The Philadelphia 76'ers finally fell tonight to the Detroit Pistons. Let me go out on a limb right now and pick the Orlando Magic over the Pistons in Round 2 of the Eastern Conference. Were the Pistons the better team versus the 76'ers? Absolutely. Does that really mean anything? Not a chance. Why did the Pistons win? 2 reasons. (1) The Sixers have zero 3-point shooters. (2) The Sixers were not able to match up against Rasheed Wallace and Rip Hamilton.
So what does this really mean? It means (A) The Sixers have a bright future (B) The Pistons will have their hands full against the Magic, much less against the Celtics (Hawks permitting). The Magic have the players to match up against the Pistons. Even more so, do the Celtics. The Pistons are aging notably and although their bench is young, they lack that spark 'Sheed first brought to them. That is the spark that Garnett brings the Celtics and the spark that the Spurs never lack.
Tomorrow I'll do the the "What the Sixers can do to make themselves better next year" post. I feel that Philly exposed Detroit more than Atlanta has exposed the Celtics. The Sixers had their best player (Andre Iguodala) play as bad as he possibly can and the Sixers still won 2 games, including 1 in Detroit. Joe Johnson has done his thing against the Celtics, but we all knew that he was a dynamic scorer. (That trade for Joe Johnson from Phoenix does look a lot better now doesn't it?)
Does this mean that Iguodala has hurt his contract value? Absolutely. But that's tomorrow's business.
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