Re: Pistons OutPlay Celts: Detroit 87- Boston 72

[j.hironaka@unesco.org]

Is there any professional sports journalist in Bill Cooper's league, when
it comes to game coverage? Bill needs be doing this for a freaking living.
:-)

BTW, folks, Antoine Walker has quietly shot 15-18 freethrows over the past
five games! I say quietly because this is the sort of positive statistic
that the Peter May's of the world would never bother to mention in their
columns.

Joe


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Bill Cooper wrote:

>         I guess there's room for some disagreement on this point
> (Heinsohn seemed to), but I thought that the C's played a pretty
> decent game tonight.  The Pistons (who are pretty much the
> Anti-Celtics, in terms of style) beat them with a very precise,
> measured (perhaps passionless) brand of basketball.  Detroit, which
> seems to have a fine ballhandler at nearly every position, was largely
> invulnerable to the C's press.  They dictated the pace of the game,
> and took advantage of the C's newfound passion for passing the ball to
> pile up a sizeable advantage in turnovers. (......)