<div align="center"><u><font size="5"><font color="#0074BD">DETROIT PISTONS</font> @ <font color="#B84056">CLEVELAND CAVALIERS</font></font></u> <u><font size="3"><font color="#B84056">PROJECTED STARTERS</font></font></u> <u><font size="2"><font color="#0074BD">PISTONS</font></font></u> <font color="#0074BD">C Ben Wallace PF Rasheed Wallace SF Tayshaun Prince SG Richard “Rip” Hamilton PG Chauncey Billups</font> <font color="#B84056">C Zydrunas Ilgauskas PF Drew Gooden SF LeBron James SG Larry Hughes PG Eric Snow</font> <u><font size="2"><font color="#B84056">CAVS</font></font></u> <u><font size="3"><font color="#B84056">MATCHUP BREAKDOWN</font></font></u></div> <font color="#0074BD">Ben Wallace</font> v <font color="#B84056">Zydrunas Ilgauskas</font>– We all know Ben Wallace’s strength is his tenacity on defence. We all know this, yet still nobody seems to find a way of getting around this. Matching up with Shaq, he took 14 boards, leaving O’Neal with just 6. Ilgauskas has a soft touch around the basket, but I expect Wallace to thwart that attack so expect the Lithuanian to have a tough and rather unproductive game. <font color="#0074BD">Rasheed Wallace</font> v <font color="#B84056">Drew Gooden</font> – Rasheed is really showing his ability to shoot from outside, with 44% shooting (9th in the League) on 122 attempts (19th in the League) from downtown. Drew Gooden needs to make a lot f his shots to stand a chance here, and I think that Rasheed should be able to stop the threat. <font color="#0074BD">Tayshaun Prince</font> v <font color="#B84056">LeBron James</font> – Prince was named to the All-Defensive second team last season, yet I don’t think he can do much to stop the twenty one year-old superstar LeBron James. LeBron is showing that he can take you inside and outside, and, though I think it will be an excting matchup to watch, I think there can only be one winner; LeBron. <font color="#0074BD">Rip Hamilton</font> v <font color="#B84056">Larry Hughes</font> – Hamilton is in top form at the moment and, whilst playing pretty well, Larry Hughes is still looking for the form he showed last year that made him a priority for the Cavs in the off-season. If Hughes can come up big, he could prevail against Rip. <font color="#0074BD">Chauncey Billups</font> v <font color="#B84056">Eric Snow</font> – Mr Big Shot, as they call Billups, is looking in fine form having recently hit a game winning shot and dished a career high 19 assists. Albeit Snow has just made a season high 12 points, but I really don’t think Snow could come close to Billups here. <div align="center"><u><font size="3"><font color="#B84056">OTHER NOTES</font></font></u></div> <ul> [*]The series currently stands at 4-4 since LeBron entered the League. [*]The total score is 683-679 in the Cavs’ favour. [*]The Pistons have made it to the NBA Finals in both of the past two seasons, whilst the Cavaliers have failed to even make it to the Playoffs, in spite of their success against Detroit. [*]LeBron James averages 22-6-6 against the Pistons. [*]The Pistons are 24-3 overall and 9-1 in their last 10. [*]The Cavaliers are 17-10 overall and 6-4 in their last 10. [/list] <div align="center"><u><font size="3"><font color="#B84056">SCORE PREDICTION</font></font></u></div> <u><font size="2"><font color="#0074BD">97</font> - <font color="#B84056">86</font></font></u>
Wow, great post! I love it. Man great prediction, final score 97-84, Cavs. Wow great game by the Cavs, LeBron, 30 points 7 boards. Great game LeBron and congrats CAVS!
