NBA finals prediction thread!!!

[The Dub]

Originally Posted by BCWWF Detroit must win this next game, otherwise they will have worked too hard early and lose it in the end IMO. BTW, if the Lakers bring back Payton next year, they are dumb (I guess its not really their choice though is it?)

I wouldn't say that. Game 5 is the game that Detroit must win. They can't let L.A. get any momentum going back to L.A., even though Detriot should have taken the first two there. Besides, L.A. has lost the last 7 Finals series in which they trailed 2-1. Gary Payton has shown without a shadow of a doubt that he is washed up, yet the commentators try to defend him based on the player he used to be. He hasn't averaged ten points a game in any of their playoff series.