Pistons-Cavs -- Game 1

So yeah... game one pistons. i agree with choi's points about the outcome in his earlier comment on the post below, so i won't go in to detail about that.

however, i do want to discuss the last shot (or lack thereof) by Bron-Bron. If i'm a cavs fan, i want the ball in the hands of my superstar at the end of a game. when watching the bulls in the playoffs in the 90s, you wanted mj to have the ball with the game on the line. and by the same token now when watching the lakers, you want the ball in kobe's hands. now, i appreciate that lebron is a team player and i guess i understand the "go for the win on the road and for the tie at home" philosophy (although i only know that from football, not sure if it carries into the nba); however, i say lebron should have shot. especially given that i didn't know donyell marshall existed until tonight. so it's not like he's a stone cold three point shooter who has a rep for making huge shots (he in fact was a 35% 3pt shooter this year and has the same career average -- putting him outside the top 50 3pt shooters on the year). So yeah, lebron shoot next time. (granted, had donyell made that shot i'd be praising lebron, so i guess it's not really fair to criticize him too much).

so yeah, one game down. the series looks about how i expected it to look thus far. not very exciting to watch other than the fact that its the playoffs. i expect more of the same in game two... with the same outcome.