Series Thoughts

The Pistons are the champions of the NBA after beating the Lakers last night in game 5 of the NBA Finals. Here's a look at how they won game 5 and how they won the series.

Game 5 Notes-the Lakers looked good early and took a small lead. The Pistons stormed back to take the lead going into the second half. In the third quarter the Pistons blew out the Lakers and and in the 4th quarter they had a 25 point lead. In the 4th Larry Brown took out most of his starters and put in his backups. That is why the score was closer than the game really was(100-87).

Ben Wallace had a huge game grabbing 22 rebounds and scoring 18 points.

The Pistons just plain outplayed the Lakers again. LA took their best shot early but it just wasn't enough.

Series Thoughts-This was just an incredible series for the Pistons. Sometimes a team can beat a better team by just getting lucky,but the Pistons are the better team than the Lakers. They outplayed them in every game(even in game 2 when we lost) and it looked like the Lakers were the underdogs. Chauncey Billups was the series MVP. Billups had a great series averaging over 21 points a game and around 5 assists a game. What a series and what a season!