lakerevolution wrote:A friend of mine (lifelong Dubs fan) told me before the Finals started that he thought the Raptors might pull a 2004 Detroit Pistons, and boy was he right. Toronto is for real, and though they still have to win one more game, they have proven to the world that they are worthy. The Steph angle (not an MVP when it counts) and the KD angle (more injured than reported and possibly gone to another team) only add fuel to the dumpster fire that the Dubs have become.
*side note - no "Raptors won't make White House visit" drama, they're not an American team so they can go visit their Canadian president!
This Raptors team is better than that Pistons team.
That Pistons team did not have anyone like Leonard. The 2004 Finals was complete bull shit IMO. People always like to talk about things being rigged for the Lakers like 2002 WCFinals and 2010 Finals. If anything was rigged it was that shameful Finals in 2004.
The Pistons shot twice as many FT's compared to LA and barely got by the weak Nets in the Semi-Finals. The Lakers beat the Spurs 4 in a row when Duncan was dominating and took out Garnett and the Wolves in 6. Then unexplainably they can't beat a team that squeaked by the Nets and a team that had trouble scoring with no superstars?? Everyone in Vegas had their money on LA as well. Vegas cleaned house
. I call total bull shit of a series. Nobody will ever change my mind on that. The 1997/1998 version of the Jazz would've beat the 2004 Pistons in 6 games and they never won a Title. The team the Jazz lost too (the Bulls) were so much better than the 2004 Pistons.