Day 6

I predict the next 23 year old self made millionaire is gonna be some drunk kid from Phili who dropped a couple of grand in Vegas on his team beating the Pistons...

I mean honestly who thought the Sixers would be able to overcome all these odds and not just make this a series, but legitimately have a chance to beat the Pistons in the first round.  The Sixers just seem to be the team that wants it more, and they have beat the Pistons at their own game.  Andre Miller has completely outplayed Mr Big Shot so far, and I dont know if Mr Big Shot is even going to have a chance to live up that name of his, simply because I dont know if any of the games are gonna be close enough for Chauncey to get a shot at hitting a game winner.  The Sixers hustle and play hard 48 mins and I dont think the Pistons have it in them to do that anymore.  

But the Pistons have at least shown some fight, not like the Suns who just seem to fold every time they see Tony Parker dribble down court.. not only do they fold, but before Tony passes the half court line Amare already goes out of bounds to get ready to inbound the ball, and Raja Bell and Leondro Barbosa start running down to the other side of the court to set up their offense... Yes its gotten that pathetic... I dont know what Eva's doin but damn I guess she steps it up in the playoffs, hence so does Tony..

According to an NBA Insider there is more than just Eva's magic which is allowing the Spurs to take a commanding control of this series.   What the Spurs have been doing is not allowing the Suns to get comfortable in their offensive possessions.  The Suns apparently have 3 plays in their playbook.. Lets go through them quickly.. 1) Give it to Shaq and left him shoot a jump hook goin to his right.. cuz thats his patented move.. you can say this shot is unblockable, yea thats true but it is almost always unmakeable too.. (I feel like I should just throw in the word "misremembered" right now.. thanks Roger for letting us making up words as go along...) 2) Pick n Roll with Stoudamire and Nash and have Nash pass the ball to Amare and he will take off from where ever he is on the court because he believes he is participating in some sort of long jumping competition.  During Game 4 keep an eye on that, as soon as he gets the ball he takes off like he's got some rockets on his shoes.. then realizes when he's up in the air and is no where near the basket he will do his best impression of Dwight Howard during the Dunk Competition by chunking the ball at the basket.. 3) But all of that is ok because if that is not working they call out their favorite play... Everyone get out of the way and let Boris Diaw post up... AM I THE ONLY ONE BESIDES MY NBA INSIDER WHO AGREED WITH ME BORIS DIAW HAS NOOOO POST UP GAME?? Seriously I would think an offensive genius like Mike D'Antoine would realize Diaw aint got no postup game after about 10 missed layups... I know D'Antoine looks for mismatches but the only mismatch I see is Diaw and the the sport of basketball... Diaw kind of reminds me of Tim Thomas.. So much potential but thats about it...

Everytime a coach drafts a player like Diaw they envision a player like Nowtizki, someone who can go in and out, and be a superstar player.. Speaking of the Big German, he came up big yesterday when he needed too, and so did J Howard, who earlier in the day told ESPN that its ok if he smoke weed as long as its in the off season. What surprised me even more was that he said "everyone knows most basketball players smoke weed".  First I'm wondering if he was high when he was doing that interview.. oh wait he doesnt smoke during the season, but who knows after watching Chris Paul they must have been passing the dro in the Mavs locker room, but can you blame them honestly?? But I did figure out why they came out so strong against the Hornets in Game 3... Rumor has it that Mark Cuban said that if the Mavs lose this series, that next year they will all have their Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 removed from their lockers.. If you read Eric Dampiers lips when he pushed Chris Paul towards the end of game 3 you could see he said "I aint gonna lose my PS3 for your punk ass, its on CP!!"  This series just got so much more interesting!!

Spurs 115 Suns 99

Sixers 95 Pistons 75

Mavs 97 Hornets 87