, Wallace finished with 10 points and three blocks, while Antonio McDyess had six points and a season-high 17 rebounds. Parker scored 26 and Duncan had 20 points.
“It was a really good game of two good teams that went after each other,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
Sometimes the good teams need something to gear up for in the never ending NBA season.
Good to see Rip back and at it in prime time. Maybe all the talk will calm down.
NBA Basketball Fan Question Is Rip just waiting for the playoffs?
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