Detroit Sports

Saturday, May 22, 2004

Game 1:Pistons 74 Pacers 78

The Pistons played a bad game one even though the score was close. The Pacers outplayed them to pick up the 78-74 victory. Here is a end of the game recap.
End of the Game-With 1:23 left in the the game the score was tied at 74-74. Indiana had the ball and gave it to Reggie Miller who came off a screen and hit a three pointer to put the Pacers up 73-70. The Pistons came down and Chauncey Billups missed an open three that would have tied the game. Rasheed Wallace got the rebound off Billups' shot and stupidly forced a three pointer in the corner with a guy all over him. It was an airball. Reggie Miller made one free-throw after that to seal the game.
Game Thoughts-Detroit played stupid tonight. Indiana deserved to win this game. They had more energy than Detroit and they outplayed them tonight. Detroit will look at 3 things after watching the game tape. First they turned the ball over way to much. They had 19 turnovers tonight. That is way to many to win a playoff game. Second they didn't get big games from some of their best players. Rasheed Wallace had only 4 points on 1-7 shooting. Chauncey Billups had 18 points but only 1 point in the second half. Finally Detroit didn't get enough rebounds. The Pacers outrebounded them all night long. They were getting all the loose balls. Detroit needs to improve on these things if they want to win game 2. They must win game 2 or they will go back home down 2-0,something they don't want to happen.

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