Pistons Take Control Of Series With Game 5 Rout Of Sixers

Unfortunately for the Sixers, reality started to creep in last night. That cold reality is that the Pistons are a better basketball team and there is a reason they are heavily favored in the series. The only real thing that surprised me was how they shot the ball SO well last night. They are a team with a lot of offensive weapons but never have been known as an offensive powerhouse. They like to slow the game down and burn the clock and not allow running teams like the Sixers to get into their flow. With the scoring pace last night, you would have thought the Sixers were playing the style they know and would prefer. Tough to see each and every shot fall like that for Detroit. Iguodala showed up for this game, even managing to disrupt Prince a bit, but the Sixers needed more from Miller and he struggled. Not a whole lot else to say.

The good news is that this series is not over just yet. I think the Sixers, possibly the greatest "fighters" in the NBA this season, still have something left in them. I really hope the the fans come out and support tomorrow night and push this series back to Detroit. Amazing I have to wonder about that in a city like Philadelphia but that's a post for another time.