來源: http://proxy.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2006/insider/columns/ story?columnist=carroll_john&id=2467154 Scouting report: Pistons vs. Heat Game 6 Insider Carroll By John Carroll Scouts Inc. Archive Heat Offense: For the most part, Shaquille O'Neal has stayed out of foul trouble in this series, but not in Game 5. He was able to play only 31 minutes; 12 in the first half. The Heat need O'Neal on the floor for 36-38 minutes and he needs to keep doing what he does best: get deep post-up position in the paint and just overpower Ben Wallace or anybody assigned to him. Shaq is averaging 14 field goal attempts per game and is shooting over 61 percent. The Heat should continue to make him the first option almost every time down the floor. Force feed the big man the ball and they will get results. After getting to the line 47 times in Game 4, the Heat did not get to the line enough in Game 5. When they did get to the line, they bricked their shots (6-for-20 ... 30 percent). Games 6 and possibly 7 will come down to little things: free throw shooting, rebounds, turnovers. The Heat need to aggressively attack the rim and shoot a reasonable percentage in the upcoming games. Heat Defense: The Heat did not play their best game of the series and they needed a near-perfect game to knock off the desperate Pistons on their court. However they did a lot of good things on defense. 1.) The Heat did a good job again in their pick-and-roll defense. Their bigs ... Shaq, Alonzo Mourning, Udonis Haslem, Antoine Walker have all done a good job with hard shows on the dribbler to slow up Chauncey Billups and make him give up the ball. 2.) The Heat did a good job showing up on screens for Richard Hamilton. The bigs are active and help the guards when Hamilton runs off the screen. Their help and bumps on the tight curls he has been running have been excellent. 3.) Walker did a nice job of fronting Rasheed Wallace in the low post. His fronting of the post on Wallace has chased him off the box, making him catch the ball farther from the hoop. The Heat utilized the zone in Game 5 and it was very effective, especially in the second quarter, changing momentum and getting them back into the game by halftime. Heat coach Pat Riley has gone to the zone and it has worked several times in this series against the Pistons. Look for him to continue using it at key times in Game 6. Pistons Offense: The Pistons were desperate and sometimes desperate teams actually listen to their coach. Flip Saunders has constantly emphasized to his team the importance of ball movement. In Game 5, when the Heat took away options one and two, the Pistons did a better job of reversing the ball and creating offense through ball movement. The Pistons found a recipe for success in Game 5, and they need to continue it the rest of the series. Billups took charge of the team and was the distributor with 10 assists. He got Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince, the ball while selectively taking Jason Williams off the dribble whenever he wanted. Hamilton was aggressive from the beginning of the game, running off screens for jumpers and tight curls to the rim. In addition, Hamilton drove the ball relentlessly to the rim in transition. Prince is not the primary option in any of the Pistons' sets, yet he has been a difficult guard for the Heat in the Pistons' two wins. He may be the key to the Pistons having a chance to win this series. In the Pistons' two wins he has averaged 26.5 points on 57 percent shooting while in their three losses Prince has only scored 11.3 points on 33 percent shooting. The Pistons need to incorporate Prince into their offensive flow in Game 6. The Pistons attacked the basket and got to the free throw line from the beginning of the game. Their ability to knock down free throws (23-for-26) was the difference in the game. Watch this statistic closely the rest of the series. It could be the deciding factor in Games 6 or 7. Detroit struggled against the Miami zone in the second quarter. They could do two things to help themselves: 1.) Quicker ball movement and reversal from side to side would allow the Pistons to attack with dribble penetration and free up drives and 3-point shooting with an inside-out attack. With the threat of the 3-point shooting of Rasheed, Billups, Hamilton and Prince, the Pistons should be able to mix in the drive with the long ball. 2.) If the Pistons can get the backline guy in the zone to come out and play the wings (by settings a pick or screen), it forces the middle man in the zone (Shaq) to come out and play the corner. He is incapable of getting to the corners to contest the 3-point shot, and quicker wings could drive his close-outs easily. It was obvious in Game 5 that Shaq was struggling to get to the corner but the Pistons never took advantage of that slide in the zone. Pistons Defense: Give Saunders and the Pistons' players credit. Their energy level on defense was dramatically different in Game 5. Their ability to force 16 Heat turnovers and get seven blocked shots energized them and resembled the Pistons' defense we have come to know the last two years. They were in lockdown mode in the fourth quarter and limited the Heat to only 13 points. In fact, they held the Heat to only five points in the last 7:44 of the game. The effort and energy they displayed in Game 5 was at a much higher level than we had seen earlier in this series. They will need the same effort in Miami to force a Game 7. Detroit utilized Hamilton, Billups, Prince and Lindsey Hunter on Dwyane Wade and in this game and they were able to neutralize him. He came into the game having scored 30-plus points in the previous three games and they held him to only 23 points. They did this by making him their primary concern, shutting down driving lanes and doubling him. They trapped him and forced him to be a passer. The best way to beat the Heat is to get the ball out of his hands and make the other players like Williams, Haslem, Walker and James Posey beat you. Look for the Pistons to continue this strategy the remainder of the games. Pick: Game 6 will be a great battle. Miami does not want to go back to Detroit. The Pistons are like cornered rats and will not go down easily. However I see all of Detroit's warts coming out in Game 6 and I worry about them losing their composure. Look for Miami to win this game. -- "I've got a busted lip and a black eye. But you do what you have to do." -- Ben Wallace --

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