Arroyo missing will effect the game in a huge way if Billups gets in fouls trouble. Other than that I can see him playing all the way thru considering the game will be shown on national TV. Longer breaks. We may get an Acker sighting, but if we get a Hunter sighting, what would that mean?? Darko doesn't look like he may play this game, maybe CHA.

Well last time they were without Ginobli and we won. This time they have all their guys (as far as I know) but we are without Arroyo. I smell heavy minutes from our starters while SA goes deep into their quite capable bench. I smell a SA win (hope I'm wrong).

GO PISTONS!

Gotta keep Chauncy out of foul trouble. He got in early foul trouble in game 7 - and now we don't have a backup.

Expect to see Acker only if Chauncey has to sit with serious foul trouble; otherwise we'll see Chauncey play about 42 minutes with Delfino and Tay handling the ball in his absence.

If things go horribly wrong, this could be a good opportunity for Flip to experiment with different guys in the rotation - Davis, Milicic, Delfino.

actually, only expect to see acker if joe takes him off the inactive list

warthog...you are not allowed in chat this game...its too important!

Did flip say anything? Whatever Flips said just take the opposite and you'll have a good idea of what's going to go on. I predict that if needed Hamilton will slide over to the 1 slot. Evans the 2...with Prince doing a lot of the ball handling duties.

I'd like to see Delfino take on Ginobli for a little bit but we'll all complain about evans' extended minutes.

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Seems like Billups should cover Bowen tonight to keep C-Note out of foul trouble. Rip on Parker. Parker could have a field day. I'd like to see him get a hard foul in the early game if he even whiffs getting close to the rack.

I'm with you ggazzoo! If nobody else wants to do it, put in Jmax.

hehe i'm probably goin by a friend's today so i doubt i'll be in chat anyway...but i thought i broke the curse last time!!

prince is fine playing point...i'd worry if a guy like hunter or james was guarding him, simply because he has high dribbles due to his length and could be picked off by a smaller, quicker player. but i don't think parker will be guarding him there, or that it will be much of an issue.

Has anyone noticed that Carlos Arroyo is 5th in the NBA in Assist/Turnover Ratio? Pretty good, since most on this board think he is a bad backup PG.

Acker has been activated for the game tonight. Blakely is supposed to update his new Blog a little later today with the information.