Last game of the regular season!!!
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The Washington Wizards can clinch the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, and what appears to be a much more favorable first-round playoff series, when they visit the Detroit Pistons to close the regular season.

Washington is in sole possession of fifth place in the East, but needs a victory or a loss by Chicago to Toronto to finish there. That would result in a first-round matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, whom the Wizards beat three of four times this season.

A loss along with victories by Chicago and Indiana on Wednesday would drop Washington to seventh and it would face an opening-round series with the Miami Heat, who have beaten the Wizards 16 straight times -- including a sweep in last year's playoffs.

The Wizards eliminated any possibility of finishing eighth by beating Milwaukee 116-103 on Tuesday in their home finale. Gilbert Arenas scored 31 of his 43 points in the second half for Washington, which outscored Milwaukee 29-13 to close the game.

"When we ended our season last year, it was in the fifth spot," Arenas said, "so we're in fifth spot until somebody takes it from us. And the only people that can take it from us is the Detroit Pistons."

Washington also can finish sixth with a loss, a Chicago victory and an Indiana loss.

The Wizards are 2-0 against the Pistons as they seek to become the only East team to sweep them this season. Washington is one of only three visiting teams to win at the Palace of Auburn Hills this season, joining Utah and New Jersey.

Detroit is concluding the most successful regular season in team history. The Pistons have won a franchise-record 64 games and gained home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.

With nothing at stake down the stretch, Detroit has opted to rest its regulars over the last few games. Rasheed Wallace and Richard Hamilton were deactivated for Monday's 113-93 loss at Milwaukee.

"We said going in the idea was to not get anybody hurt and make sure that the guys we had to play broke a sweat and didn't get too stale and give our young guys an opportunity to play in a heated situation against some top players," Pistons coach Flip Saunders said.

Detroit can post a franchise-record 38th home win, which would eclipse the record set in 1988-89.

The Pistons will meet Indiana, Chicago or Milwaukee in the first round.

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[smilie=llama_banan:

yeehaw

yeehaw

Post padder. [smilie=404.gif]

yeehaw

Post padder. [smilie=404.gif]

that's my post-game-reserved spot.

[smilie=burgerking.:

You're the kinda guy that takes a shirt he likes at a store and hides it in the wrong section to keep people from buying it before there's a sale, right?

You're the kinda guy that takes a shirt he likes at a store and hides it in the wrong section to keep people from buying it before there's a sale, right?

in my defense, it was a sweet shirt....

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LMAO

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the season will be over but theres no crying.

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Arenas can be jealous and continue the whining.

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A year of passings from one team to another.

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Drinking and thinking"I'm a dumb muthafuccka!"

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alot on our minds, alot of personal hyping.

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Some will miss out. eaten by lions? [smilie=anxious.gif]

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Get your Voodoo Dolls out, and get ready for war!

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Lets cheer on the youngsters as much as our core!

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The Double Penetration Porn Jerseys are a thing of the past.

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Do it for automotion and kick some Wizard ass!


Not my best, but its the last game of the season.

The "Tell me why!!!" box is hilarious.

Bout fuckin time the pre season ended.

forgive me, but i'll be rooting for Arenas and Jamison having big games. both are on my fantasy squad and i'm behind, on the last day, in the finals for my fantasy league.

forgive me, but i'll be rooting for Arenas and Jamison having big games. both are on my fantasy squad and i'm behind, on the last day, in the finals for my fantasy league.
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Matts the enemy for tonight. [smilie=angryfire.g:
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Disclaimer: I would actually prefer for Matt to live a prosperous life of spiritual enlightenment and self peace as long as humanly possible.

My predictions:

Cato is going to have a decent game tonight.
Maxiell is going to choke someone and try to dunk them.
Johnson is going to have the hair flowing and play well.
Delfino is going to break out tonight. New career high.
Acker is going to have a good game and get a nice dunk.


Pistons 105 - Wizards 87

We better win this game, or I'll eat and drink nothing but diet products for the rest of my life.

We will not win.

And I will not be upset.

Unless one of our guys gets hurt.

They're not going to get hurt, so quit whining about it in every game thread.

OR ELSE

wheres the poopshoot captain kilo? He vanished never to be seen again.

too much time at his new job with his new darko team. ;(
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They're not going to get hurt, so quit whining about it in every game thread.

OR ELSE

I thought we were friends?

I'm going to my room and I'm never talking to you again!!! [smilie=angryfire.g:


(unless one of our guys gets hurt tonight)

They're not going to get hurt, so quit whining about it in every game thread.

OR ELSE
you do realize Glenn has killed people for less than that?

Kilo just PM'd me with this:


I'm gonna be takin it in the ol poop shoot tonight.

They're not going to get hurt, so quit whining about it in every game thread.

OR ELSE

I thought we were friends?

I'm going to my room and I'm never talking to you again!!! [smilie=angryfire.g:


(unless one of our guys gets hurt tonight)

You know I love you Mr. Glenn. You are the caucasion(sp?) uncle I never had.

btw, if anyone needs a audio feed, skype me. it's on auto connect :)

They're not going to get hurt, so quit whining about it in every game thread.

OR ELSE

I thought we were friends?

I'm going to my room and I'm never talking to you again!!! [smilie=angryfire.g:


(unless one of our guys gets hurt tonight)

You know I love you Mr. Glenn. You are the caucasion(sp?) uncle I never had.

Our people prefer "whitey".

They're not going to get hurt, so quit whining about it in every game thread.

OR ELSE

I thought we were friends?

I'm going to my room and I'm never talking to you again!!! [smilie=angryfire.g:


(unless one of our guys gets hurt tonight)

You know I love you Mr. Glenn. You are the caucasion(sp?) uncle I never had.

Our people prefer "whitey".
LMFAO

According to WDFN all 5 starters will be activated tonight.

According to WDFN all 5 starters will be activated tonight.
HUH? WTF? No letting the Washington Sarumans get off easy?

They did not forsee this.
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According to WDFN all 5 starters will be activated tonight.
HUH? WTF? No letting the Washington Sarumans get off easy?

They implied it will probably go back to the NY game rotation. A token effort to win.

I'd expect the rookies to still play, though.

According to WDFN all 5 starters will be activated tonight.

S.T.U.P.I.D.

According to WDFN all 5 starters will be activated tonight.

S.T.U.P.I.D.
Super Terrific Underground Players In Detroit

We must protect this house.

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They're not going to get hurt, so quit whining about it in every game thread.

OR ELSE

I thought we were friends?

I'm going to my room and I'm never talking to you again!!! [smilie=angryfire.g:


(unless one of our guys gets hurt tonight)

You know I love you Mr. Glenn. You are the caucasion(sp?) uncle I never had.

Our people prefer "whitey".

I was going to use "cracka ass cracka" but I didn't want offend anyone today. [smilie=angel.gif]

Kilo just PM'd me with this:


I'm gonna be takin it in the ol poop shoot tonight.

LMAO. Kilo finally admitted he wasn't a Pistons fan and started working on page 213 of his Darko Milicic scrapbook.

WDFN UPDATE:

Chauncey, Dale and Mo Evans were de-activated today.

Yes, you heard me, Mo Evans.

Delfino will probably play 3 positions tonight. I'm guessing he could go 40+ minutes if he plays well enough.

Somewhere, Glenn is running around his house....celebrating...........naked.

Detroit wins 65-95

Maxeill with a triple dub.

How many FT attempts will Max have?

John Hammond says he sees Amir Johnson as a backup SF NBA right now, but as his body fills out, he sees Amir as a PF that can play some 3.

He says he's confident Amir will be able to guard both positions as he matures.

WDFN UPDATE:

Chauncey, Dale and Mo Evans were de-activated today.

Yes, you heard me, Mo Evans.

Delfino will probably play 3 positions tonight. I'm guessing he could go 40+ minutes if he plays well enough.

WTF? I like it, but I don't get it. Is he hurt? Please? [smilie=groove.gif]

WDFN UPDATE:

Chauncey, Dale and Mo Evans were de-activated today.

Yes, you heard me, Mo Evans.

Delfino will probably play 3 positions tonight. I'm guessing he could go 40+ minutes if he plays well enough.

WTF? I like it, but I don't get it. Is he hurt? Please? [smilie=groove.gif]

He isn't hurt. Read whatever into it that you want.

Why is Dale de-activated?

Why is Dale de-activated?
get cato more time with maxiell. cato looks like the rustiest guy on earth.

Delfino should get some playoff minutes based on his last two night.

Kstat - what will you say if he doesn't?

Will you be bitching about Flip and Mo like most of us?

Kstat - what will you say if he doesn't?

Will you be bitching about Flip and Mo like most of us?

If Delfino had put together games like this EARLIER on both ends, we wouldnt be having this discussion. And before anybody says he has, no, he hasn't. He's taken his game to a level he hasn't reached all season.

As it is, Delfino is perilously close to "too-little-too-late" territory.

Some coaches would play delfino more based on two games like this, some coaches wouldn't.

There's also the question if Delfino can be as effective in a slower half-court game.

Fortunately we're playing the Bucks, so that shouldn't be an issue, as least for this round.

I think Delfino is fortunate that our 1st round opponent suits his style very well, so Flip should have fewer reservations about using him.

But if Mo plays, I wont bitch about it, because Mo is a more effective player in 5-minute stretches, which is all the room well really have with our starters logging longer minutes.

Look, I wish Delfino would play a little more, but I can also understand if he doesn't get a lot of minutes until next season.

Now, If Mo somehow costs us a playoff game and keeps his spot, then I think you might get more of an objection out of me.

OK, well forget about about the playoffs for a few and answer this:

Would you trade Mo Evans in the off-season to open playing time For Carlos and to a lesser extent Amir Johnson?

OK, well forget about about the playoffs for a few and answer this:

Would you trade Mo Evans in the off-season to open playing time For Carlos and to a lesser extent Amir Johnson?

I'd prefer to keep Mo because he'd be better than any 3rd string SG/SF we could pick up.

But if its for the rookies, yeah id consider it.

But keeping Mo means less PT for Carlos and Amir.

Flip will never bench Mo IMO.

Moving Mo for whatever (my idea of 2 Utah seconds didn't grow wings) and signing Dupree doesn't leave Flip much choice.

He'd have to play Delfino and might have to play Amir as well.