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Detroit
(59-23) (34-7 home/ 25-16 road)

Philadelphia
(40-42) (22-19 home/18-23 road)

Regular Season Series: Tied 2 - 2
Nov 23: at Detroit 83, Philadelphia 78
Jan 23: Detroit 86, at Philadelphia 78
Mar 12: Philadelphia 83, at Detroit 82
Apr 9: at Philadelphia 101, Detroit 94


Series Schedule
Detroit leads 3-2
1. Apr 20 – Philadelphia 90, Detroit 86
2. Apr 23 – at Detroit 105, Philadelphia 88
3. Apr 25 – at Philadephia 95, Detroit 75
4. Apr 27 – Detroit 93, at Philadelphia 84
5. Apr 29 – at Detroit 98, Philadelphia 81
6. Thu, May 1 – at Phi
*7. Sat, May 3 – at Det (TNT)

It'll be interesting to see how many games Glenn thinks this will go.

I'll stick with 5, but it would not surprise me to see it go 6 (as previously stated).

I went with 5 because... well, when was the last time this team swept anyone?

Last year, Orlando.

He's got you on that one.

I say 5, definitely no more than that, and like last year, it wouldn't shock me if we swept them either...

Willie Green on Rip...LOL

Wouldn't shock me if they swept them either. Philly is not that good.

Loving the 2 seed. :)

They swept orlando last year? Damn, I gotta stop eating paint chips with my salsa... completely forgot.

they might not be that good but they had a great run down the stretch. fuckers are like the 03 pistons. we might have the talent and shit, but we're also the complacent team and theyre the team thats going to be playing like a wounded animal. pistons have the ability to steam roll these guys, but i think its alot more likely that philly wins 2 games it has no business in. maybe games 3 and 4.

some dreams fade over time... but not this one. god am i psyched for the playoffs. i want 56 first round games. any less than 50 and i'll be suicidal.

if i were to give the pistons any advice it would be that a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

the magic number in the first 2 rounds is 10. even with all that rest days in between series give you rest and practice time.

If the bench gets some love and we sweep, that would be huge stepping stone.

59 wins and the largest average margin of victory of any piston team ever.

Exactly how is complacency a problem on this team?

Pistons in 5, with a possibility of a sweep. Philly had their hot streak, and they've since come down to earth. 3-7 over their final 10 games.

They don't have a reliable halfcourt offense at all. If the Pistons keep the tempo at a slower pace, it could get ugly fast.

What was the margin of victory for this team K?

7.4

That's over a point better than any other pistons team.

Can we get some pics or something to spice this up?

Pistons in 4, easily, IMO. Philly is on a 4 game losing streak coming in to the series, IIRC. Plus, they know they can't beat us. Regular season doesn't mean a thing now. I think we're geared up and the guys won't take this lightly. They don't want to make things harder for themselves. Last year, we should have had two sweeps in the first two rounds. I predict that we will this year -- 4-0 over Philly and 4-0 over Orlando.

Pistons in 4, easily, IMO. Philly is on a 4 game losing streak coming in to the series, IIRC. Plus, they know they can't beat us. Regular season doesn't mean a thing now. I think we're geared up and the guys won't take this lightly. They don't want to make things harder for themselves. Last year, we should have had two sweeps in the first two rounds. I predict that we will this year -- 4-0 over Philly and 4-0 over Orlando.

We're going to need a volunteer to head over to Atticus' place and remove all of the sharp objects from the house.

I don't doubt we probably will sweep Philly, but I don't think we'll sweep Orlando again.

fo fo fo fo!

I have to admit, Kstat is making the cornbread sound delicious.

Can you make room for some Washington cornbread, Swam?

I think we're all over-hyping the 76ers a bit. They are 3-7 in their last ten, have no bench, and Reggie Evans starts for them.

I think we sweep them now.

I think we're all over-hyping the 76ers a bit.

I don't see that. Most of the picks have been 5 games or a sweep.

Hell, I thought it'd go 5 games at most before this series was even "official".

I don't see that. Most of the picks have been 5 games or a sweep.
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Your right, just b-diddy.

I'm actually now leaning towards a sweep.

You don't have to give the Sixers too much credit to give them a game, maybe even 2.

The Pistons are perfectly capable of sleepwalking through a playoff game loss or two against anybody.

1 game I can see, but there's no way the Pistons will "sleepwalk" through 2 games against them.

Dis is how I C dis goin': Pistons blow 'em out twice, blow a lead in game 3 and lose, then beat them in game 4 and finish them at The Palace, IF they don't just come out and beat the shit out of them for 4 straight.

Even though they're expected to kill these teams, I think the Pistons and Celtics are going to be looking to send a message to each other.

All set, SDB.

If any sleepwalking occurs, I think it would be against Orlando. This team is getting wiser (i.e. wise enough to take care of business against a vastly inferior 76er club) but probably not smart enough to know that they should sweep Orlando.

Also, no worries, as there isn't much in way of sharp objects at my place. My conductor's baton could probably do some damage with high velocity, I suppose. Speaking of which, probably in a couple weeks, I'll have something kind of cool to show you all. :)

Thanks buddy!

MoTown = hardest working poster WTF has.

Thanks to Mo for making all the threads. I figured it'd be better to put it in here than to toss it on some other thread. Everyone will see it here, and know that it was his work that brought us this excellent Playoff Forum.

Thanks to Mo for making all the threads. I figured it'd be better to put it in here than to toss it on some other thread. Everyone will see it here, and know that it was his work that brought us this excellent Playoff Forum.

I'm intrigued.

What are the perks of sucking up to MoTown?

I may be interested.

I guess that's just between us now isn't it.

Beer and bitches.

Oh and a lifetime of protection.

MoTown offers his protection:
:sirdouche:

Essentially.

Perhaps it's already been mentioned in this thread (I'm not going to scroll back to look for it), but will the game thats going to be on NBATV be on FSN?


I don't have NBA TV.

Yeah, I'm sure FSN would have it.

Lightning illuminates the sky over the peek of a rolling hill. Thunder crashes with the coordinated steps of a 13 man army. The bright sky reveals the rain falling into puddles of blood. The blood of 59 nations.

Each cylinder pumps with fire, the engines roar with such ferocity it could move Blaha's comb over. As this mighty legion approaches the destination of fate, 4 obstacles stand before them. First, are cowering dogs from a cesspool of homosexual incest. They are doomed. Yet, they do not flee. This is not because they possess the virtue of courage and honor, no, they are a lower breed of bile. Too stupid to know when to run away. How dare they even stand on the same plane of battle with our Pistons, they dishonor God and curse the heavens with their presence at our feet. For this transgression their heads be ripped out of their torso SubZero style. And their bones are the meal of which we will mix with shit in our garden of victory. The fruits of which will be poisoned and served to starving inner city kids in Philly.

May Rocky be written out of the history books after our conquest! Pandora's box has been opened, The Rubicon has been crossed. The resistance of our opposition is akin to gas that fuels us faster. Detroit will drink the blood of millions, but the thirst can never be satisfied.

It's playoff time you mother fuckers, KILL THEM ALL!!
NO PRISONERS!

someone on NBA TV said the sixers will wax us in 6 games...

Idiocy like that is why whoever it is is on NBA TV and isn't being watched.

That was beautiful Bubbles. Brought a tear to my eye.

Bubbles has stepped up from Homer Simpson to Homer. That shit was epic.

Lightning illuminates the sky over the peek of a rolling hill. Thunder crashes with the coordinated steps of a 13 man army. The bright sky reveals the rain falling into puddles of blood. The blood of 59 nations.

Each cylinder pumps with fire, the engines roar with such ferocity it could move Blaha's comb over. As this mighty legion approaches the destination of fate, 4 obstacles stand before them. First, are cowering dogs from a cesspool of homosexual incest. They are doomed. Yet, they do not flee. This is not because they possess the virtue of courage and honor, no, they are a lower breed of bile. Too stupid to know when to run away. How dare they even stand on the same plane of battle with our Pistons, they dishonor God and curse the heavens with their presence at our feet. For this transgression their heads be ripped out of their torso SubZero style. And their bones are the meal of which we will mix with shit in our garden of victory. The fruits of which will be poisoned and served to starving inner city kids in Philly.

May Rocky be written out of the history books after our conquest! Pandora's box has been opened, The Rubicon has been crossed. The resistance of our opposition is akin to gas that fuels us faster. Detroit will drink the blood of millions, but the thirst can never be satisfied.

It's playoff time you mother fuckers, KILL THEM ALL!!
NO PRISONERS!

[smilie=not-worthy.:

Most important thing in this series is Protect your nuts.

QFcinlrgojk

I'll be in the house for this one. My first playoff game.

105-87

someone on NBA TV said the sixers will wax us in 6 games...

It was Billy King. He's just hoping for some more vindication.

One hour to go.

Unleash the alpacas.

Here we GO!

Been waiting 6 months for this. Time to whup some ass. DIE PHILLY DIE!!!!

I talk to a Philly fan, I'm going to enjoy this one.

Shut up Glenn, beating the Pistons in The Palace when the fans actually care is different.

Dick.

I'll live with Iguodola taking a jumper.

Dude can't make one to save his life.

From the whine department...I wish these threads bumped in the front page.

Shut up Glenn, beating the Pistons in The Palace when the fans actually care is different.

Dick.

Can you at least try to make sense in the posts that you address me in?


jk

also, I don't understand what you are saying

Your thoughts on your 76ers' performance so far?

Somebody should keep a count on the # of neck tattoos Philly players have.

Fucking punks.

LOL @ Marv not knowing where Stuckey's from.

Eastern Michigan?

Philly has now just become the Hunted.

Flip going to the bench and sticking with it? Adjusting to the Sixers exploitation of Dice quickly? Players attacking the basket? Sheed posting up often?

The world must be ending.

Maxiell is on pace for a 20/20 game, shades of Dwight Howard earlier.

Philly doesn't have a single guy who can hit a jumper.

Except maybe Willie Green, but he ain't shit.

Andre should change his name from Iguodola to Wallace, because he just got sonned.

Wow, Kenny's baseball analogy sucks ass.

Detroit is shit in baseball right now.

sheed is playing outstanding ball. if he can play at this level of intensity and interest throughout the playoffs, we can definitely win the title.

not to be overlooked- maxiell is playing fabulous. he came in and changed the game, getting to every loose ball and getting offensive boards, hustle plays, etc.

i would favor using him and then plugging amir in for a few minutes here and there, as he matches up well with their frontcourt. i know flip won't go that deep on the frontline but i think this is the perfect time to do it and the right team to do it against. amir can help. dice's minutes should be lowered in favor of this IMO.

loved hunter and stuckey in there together. lindsey was all up on their guards and made them uncomfortable. ditto for stuckey. not to mention rodney created some easy buckets for teammates with his dribble penetration and a couple of nice passes.

so far, so good. IF we play the way we're capable of, we sweep this team. they are a pesky, ultra-athletic team though and i admire mo cheeks for what he's done with these kids. but they don't belong in the same gym as us. our reserves can beat these kids.

BTW- dice is going to be our downfall if we don't take him out or remind him to BLOCK OUT! the sixers will kill us on the offensive boards if we don't pay attention to them. that's the only way they can really hang with us.

Philly can't even make layups and I'm supposed to believe this could go 6, Glenn?:rolleyes:

Philly = DONE.

They were all drinking the Piston kool aid at half time, so watch us lose the game now.

Nice "pass", Dice.

Even nicer Tigers diss, Reggie.

HOLY SHIT, IGUODOLA HIT A JUMPSHOT...

Theooooooooowned.

This faggot andre miller pushed off stuckey and pushed hunter to the floor to give his guy an open layup. Blind ass refs have been inconsistent all fucking game.

My God, Rip sucks ass today.

Are the 7666ers (those fucking Satanists) really within 3 in the 4th?

Theooooooowned.

and for the record, I can't fucking stand Willie Green and his pointy ass nose...

God, I will go ape shit if we lose to these tools today. Philly is downright AWFUL!

If you find a worse NBA player than Louis Williams let me know.

Neck tattos and point ass noses really get to me too

WAYYYYYY too many Turnovers tonight...

Willie Green = Adrien Brody

Co-sign on the Rip sucks ass tonight comment.

Andre Miller just might steal this one himself.

If you find a worse NBA player than Louis Williams let me know.
Find me a coach weaker in his rotation than flip.

Why am I stunned. We do this shit all the time. Look like world beaters than turn to shit.

I hate it when we have those 4 or 5 minute stints when we become offensively retarded.

At least our fans aren't wearing color coordinated t-shirts. That would probably make me commit suicide right now.

why did we have lindsey running the offense when he and stuckey were in this time? stuckey should handle it and drive and kick!

now flip benches stuckey but leaves lindsey in! WTF!!!!!!

hunter should only be used sparingly for energy and defense. not for whatever it is we're using him for now.

If we lose this one I won't even be mad, I'll just laugh my ass off.

the fact this is a time game right now is a joke.

Andre Miller just might steal this one himself.
I hope he tries, he's not a consistent scorer.

Find me a coach weaker in his rotation than flip.

Flip hasn't done anything wrong tonight. Our bench players have just sucked.

I hate it when we have those 4 or 5 minute stints when we become offensively retarded.


Well, it happens every year, so I kinda get used to it.

we arent ready.

where would we be without sheed and j-max tonight?

Ugh. For everything great Rasheed has been today, we are still being outscored when he's been on the floor.

See, I hate to turn this into a Boston-Detroit thing, but this is why I think Boston deserves to be acknowledged as a better team right now...this game would be over right now if they were us.

Not that I don't expect us to roll these guys either way though...

our bench players have sucked? really? tell that to maxiell. and hunter and stuckey were very effective early on.

dice and rip have sucked more than anything.

Flip hasn't done anything wrong tonight. Our bench players have just sucked.
then you are completely blind. Sorry but playing hunter over stuckey when your offense is slowing is slipping is weak. And maxiell hasnt sucked. The starters let it stay close, i wonder how you blame the bench for a lead the starters couldnt stretch?

You mean if they were us and they were them

Ugh. For everything great Rasheed has been today, we are still being outscored when he's been on the floor.
But its the bench huh? LOL

You mean if they were us and they were them

yes, yes, thanks for the correction.

I think when Flip flinches like he did when its a close playoff game with the bench in there its a bad move. It tells alot about how we arent going to use the bench.

BTW, this wouldn't be a good time for us to lose with Kstat in attendance...lol.

But I'm sure K is sitting back in his seat right now, hands folded behind the back of his head with a confident smile on his face, while everyone else around him is panicking.

Whatever, if we lose, saying it's Flips fault is a copout, it's the players, not Flip, who let this one slip away...

Philly is garbage, and if Sheed, Rip, Lindsey or whoever can't hold their own, than they deserve all the blame...

Well, you can't blame Flip for the missed FTs at least.

Whatever, if we lose, saying it's Flips fault is a copout, it's the players, not Flip, who let this one slip away...

Philly is garbage, and if Sheed, Rip, Lindsey or whoever can't hold their own, than they deserve all the blame...

Whatever, if we lose, saying it's Flips fault is a copout, it's the players, not Flip, who let this one slip away...
I didnt say it was his fault. Read properly. I said his rotation sucked. and it does. The starters lost the lead, flips rotation sucks, i never said i'm blaming anybody. What i did refer to was you ragging on how bad a guy on the other team is thats beating us at the moment.

Well, you can't blame Flip for the missed FTs at least.
nope, sure cant, just the shitty rotation. Anybody who thinks that equates to blaming him for everything is a retard.

SIXERS GONNA SHOCK THE WORLD!

Pucker factor is getting to us

Reggie Evans...that guy is nuts, man.

Billups is a fag.

Mr. Big Shot my ass, dude can't even hit a FT right now.

it's so great that we're getting embarassed AT HOME, on national TV.

have we no pride? we're only down 3 and we will still win. but this is still pathetic. not looking like a team that's about to go on a title run.

hopefully we get our shit together as the playoffs go down but this should have never happened in the first place. not if we were really focussed and ready to go.

Why am I surprised?

down 4 with 3 minutes to go. what a complete joke.

Boston is so good they're going to watch this game, laugh, then go out and beat the shit out of Atlanta by 50.

Billups is a cocksucker and deserves his "Mr. Big Shot" name removed until further notice...when he actually plays well against guys he should be dominating.

CBill misses a layup

Wil's worst player icing us with the jumper. ~sigh~

anybody else get the feeling that boston or the spurs or even the friggin cavs would wax the floor with us right now....?

Reggie Evans...that guy likes nuts, man.

I think a loss here could end up being a good thing (AFTER IT HAPPENS, IF IT HAPPENS, I AM NOT ROOTING FOR THEM TO LOSE!)

It'd us a little bit of a challenge early in the playoffs...

But I'm not happy!

anybody else get the feeling that boston or the spurs or even the friggin cavs would wax the floor with us right now....?
I dont look that far ahead when i see us pissing on ourselves vs the sixers.

A loss reflects our lack of focus, which means we arent ready.

We'll come back and win, but we shouldn't.

Just like those first two games in the ECF last year...

win or loss it still reflects a lack of focus.

OT Codename's gif at the bottom messes with my computer.

TNT knows drama. Maybe I should have watched it on FSN.

Winning and being embarrassed > losing and being embarrased.

win or loss it still reflects a lack of focus.

Yeah, I know, you don't have to keep saying it, but then again, you're dealing with Wil. :p

Just fucking with ya, Wil.

Sheed took the headband off...gettin serious

Wow @ all of these errors.

I won't be upset if we lose, because we deserve to. Giving up offensive boards, our guys can't make FTs or shots in general, and Reggie Evans is pwning us.

Win or lose, nice choke...

And now we have a chance to cut it down to 2.

i dont think you can discount philly here. young, athletic, AI is the prototypical sf that hurts tay. andre has also been a stud all year. combine that with them having nothing to lose and playing great ball down the stretch, and this isnt THAT big of an upset if we lose.

that said, flip saunders is a fucking moron. i guess hes trying to establish playoff rotations, but you'd think the fix was on the way he has benched any player that heated up almost instantly. our bench was playing well enough that the starters sucking should have got them in early.

Reggie Evans for 3 to ice the game...

Offensive foul...

I bet Kstat was the first one to jump up and shout "Deeetroit Basketball!!"

Nice weakside D MM

Iguodola is a clown.

Ice this one Iggy, you deserve it!

Sheed for the clank here.

How in the FUCK does Sheed miss that? Unbelievable, but expected.

lol...this team is a joke

LMFAO, fuck the Pistains.

fuck this team, fuck this coach, and fuck these starters. Fuck Joe Dumars the day he hired our coach. And fuck everybody who has a problem with what i said. In fact especially fuck ya'll if you do. Unacceptable post season play, coaching, and execution. fuck off

I think at the 11 sec mark, tay was dinkin around with the ball, Sheed was joking with the 6er players. Everything is so nonchalant with these guys...even though they just got embarrassed.

I think at the 11 sec mark at the time out, tay was dinkin around with the ball, Sheed was joking with the 6er players. Everything is so nonchalant with these guys...even though they just got embarrassed.

what a fucking joke. if we don't win the next 4 in this series, might as well open up the phone lines for trading season. this is a series we should sweep or at worst, lose one. but NOT the opening game at home!

the celtics have to be laughing at us. i agree. they'll take care of business and beat on the hawks tonight. unlike us they seem to be hungry and focussed.

what the hell is wrong with us!?

the sky isn't falling, i agree. we can still go on a deep playoff run. but this is a completely inexcusable loss and shows me we're not ready to go deep in the playoffs- don't even TALK about winning it all! yeah f'in right.

Same ol Pistons?

OT Codename's gif at the bottom messes with my computer.
Good, fuck your computer.


Oh and I distinctly point to Flip clinching his butthole in a close game running to his starters who werent looking any better. I also point to them not running plays to get stuckey to the basket against no shot blockers at the time. And lastly point to our starters playing like pussies.

exactly. LMFAO at isiah's comments: "now we can have that discussion" (regarding whether today's pistons could beat the bad boys)

the bad boys would have beat the hell out of the sixers tonight and scared them so bad that they'd go into a shell for the rest of the series. our current pistons not only lost, but they gave these kids hope that they can really beat us.

the bad boys would KILL our team today. we have no mental toughness or focus, despite all the crap we talk about 'not being affected by circumstances and being able to overcome anything, bla bla bla." we dig holes for ourselves and are not able to play even halfway to our potential.

shame on us. i hope the national media gives our guys hell as they should. credit to philly, for sure. they're young and scrappy. but come on- they have no business even playing us close, much less WINNING on our homecourt to start the playoffs.

RIDICULOUS.

Ha. I turned this one off about a third of the way through the fourth.

I can honestly say I've never distinctly pointed at anyone clinching their butthole, but Gutz might be on to something.

I still feel the same way I did before the game. Hell, I feel even better.

Maybe this will spark something.

...Maybe it won't.

Sup, SDB?

there's still time to fire Flip and hire Larry for the next game...you know something is wrong when Reggie Evans plays like a superstar, Chauncey misses 3 of 4 FTs, RIP and Tay playing like total shit, only Sheed and Maxiell showed up today

I can honestly say I've never distinctly pointed at anyone clinching their butthole, but Gutz might be on to something.
Of course i am, anybody w/o rose colored glasses whose seen this team all year knows that running to your starters to save the day that fast is butthole clinching. All year Flip forced himself to coach his bench into playing through it, he got lazy. Took him all year to revert, but it happened.

Hey Glenn, where were you? You bring anything back from the party?

Nobody should be surprised, this is this team's M.O.

Fuck that game and fuck laughing at players who lay daggers in your heart. Lou williams owns us.

Nobody should be surprised, this is this team's M.O.

Were there strippers?

Fuck changing a coaching routine that got you wins, also known as taking the easy way out. run to your starters, have people blame them. And let no one notice how you mis used and refused to coach your bench through adversity.

Again, I have no idea what you are talking about, SDB.

I've done it, 76er in 6!

Again, I have no idea what you are talking about, SDB.

Uh huh. Sure.

A. Did that suck? Yes.

B. Do you all sound like the worst knee-jerkers ever? Yes.
Every 6ers fan that knows of this board is LOL right now.


We always talk about this team sleeping at times in the playoffs. Finally they got punched in the mouth right out of the gate. There is no sleeping at all anymore. If this team is worth half the crap we give them they will win the next 4, or next 4 out of 5 at worst. They fell asleep the second half like we all know they do, but hopefully this was the game we all expected.

/voice of reason

It's awesome being the joke of the NBA, again.

And by "awesome", I mean it sucks donkey balls.

It's awesome being the joke of the NBA, again.

And by "awesome", I mean it sucks donkey balls.

Must feel like being the joke of college football.

FIRE LB

A. Did that suck? Yes.

B. Do you all sound like the worst knee-jerkers ever? Yes.
Every 6ers fan that knows of this board is LOL right now.


We always talk about this team sleeping at times in the playoffs. Finally they got punched in the mouth right out of the gate. There is no sleeping at all anymore. If this team is worth half the crap we give them they will win the next 4, or next 4 out of 5 at worst. They fell asleep the second half like we all know they do, but hopefully this was the game we all expected.

/voice of reason
I appreciate your effort, but it doesnt move me much. no knee jerk response from me, i'm only mad about and referring to this game. I dont know what the future holds, but i now what just happened out there. And it was far beyond unacceptable.

FIRE LB
fuck everybody who believed that way back. fuck you for bringing it up glenn. :emo kid:

I still think that the Pistons win this on 5 or 6, yes, I'm sticking with the prediction that SDB found so laughable.

Kstat's next post is going to be truly epic.

That's bullshit, Glenn. Dude, I was with you way back when you made that prediction.

Why are you trying to turn on me now?

Kstat's next post is going to be truly epic.

Agreed.

I'll go as far as predict that it will be Langlois-esque.

I just hope he doesnt try to bash anyone for being hard on the pistons. No one is going "end of the world" but everyone has a right to get on this teams case for this effort from an execution and coaching standpoint.

I appreciate your effort, but it doesnt move me much. no knee jerk response from me, i'm only mad about and referring to this game. I dont know what the future holds, but i now what just happened out there. And it was far beyond unacceptable.

OK but a lot of posts were knee-jerking.

No, I just find your credibility laughable.


I'm guessing that you are joking.

How is my credibility laughable?

I don't think you'll find a long-time poster here that agrees with you.

Okay, maybe a few.

Why are you trying to make up shit about me now?

Where did I call your credibility laughable, man?

And since you put it that way, I guess I'm not very respected here (just as I suspected). I'll be leaving now, and I WON'T be coming back.

OK but a lot of posts were knee-jerking.

Agreed.

Not that I don't agree with what some of them said. They also set up an epic showdown with Kstat. :)

OK but a lot of posts were knee-jerking.
Nah, just anger, deserved anger. You love your team, but when its letting itself go like your sister getting on heroine. Tough love of beating her into recovery isnt really a knee jerk reaction. :)

lol, you are quick with the edits, aren't you?

You're accusing me of editing my own posts now?

Dude, I was with you from DAY ONE on your prediction. I just wasn't allowed to go back and put in white text.

But now I know how you really feel. And not in a gay way.

We're baaaaaaaaack!

Well if the team wins the next 4 straight, no harm no foul and good for waking them up... but I gotta wonder if we have a real matchup problem here. This is the 3rd straight game we've lost to these scrubs. Hopefully this doesn't turn into another GS-Dallas situation.

can't wait to hear our players & coaches excuses for this loss. "they're a lot better team that people think, man. bla bla bla"

the sky is NOT falling, but it's beyond ridiculous that we lost a game to these kids. especially on our homecourt to start things out.

we had this game won and we pissed it away. stupid, stupid, stupid.

great. next game is on NBA tv so i won't be able to watch. might be for the better.

What a FUCKtacular and sadly expected performance.

Chauncey has re-established his "Mr. Shot" persona (the "Big" is very clearly optional).

Lindsey gets more minutes than Stuckey, when we should've used Afflalo and Stuckey more.

Willie Green was better than Rip Hamilton.

Sheed played well in a wasted game.

Fuck me gently with a chainsaw!

Gotta love Flip's great strategy of keeping the ball out of Stuckey's hands offensively. Wouldn't want to give the ball to a guy who can get to the rim on every single possession if you give him a pick.

Old guys standing around bricking deep J's > Young guys attacking the rack

what a complete wasted 'effort'. we had damn well better win the next 4. not 4 out of 5. NO. win the next 4 and take care of business the way we should have from the start.

exactly. stuckey should've been in there more, at rip's expense if necessary. can't put this all on the coach but he was equally as pathetic as nearly all the players tonight too.



Gotta love Flip's great strategy of keeping the ball out of Stuckey's hands offensively. Wouldn't want to give the ball to a guy who can get to the rim on every single possession if you give him a pick.

Old guys standing around bricking deep J's > Young guys attacking the rack

It was Flip's fault for telling Chauncey to miss every FT and layup in the 4th quarter. How dare he.

Nobody say anything negative whatsoever about Lindsey Hunter, BTW. He's above reproach.

Best quote of the night came from Pacers Digest...


Reggie Evans really had Detroit by the balls tonight.

It was Flip's fault for telling Chauncey to miss every FT and layup in the 4th quarter. How dare he.

Nobody say anything negative whatsoever about Lindsey Hunter, BTW. He's above reproach.

i KNEW you were going to blame chauncy for missing ft's. how predictable.

the first fall guy with you is ALWAYS the player.

but better start prepping your 'blame suanders' material cuz he is on borrowed time.

reggie talked about tay's body langauge when flip pulled him. this team's faith in flip is hanging on by a thread. i bet 4/5 of the starters think they win in spite of him.

hes been in over his head from day 1.

they showed a pic of joe when it looked like we were going to lose and he was fuming.

im not sure flip even makes it to the end of these playoffs, and anything short of the finals and i know he is gone.

i KNEW you were going to blame chauncy for missing ft's. how predictable.

Yeah, how dare I hold Chauncey accountable for shooting %25 from the line late in the game and missing a wide open layup.

I suppose I can't Sheed too for missing a 2-footer to take the lead with 30 seconds left.

And of course, we can't blame Tayshaun for blowing a wide open 15 footer to tie it with 15 seconds left.

It's all Flip's fault.

Go sell the blame Flip bullshit somewhere else. It's pathetic.

And if the players think that he lost the game, then they all deserved to be shoveled out of town with him. What a load of excuses.

if tayshaun's comments are any indication of what the team is thinking, we will be lucky to go 6 games deep in the conference finals, if we're lucky enough to even get THAT far- forget WINNING them or even winning the title.

when asked about the piston's loss prince said with a smile (paraphrasing) "we've made those plays to win for the last 6 years and we don't do it once and all of a sudden, it's a problem.....?"

i never expected this type of arrogance from prince of all people. maybe it's just damage control on his part but i'm worried it's a lot bigger than that.

the fact we blew some plays down the stretch doesn't worry me half as much as the fact that we even allowed the sixers to get back in this game to begin with. we should have NEVER been in a situation where those plays mattered. this is a game our reserves should have been putting the finishing touches on.

shooting 25% for the 2nd half? imagine if we were playing a defense like boston's or cleveland's or san antonio's.....? we still haven't learned a thing if this first game is any indication.

and while this might seem like another knee jerk post, i'm just looking at our mental approach and wondering how on earth we'll ever get where we want to with this sort of attitude. i don't know what else joe can do with this team to try and get them to play to their potential.

even the best teams aren't 'on' every night. that's fine. but when the effort and mental approach are lacking.....that's a whole 'nother story altogether.

i expect nothing less than 4 straight wins and a toughened mental approach to the playoffs. or else i'll lose hope in this team, both for this year's playoff run and the future too.

i hope the next game that rip is shooting 5-17 we go to stuckey more, the same way we went to j-max when dice was sucking. the message needs to be sent to ALL players. perform or piss off. we're not putting up with these half-hearted efforts any more.

i KNEW you were going to blame chauncy for missing ft's. how predictable.

the first fall guy with you is ALWAYS the player.

but better start prepping your 'blame suanders' material cuz he is on borrowed time.

reggie talked about tay's body langauge when flip pulled him. this team's faith in flip is hanging on by a thread. i bet 4/5 of the starters think they win in spite of him.

hes been in over his head from day 1.

they showed a pic of joe when it looked like we were going to lose and he was fuming.

im not sure flip even makes it to the end of these playoffs, and anything short of the finals and i know he is gone.
No doubt. Flip's a goner if we don't represent the East this year. The question is, which starter(s) are on borrowed time?

Yeah, how dare I hold Chauncey accountable for shooting %25 from the line late in the game and missing a wide open layup.

I suppose I can't Sheed too for missing a 2-footer to take the lead with 30 seconds left.

And of course, we can't blame Tayshaun for blowing a wide open 15 footer to tie it with 15 seconds left.

It's all Flip's fault.

Go sell the blame Flip bullshit somewhere else. It's pathetic.

And if the players think that he lost the game, then they all deserved to be shoveled out of town with him. What a load of excuses.

your problem is that you only see the symptom and not the disease. this team is has squandered the last 3 years.

whats funny is how fast your tune is going to change as soon as flip is dismissed. that is after you come back after disapearing. this is all so predictable.

i hope the next game that rip is shooting 5-17 we go to stuckey more, the same way we went to j-max when dice was sucking. the message needs to be sent to ALL players. perform or piss off. we're not putting up with these half-hearted efforts any more.

You know, I could accept a poor shooting night if he was taking good shots, but his selfish shot thing is becoming routine. Everytime he's on the floor with anyone but Chauncey he gets tunnel vision and just starts hoisting.

It was Flip's fault for telling Chauncey to miss every FT and layup in the 4th quarter. How dare he.

Nobody say anything negative whatsoever about Lindsey Hunter, BTW. He's above reproach.
Nope, we know what Lindsey is, are you saying we were to expect alot from him? Are you under the impression that Hunter left Hunter in the game ahead of Stuckey? I would only hope not. I wish he'd tell everybody he was the actual HC so we wouldnt have to hold Flip accountable for his same old coaching errors resurfacing.

As far as Billups goes, pussy performance, from the passing up an open shot to Tay to missing at the line. Rip was horrible too. you'd have a long waste of time hanging on to that as something nobody else here believes(besides b-diddy maybe, but who cares about his stance?), because everyone here hates the anti clutch lazy execution from our starters. But what does that do to nullify Flip's errors in coaching, especially clinching tight when he was too scared to coach his youth through a close part of the game? Its like you just read what you wanted to in this thread and ignored the fact the whole team was called out top to bottom. Flip is definitely no scapegoat, but he aint saint exempt of blame in this either.

Nope, we know what Lindsey is, are you saying we were to expect alot from him?

Except everyone here was all gung ho about playing lindsey in the playoffs ahead of Juan Dixon, someone that can actually DO SOMETHING with the ball besides dribble t in the same spot for 20 seconds.

Now that he fucked up, let's all pretend we didn't want him there in the first place.


besides b-diddy maybe, but who cares about his stance?)

That much is true. Sometimes i think the only reason he follows me around is because I'm the only one that doesn't just ignore everything he says.

I need to do better of ignoring the irrelevant.

This place is going to be hilarious when we win by 20+ in game 2.

WAIT A MINUTE, IT'S ALL FLIP MURRAY'S FAULT (AGAIN)

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Miller-led 76ers beat Pistons 90-86 in Game 1 stunner

By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer
4 hours, 46 minutes ago

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP)—The Detroit Pistons were hanging out at the scorer’s table as if it was a preseason game, joking around with a former teammate as he enjoyed a drink and nachos in the front row.

Philadelphia made them pay for it.

Andre Miller scored 20 points and Willie Green had a career playoff-high 17, helping the 76ers stun Detroit 90-86 Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round series.

Sixers forward Reggie Evans smiled when told the Pistons were shooting the breeze with Flip Murray during breaks in the game.

“That’s good,” Evans said.

Rasheed Wallace took the blame for the loss—despite having 24 points, nine rebounds and matching a franchise playoff record with seven blocks—but didn’t think blowing a big lead had anything to do with talking to Murray.

“That’s my man,” Wallace explained.

The Eastern Conference’s second-seeded team was expected to beat the seventh-seeded Sixers by double digits and did lead by 15 midway through the third quarter.

But Philadelphia refused to follow the script.

After the Sixers trailed 62-47, Green made two baskets during a 10-0 run that sparked a comeback.

“That kind of swung the momentum,” Miller said.

Miller gave Philadelphia a lead midway through the fourth quarter for the first time since late in the first.

After Chauncey Billups missed three of four free throws and a layup in 2-plus minutes late in the game, he made two from the line to pull the Pistons within one with 45 seconds left.

Detroit’s Jason Maxiell drew a charge on the ensuing possession, giving the home team a chance to avoid an upset.

The Pistons set up a play that created an open shot for Tayshaun Prince, but his jumper was short. After Andre Iguodala made one of two free throws with 11 seconds left, Wallace missed a shot near the basket that would have tied it at 88.

“I’m going to put this on me,” Wallace said. “There’s no excuses.

“The last bunny, that was a bucket I should’ve made. I’m going to take this one on the chin.”

Iguodala made two free throws with 7 seconds left to seal the win.

“I’m pretty sure we shocked a lot of people,” Evans said.

Both teams will get two days off before Detroit hosts Game 2 on Wednesday night.

“We’ve got to fire back on Wednesday,” Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. “It’s a must-win game now.”

The Pistons, who have advanced to five straight conference finals, hadn’t lost a Game 1 in the first round since 2003 against Orlando.

Iguodala finished with a career playoff-high 16 points after a slow start, Evans had a career playoff-high 11 points and 14 rebounds and Thaddeus Young scored 10 for the Sixers in his postseason debut.

Billups scored 14, Richard Hamilton had 13 points on 5-of-17 shooting, Maxiell contributed 12 points and a career playoff-high 11 rebounds and Prince added 12.

The Sixers started and closed strong despite being the least-experienced team in the playoffs, matching up with a team that trails only the San Antonio Spurs in combined playoff games.

“There’s no question that we grew up in the second half,” Philadelphia coach Maurice Cheeks said.

Philadelphia led by six points early in the game, but Detroit scored the last 11 points of the first quarter and held the Sixers scoreless for 5-plus minutes. That drought spilled into the second and included a cold stretch in which they made just 2-of-21 shots.

Wallace’s 3-pointer midway through the second quarter capped a 23-6 run and gave the Pistons an 11-point lead.

The Sixers scored the first eight points of the second half and Detroit missed its first six shots before going on an 11-2 run to lead by 15.

The Pistons, notorious for their inconsistent effort, proved the cushion wasn’t large enough.

“That’s Detroit,” Iguodala said. “They turn it on and turn it off.

“We just kept fighting the whole way.”

Detroit Quickly Finds Itself On Edge

By Chris Silva
Special to ESPN.com

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Boredom has not settled in.

Heck, it's only the first game of the playoffs.

And like they've said in past playoff runs, the Detroit Pistons insisted there's no need to hit the panic button following their 90-86 loss to the upstart Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of a best-of-seven playoff series on Sunday.

The Pistons lost an important game and with it home-court advantage. But they said they haven't lost perspective.

"We expected a tough series," Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. "We're disappointed, we're upset, we're mad, all those things. They way we play, not turn the ball over, grinding things out -- we should win those games; we didn't. They played hard. I thought that we're extremely aggressive and it's not that we lost the game, they beat us. There is no question about it."

The main question now is if the second-seeded Pistons can regain their focus for a must-win Game 2 on Wednesday at the Palace.

Few expect the Pistons to lose this series. And even though the Pistons stumbled out of the playoff gate, their track record suggests it's highly likely they'll advance.

But the simple fact that the Pistons dropped their playoff opener gave reason to question their mindset, which has cost them in the past. As talented and successful as the Pistons have been, you still don't know what you'll get from them on a given night.

In the days leading up to Game 1, the Pistons said the ways in which they were ousted from the previous three postseasons still stung. They said they're hungrier and readier than ever to make a run at the NBA Finals.

But Sunday was a painful hiccup.

The Pistons have made it no secret that they love it when their backs are against the wall. But even they didn't expect to be faced with such adversity so early, especially against a Philadelphia team with practically no playoff experience.

"This is going to be tough to try to accomplish and get where we want to get, that's pretty much all it is," forward Rasheed Wallace said. "It's simple basketball."

But the Sixers made things difficult, and they probably surprised the Pistons with their second-half emergence.

The Pistons led by 15 at one point in the third quarter. Then it all unraveled like it has so many times before.

The Pistons committed an uncharacteristic six turnovers in the second half, many of which were easily avoidable. And then it was as if someone placed a lid on the basket, because Detroit (39 pecent field-goal shooting) couldn't make even the easiest of shots.

There were missed layups. Missed put-backs. Missed free throws. Then there were the individual showings.

While Wallace (24 points, nine rebounds, seven blocks) dominated the post, guard Richard Hamilton was nowhere to be found. Hamilton, who was bothered by a sore hip late in the season, finished with 13 points on a forgettable 5-for-17 shooting. Antonio McDyess, back in the starting lineup this season, missed seven of nine shots for six points.

Wallace had a chance to tie the game at 88 with 10 seconds left, but missed an eight-footer. Andre Iguodala grabbed the rebound, was fouled and iced the game with a pair of free throws. Iguodala got his offense going in the second half, when he scored 10 of his 16 points.

Point guard Andre Miller (20 points, six assists) and forward Reggie Evans (11 points) were the keys to Philly's fourth-quarter comeback. Philly's up-tempo style of play worked in spurts, and when it didn't the Sixers still proved they could execute and hang with one of the league's elite.

After the game, the Sixers walked off the court smiling and high-fiving each other. Their confidence shot up tenfold.

And that nothing-to-lose attitude that so many underdogs say they take into the playoffs was non-existent in the visitor's locker room at the Palace. "No, we've got something to lose, just like they do," Miller said. "We're here to play basketball and hopefully win. We've got something to lose just like they do."

Only for the Pistons, there's so much more at stake.

“That’s Detroit,” Iguodala said. “They turn it on and turn it off.

“We just kept fighting the whole way.”

I hate us.

Except everyone here was all gung ho about playing lindsey in the playoffs ahead of Juan Dixon, someone that can actually DO SOMETHING with the ball besides dribble t in the same spot for 20 seconds.
Dixon is irrelevant, I wouldnt want him playing over stuckey either. You're harping on an agenda i personally dont care about. Dixon is an automatic score on the defensive end for whoever he guards, so i'm not regretting seeing hunter ahead of him. Nonetheless Hunter being called upon as the ballhandler is not his fault. We know what we get when he's the primary handler. Flip should've damn well known too. Your two best scorers off the bench were stuckey and maxiell, even with a shortened rotation you go to them first and foremost. You also trust them first and foremost. I felt like i saw a coaching revert back to last years playoffs(I've given Flip plenty of props when he did use the bench properly and will call him out when he fucks up the rotation). If he doesnt trust and coach his young guys rather than bench them at the first smell of adversity, we wont win anything. Mark my words on that.


Now that he fucked up, let's all pretend we didn't want him there in the first place.
Dont know who you are aiming that at, but I do want Hunter here. I think under the right circumstance he's very useful to us. But thats on the coach to put him there. Spotting up for a 3? I trust Hunter. Playing defense? I trust Hunter. ballhandling in the offense as a primary decision maker? do not trust him. Someone i'd put ahead of stuckey? dont trust him there either. I worried earlier this year whether Joe Dumars gave Flip too many choices to make in the rotation, I still hope i was wrong about that.


That much is true. Sometimes i think the only reason he follows me around is because I'm the only one that doesn't just ignore everything he says.

I need to do better of ignoring the irrelevant.
I doubt you can ignore him if you haven't by now. He knows he can get your attention now, so i suspect he'll bait you until the cows come home. But maybe its karma because you've baited a many posters on a many ocasions yourself.
:yingyang:

Wow. Everybody needs to settle down. This was one game. I was annoyed last night, but it's not really a big deal. If they lose in the first round, that's a big deal. If this series goes 7 games, that's a big deal. But losing one game against a young, athletic team in the playoffs isn't the end of the world.

Let's get something straight - the Pistons choked. They should not have lost that game. They played like shit. They played with no sense of urgency. They pissed me off the entire second half of the game. Stuckey looked like a scared little bitch. Lindsey played out of control. Chauncey didn't seem to be his normal cool self. Rip missed A LOT of shots that he usually makes. The only two that showed up were Maxy and Sheed, and Sheed choked on the last shot.

But this is EXACTLY what the Pistons needed. Sure, they could have slept walked through the first round, but then they would have gotten their ass kicked by ORLANDO, who isn't a bad team by any means. We joke around about the Magic, but if the Pistons don't play well in that series, they will lose. Instead, the Pistons try and half-ass it through the first game, get embarassed, and now the media is laughing at the Pistons. Counting them out after ONE GAME into the post season. Good. I remember that happening four years ago when we lost to the Bucks in game 2.

The Pistons fucked up last night. They looked bad. I was embarassed to watch them last night. But if 3 days of ridicule and being the laughingstock of ESPN doesn't light a fire in their asses, then they don't deserve to win a NBA Title anyways.

So settle down, Piston Fans.

And one other thing:

Philly played their BEST ball last night. AI did not play well, but Reggie "Nut Cracker" Evans hit 17 foot turnaround J's, balls were airballed into their hands, and the bounces went their way.

The Pistons should have won anyway, but I don't expect that kind of performance from half of their team again. The Pistons are better at every position on the floor. If they don't realize that they need to bring it next game, then I don't want to cheer for them anyways.

Final thought:

The Sixers just acted like they won the championship. Their players were throwing the ball at the end of the game. Mo Cheeks was grinning like they were about to throw a parade for him. The Sixers players were hopping around like it was game 7. If you think that's what a team looks like who's about to win a playoff series, you're mistaken.

The Sixers have 3 more games to win. I'm not sure they understand that.

This is some quality blogging. (http://info.detnews.com/redesign/blogs/pistonsblog/index.cfm?CFID=1164793&CFTOKEN=89721602)


This is bad
I know the Pistons still have the lead but they're giving the 76ers way too many easy baskets. And then they're not converting on the other end.

Final thought:

The Sixers just acted like they won the championship. Their players were throwing the ball at the end of the game. Mo Cheeks was grinning like they were about to throw a parade for him. The Sixers players were hopping around like it was game 7. If you think that's what a team looks like who's about to win a playoff series, you're mistaken.

The Sixers have 3 more games to win. I'm not sure they understand that.

most people said the 6ers wouldnt win 1 game, so i think they have a bit of a right to celebrate winnning the first one. realistically, they are a long way from round 2, and i dont think their mentallity is that they can beat us. and maybe it shouldnt. cuz the second they go from the young team with nothing to lose to the team thats trying to get into the second round, a ton of pressure enters into the picture and hitting miracle shots gets alot harder.

that said, its a mistake to say that was their best, either. keep in mind, this was a team that won (i believe) in 3 consecutive games against us, boston, and san an. if you took just their second half, they were a 50+ win team this year, and i think thats about how good of a team they are (assuming 2/3 of those games are against eastern teams).

i still think this series goes 6, and i kind of agree with those who called it a wake up call. dodging a bullet in round one might not hurt, especially w/ all the wrest our starters got this year. but at the end of the day, our team has a dumb coach, has fat cat players, and rasheed wallace--at the end of the first half sheed was an mvp guy, charles called him the most talented player in basketball history, and he was living up to it. the only reason i know he played in the second half is cuz he blew a layup to lose the game for us. hes too good to trade, but maybe too unreliable to win with... atleast at the extent that we lean on him.

I think that the day after the Pistons first playoff loss should be a national holiday each year.

Wow. Everybody needs to settle down. This was one game. I was annoyed last night, but it's not really a big deal. If they lose in the first round, that's a big deal. If this series goes 7 games, that's a big deal. But losing one game against a young, athletic team in the playoffs isn't the end of the world.

Let's get something straight - the Pistons choked. They should not have lost that game. They played like shit. They played with no sense of urgency. They pissed me off the entire second half of the game. Stuckey looked like a scared little bitch. Lindsey played out of control. Chauncey didn't seem to be his normal cool self. Rip missed A LOT of shots that he usually makes. The only two that showed up were Maxy and Sheed, and Sheed choked on the last shot.

But this is EXACTLY what the Pistons needed. Sure, they could have slept walked through the first round, but then they would have gotten their ass kicked by ORLANDO, who isn't a bad team by any means. We joke around about the Magic, but if the Pistons don't play well in that series, they will lose. Instead, the Pistons try and half-ass it through the first game, get embarassed, and now the media is laughing at the Pistons. Counting them out after ONE GAME into the post season. Good. I remember that happening four years ago when we lost to the Bucks in game 2.

The Pistons fucked up last night. They looked bad. I was embarassed to watch them last night. But if 3 days of ridicule and being the laughingstock of ESPN doesn't light a fire in their asses, then they don't deserve to win a NBA Title anyways.

So settle down, Piston Fans.

Its not that we lost 1 game, its that the team looked like they didn't give a fuck, imo, that pisses peeps off. Detroit, or any city for that matter, doesn't like a half-assed, play when I want to attitude.

Ricki Ptakowski, sixers.com: "Yeah, so the Pistons have had 200+ consecutive sell-outs, so what. There is nothing and I mean nothing like a Philadelphia Playoff Crowd. ... This crowd can turn to sharks if they smell blood in the water. I'm getting chills just thinking about how loud this place is going to get."

Should we check on Atticus?

I suppose that I'll post the first one. (http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=294~165~2772&teams=18~8~8&te=&cash=)

:sas:
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?&brand=null&videoId=3356300&n8pe6c=2

http://i30.tinypic.com/a2xbux.jpg

Ironically, both the Piston and I fell asleep at halftime.

Even with shitty play we could have won that thing with a few made free throws (Billups), making a wide open shot (Tay) or not rushing a shot when we could have up faked and dunked it home (Sheed with Miller switched on him). We just plain choaked away a chance to squeek out a win we didn't deserve.

:sas:
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?&brand=null&videoId=3356300&n8pe6c=2

He's pretty cogent when he's not screamin'.

Wow. Everybody needs to settle down. This was one game. .
I'm referring to the 1st game and until the second comes i refuse to settle down on how bad it was. Nor should I. I'm not saying we are screwed, nor do i believe anyone else is. I think the true motto is if this dumb shit that shoulda been fixed 2 playoffs ago isnt fixed, we are going to be screwed.

And I'm not saying you shouldn't be upset. Last night pissed me off. But the general feeling I got around the board here was "If the Pistons can't win game 1, they're screwed for all of the playoffs."

I just think they fucked up, they know they fucked up, and hopefully they'll be better for it.

I guess I'll give them game 1 to get back on track. Remember we had RIP out a while, subs playing a ton and resting starters. I think game 1 will be a wake up call and they'll win 4 straight.

Motown i dont get that feeling. You get that feeling when you hear crickets in this muthafucka because Glenn decided to take up windsailing this time of year, Kstat takes time off to go across america explaining how great racial equality is to urban ghettos, Zekyl is short on time because he has indians games to check out, SDB heads to cleveland to join Zekyl in a few games, and Bubbles slits his wrists.

and Bubbles slits his wrists.

That wouldn't be a bad thing.

What about Kelsey??

I need proof of her existence first.

Should we check on Atticus?

Am I alive? Yes. Am I mad? Yes. Do I fully expect us to win the next four games? Without a doubt.

I'm just as surprised as everyone else who knows a thing about basketball. However, everyone, including myself, knows that Philly still doesn't have a chance to win.

We shot 29% in that second half and didn't play defense. And we lost by a bucket. If we make one more of those shots (or free throws), we sustain Philly's best punch and win that game, despite playing our worst game of the season.

Game 2 can't come soon enough, IMO. I want revenge. I want order restored. I want the real Pistons back.

I'd like to point out that the Pistons are 0-1 and the Tigers are 0-2 since "Pheeew" joined WTF.

27 viewing.

33!

I'd like to point out that the Pistons are 0-1 and the Tigers are 0-2 since "Pheeew" joined WTF.

But the Wings are 2-0.

So I'm okay with it.

How many were logged in SDB?

But the Wings are 2-0.

So I'm okay with it.

I'm not sure I care for that tradeoff.

If he doesn't start posting by 8 am tomorrow, I say we kill him.

I say we let him go!

If he doesn't start posting by 8 am tomorrow, I say we kill him.

I say we let him go!


I'd rather kill Willie Green.

I'd rather kill Willie Green.


A good Detroiter?

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How many were logged in SDB?

Fuck if I know, I don't even know if we have 33 active posters here.

Fuck if I know, I don't even know if we have 33 active posters here.

Approx. 10% of the number of registered users log in every day.

50.3?

50.3?

Yep.

Sometimes more, sometimes slightly less.

We've had 38 today so far, and by midnight, it will be around that number, I would guess.

Of that 10%, how many actually post?

About 50% of that 10%?

Glenn, can you add "fredo" to my screen name so it will be Wilfredo Ledezma rather than Wil? Probably not the thread to make that request, but I know your reading it...

SAS's pre-series prediction. Let's hope he is right.


Pistons vs. Sixers: Pistons in 5
*Detroit is too focused, too motivated and much too tired of watching others play in the NBA Finals. Whether they get there or not is irrelevant at this time. Just know Philadelphia won't do a thing to stop them, other than having one good night.

If he doesn't start posting by 8 am tomorrow, I say we kill him.

I say we let him go!


damn, this one is driving me nuts (white text quote)

damn, this one is driving me nuts (white text quote)

[smilie=peewee]

aaaaaaahhhhhhh....damn

That wouldn't be a bad thing.

It's bad, I get blood over everyone and I don't die.

Hey, I log in every day and post every day. I do my part. I'm calling out everyone who's stalking the board right now!

Losing one playoff game is nothing to get into hysterics about, but Game 2 is going to be really interesting in judging what kind of team this really is. Most of the mental toughness stuff is referring back to the LB years, this team has actually been pretty mentally weak in playoff times the past few years.

If this team is really a championship team and not just a bunch of soft East Coast versions of the Dallas Mavericks, they will win 4 straight now and deliver 2 blowouts.

It'll be called mental fluffness if they lose this game.

lol at the free amir avatar...good shit