<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MIAMI -- The Pistons threw everyone they could at Shaquille O'Neal, but on a night like this, nothing short of David and a slingshot could have felled the Heat's Goliath. O'Neal swaggered into Game 5 and stomped on whichever Piston tried to guard him in the paint, and because he did so, every teammate benefited, and every Piston suffered. Two nights after his foul trouble derailed the Heat's hopes in Game 4, O'Neal's furious start -- he was 7-for-10 from the field with 15 points in the first half, all while playing on a bruised right thigh that's hobbled him since the start of the playoffs -- got Miami an 88-76 victory and a 3-2 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. After the game, O'Neal challenged the Pistons, especially Ben Wallace, to contain him. "My thing is, if you're the Defensive Player of the Year, show me," O'Neal said. "Show me. That's my thing.</div> Source
It's a huge mismatch, but to tell the truth, Ben's main defensive weapon has never been his man to man defense, but his help defense and hustle on defense. The problem is that this series Ben's shot blocking has I think been even under 2 BPG.
