@IrisOfTheEagle@Drewmamba619 Shaq on offense was slow but he was getting his, detroit made it very difficult for him to get to his spot and for the lakers to get him the ball, lakers struggled to get entry passes this series,pistons seemed quicker to the ball in every way(boards, maybe a little bc of malone)
@IrisOfTheEagle@Drewmamba619 The stats are gonna look bad, Detroit played at a much slower pace even for that era, shooting 40% and avging 20 when the scores gonna be 85-75 is good when u got kobe guarding u ๐ the book was out on shaq in the pnr, but harder to step out when u got the wallaces eating up rebs
@IrisOfTheEagle@Drewmamba619 And pistons defense was all time great that year man, them and san antonio that year were in the running (again) as best defenses and this might be the year the pistons defense actually was better
@MarzTalksSports@WhozMEECH Duncan better on both ends, better defensive anchor and had a more complete big man game imo, back to the basket, facing up, duncan did it all better than KG, KG had a better midrange game by alot bt duncan had a solid J 15ft out, kg had the versatility on D bt that mattered less
@pitlessball@_karateChris In the running for one of the best defenses of all time, shaq and kobe didnt help themselves either, shaq didnt play bad but he looked slow this yr, I always think peak Kobe is 02-09 and his prime is 01-13 but 04 is a a weird yr in the timeline he was a diff player after this yr
@Drewmamba619@sammymac1071@OwOsix6@ndrei3k@pitlessball They lost when kobe hit his prime (obviously not cause of him, injuries in 03 pistons defense and the teams bad habits were on full display), shaq was coasting through regular seasons from even 01, but Shaq in the playoffs was a different guy always
@PhilMarsSports Why do you say that?
I really liked the 04-10 was some great hoops with alot of guys peaking or atleast still in their prime, freedom of movement era along with the PF Era made for some great playoff battles
@timdrak3__@swoosh_shrestha@justasiam185@Jones828J Just needed the spurs starting guards to be injured
That was a different spurs team, no bowen many parker lol Look where the big man are standing man it creates so much space when shaqs on the court its like steph