DDansby123 wrote:This seems to be a lot of talking given that this win for Detroit only evens the season series between the two teams...and Dirk dominated the first one at home, so I might hold off on that whole "Detroit shutting Dirk down" thing. I mean, damn, I guess the Mavs' defense shut down Chauncey Billups AND Richard Hamilton, too, right? We all know better than that, just like we all know Dirk missed a ton of wide open shots in this game that had nothing to do with Detroit's defense. Not that Detroit didn't play great defense in this game....
Dirk was NEVER wide open He had Sheed, Dice, Max, Jarvis, Prince all over him on every possession. Dirk did miss a couple layups but even then the defense collapsed on him and he had three pistons surrounding him.