Sport's Viewpoint

In an amazing display of basketball talent, the Detroit Pistons came back to the Palace in Auburn Hills and beat the San Antonio Spurs in game #3 of the NBA Finals. Unlike the first two games in which nothing seemed to fall for the Pistons, everything was going their way.

Ben Wallace had an amazing first half in which he blocked 5 shots and finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks and three steals and his teammates were able to capitalize on his defensive prowess to go into halftime 1 point down; 42-41.

On the offensive side of the court the Pistons had 4 of it 5 starters ended up in double figures and Antonio McDyess  came off the bench to score 12 points. Tayshaun Prince and Chauncey Billups combined for 32 points (Billups 20 and Prince 12). Rasheed Wallace added his usual energy to help propel the Pistons to a 96-79 win.

The Pistons sealed the deal in the fourth quarter and where able to keep the Spurs off balance. Richard Hamilton woke up from the funk he was in for the first two games and went off for 24 points. When the Pistons needed to rely on a single player to take over the game they normally call on Chauncey Billups and last night it was no different. Billups has the range to hit three pointers and the ability to penetrate to the basket at will.

I think game 4 will be another high energy game and Detroit will win again and tie the series up 2 to 2. I am predicting  the Pistons will take the Finals in 7 games and win their second straight Title.

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In the 7th and decided game in the Eastern Conference Championship Series, the Detroit Pistons were able to hold off the Miami Heat and put themselves 4 wins away from their second NBA Championship in a row.  

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I think it is ridiculous that the Indiana Pacer's are more worried about their fortunes than the integrity of the NBA. They only care about getting a player back from suspension so they don't lose anymore games. The funny thing is that Jermaine O'Neal will probably go back on suspension after the judge rules on the merits of the case.

All the judge decided was that he was going to let him play until after he finishes reviewing the facts in the case. Even though the Player's Union knows dam well that the Arbitrator didn't have the authority to make a ruling on the suspension in the first place.

The rules of the Collective Bargaining Agreement signed by both the League and the Player's Union states that the Stern has final say on conduct on the court and what O'Neal was suspended for occurred on the court and the Player's Union know darn well that they were wrong in going aroung Stern in the first place.

They are just hoping that the judge will agree with them and in essesence violate the contract for them. That should come to no surprise to anyone since judges (liberal judges) have been doing that quite frequently lately.

If the Player's Union had a problem with giving Stern the power of final resolution for on court actions they shouldn't have signed the contract in the first place.

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I was extremely proud of Adrian Peterson of Oklahoma; he finished second as a freshman. No freshman has ever finished second in the Heisman voting until now. He had a phenominal freshman season and it will culminate in the National Championship Game in Miami.

I have been watching college football for more than 30 years and I don't remember anyone coming in as a true freshman and have the impact that Adrian Peterson has on our team. Even if Jason White didn't win the second Heisman in his 6th and final season, he still has his mind set on the ADT National Championship Trophy.

I will give Lineart his due for being selected as the 2004 Heisman Trophy winner, but I am much more proud of our Sooner finalists; Adrian and Jason.

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I am really getting tired of this so called scandal involving several high profile players and I wish it would just go away. These are grown men and if they want to destroy their bodies it is up to them.

Major league baseball, NBA, NFL and NHL don't really seem to be interested in stopping the usage of the substances and since they don't have have strong enough penalties and regulations that cover the usage of illegal substances.

Afterall, if you take the juice away they will just find another way to enhance their workouts. Steroids don't guaranty hugh muscle mass just by injecting, absorbing or ingesting the substance, requires alot of hard work in the gym to work at it. All steroids do is help your muscles recover faster and allow the user to work out again much sooner.

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Sooner's strike a pose

It looks like the OU and USC will be meeting in the Orange Bowl for the unanimous National Champion. The OU Sooner's demolished the Colorado Buffalo's on both sides of the ball. On offense we scored 42 points thanks to both of our Heisman hopefuls; QB Jason White 3 TD passes and Adrian Peterson 3 TD runs.

The defense was equally if not more amazing then our offense; they held a pretty strong Colorado offense to less than 50 yards of total offense. When needed, the defensive line provided the pass rush that nearly stalled their offense dead in their tracks and the secondary coverage was nearly flawless.

The funny thing about that was up until this game the secondary was very suspect in the past several games and it was due in part to the return of DB Antonio Perkin's. He had a great play in the first half where he stepped in front of the intented receiver and deflected the ball up into the air and he then showed his athleticism and came up with the interception.

A couple of other players stood out on the defense in the game on Saturday night; one was Lawerance (Mo) Dampeer and the other was Larry Birdine. The two of them rotate as defensive tackles and they wreaked havic on the Colorado offensive line. Dampeer had several pass blocks in pretty key situations and it helped to corral the Colorado offense. Despite his limited playing time in the beginning of the season due to personal issues (lack of work ethic and being out of playing shape) he has come on in the last couple of games and proved that with a bit more conditioning he will be playing much more next season.

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