The Pistons Beating the Bulls in Game 1

I have been anticipating for days the confrontation of the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls in the second round of the playoffs in the NBA after their successful campaigns in the first round. The Pistons pummeled the Orlando Magic 4-0 while the Bulls made an amateur team, the 2006 Champions, Miami Heat by beating them also 4-0.

Chauncey Billups and the rest of his gang still showed how they can dismantle a hopeful team against their way to get another ring with military precision. And their fist victim to have a run for a ring was the Orlando Magic, an 8th seeded team in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Meanwhile, the young Chicago Bulls showed spunk and speed when they stopped the reigning Champion Heat and making Shaquile O’neal a has-been in the painted area. They swarmed with tight defense the plays of the Heat. Ever attempt by the group of O’neal in the painted area was faced with double team and even triple team; this making for the Heat a hell of a hard time penetrating.

What I have been anticipating when these two tough teams meet in the second round of the playoffs was a swing tight game. I even considered it the Finals already since there seems no team in the West that can match their intensity while playing in the court, both offensively and defensively.

But when the first game of their best-of-seven series was played I was proven wrong.

The Pistons beat up the the Bulls in a blow-out game that could have shamed Pistons’ former teammate Ben Wallace, who plays as the defensive man for the Bulls. Bulls’ guard Ben Gordon was a no-show also. He was ineffective offensively.

Pistons was just all over the place trapping the Bulls and intimidating their shots. To say, the Pistons broke the horns of the Bulls. Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace were just in their best form.

The Bulls just lost their composure and speed and spunk of a young team when confronted with the mastery defensive team play of the Pistons.

For now the Pistons lead the series 1-0. Will it be 4-0 for the Pistons against Bulls?

Well, we’ll see how far this will go as the series continues.