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This was a good game, big baby’s night, pp playing smart, controlled ball, etc. We expect this stuff now. But in the end I am terrified of Chauncey Billups and I think we saw a sign last night, a revelation came to Doc from some outside beneficient force – Ray Allen on Chauncey, please keep this matchup. Rip is a killer but he is still a jump shooter who relies on speed. I would much rather see rondo on him and RA on CB. RA can handle the size that CB usually uses to run over opposing points, and we can do this without having to bring in tony allen – let them try to force the ball to rip, at least he is more of an offensive end point, while CB creates and we have all seen offenses lose their minds trying to force feed a miss-match that just isn’t as much a mismatch as they think it is. Please let Ray Allen gaurd CB when it counts, please.

Totally agree, but I’ve said in other posts that we had four guys guard Billups at different times. I think PP was also on him for a possession or two. Rather than key on RA to guard him I would use different people, who would play him differently and take him out of his comfort zone. I think Billups is the key to Detroit’s winning and it’s good to make him uncomfortable.