Three Wins away from a NBA Title

The Pistons won game 1 of the NBA Finals in a dominating performance over Lakers. The final score was Pistons-87 Lakers-75.

This is exactly the type of game the Pistons wanted to play, let Shaq and Kobe score but stop the rest of the team. They won this game with their defense and if the Pistons hadn't turned the ball over as much and gotten a better game from Rip,they would have won this game by a lot more.

Chauncey Billups stepped it up and played a great game scoring 22 points. He also caused Gary Payton to get in foul trouble.

Rip Hamilton only had 12 points and 5 assists but that was good compared to Payton's 3 points and 3 assists.

This was a great victory for the Pistons but they still have work to do. The Pistons played great, but the Lakers also played terrible. LA didn't show any emotion or urgency and besides Kobe and Shaq the team was a joke. The Pistons must expect the Lakers to be ready for game 2 and play a lot better.

The Pistons also need to make Shaq score tougher buckets. You can't really stop him, but the Pistons let him score way too many easy buckets on route to his 34 points.

The Pistons can be happy with this victory,for now, but this series is a long ways from being over.