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It is do or die, imo. Maybe we could go down 3-1 to the Cavs, but that would be a huge hole against Superman and Wade.
If we were playing like we did during the season, it wouldn't be as big a deal, but we aren't.
I think we're gonna win tonight and a win in G5, but the way our team is playing, I'm not counting on anything.
May I be the first to say bravo on the OGT, Mr. Gatsu.
Oh, and Pistons win this one by 4, and close this biatch out in 7.
we had plenty of free time between last game and this one to bicker and rant. Now its time to get amped up for the adversity and be careful how many cans of energy drink and pills viagra you conserve. Because your heart rate will be fucked up as it is. Tough game, tough atmosphere, and the media is very interested in seeing our demise. Time to take it to the next level or die a lil' more with each loss. Its life or death when you're amped. do or die isnt powerful enough. i almost regret not putting kill or be killed.:(
Tonight we need to get rid of the bizarro world pistons and get back to dropping that motor city Kryptonian Funk.
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Rasheed vs Dwayne Wade part 4
and i wanna see ben wallace everywhere damnit.
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I belive.
I believe.
Tonight's the turnaround game for all these offensive woes and our defensive tenacity. Pistons break 100 points and never look back.
Just share the ball and show some defensive intensity. That's where we hang our hard hats on after all.
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I will root hard, but something just isn't clicking all of a sudden. Their buckets are much easier to come by than ours. I think it's the beginning of the end.
I know the answer to this one DEATH, DEATH and DEATH. Turn out the lights the party is over.
The Heat are already at 34 FTAs and its not even the 4th yet. This is ridiculous.
So, what do you guys plan to do with your june?
hunt down and break the kneecaps of every official from tonight's fix/game?
Sounds like a blast!
Of course it's the Ref's fault!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kstat
The Pistons can't even sustain a modest effort for more than 2 consecutive qtrs. This is going on 9 games in a row now. The ref's excuse is mighty lame.
Hunt down Rasheed and break his knees please.
yeah, but its awfully easy for miami to hack us on every other shot and create running opportunities. Any team can look really good when there's that much of a difference in how you're allowed to play.
Tonight's offense wasnt bad as it was just Miami grabbing ar our arms and forcing us to look bad. If we could do the same thing to them, We'd have won by 20.
I thought Flip's defensive adjustments in the 2nd half worked great, he just wasn't allowed to keep his best players in the game, and the Heat eventually broke through.
Maybe losing in the Finals wasnt good enough for the pistons? They seem to be taking the 1st 3 rounds of the playoffs for granted, like they're just going to win and get back to the finals no problem. Maybe losing before the finals and going home is a good thing. Get their collective heads right over the summer.
They need to get back to their defensive roots. Had that been the pistons 2 years ago, the heat would have been in the 70's right along with them.
The 2004 Pistons were also allowed to play defense.
Put that team in this game and they probably lose by 20. I dont see how they could expect to win since half the team would foul out by halftime.
And it sickens me that the refs were so freaking bad that im not mentioning how badly we looked. THey gave the players and flip a crutch they didnt deserve.
I'd love to bash sheed, but he wasnt allowed to stay in the game so I have no idea what he would have done.
Put sheed in a miami jersey, and he might have 2 fouls doing the same things.
Flip's plan is brilliant -- but you must view it with objective eyes to understand it's genius:
First, take as many jump shots as possible, and from that have half of them be 3pt attempts. This keeps the Pistons from sapping their energy with greuling inside play and hard drives to the basket.
Second, foul DWade as hard as you can. Even if he's not injured, you're weaking him with each slug. By game five he should only be a shell of his former self.
Third, the Pistons play their best when the proverbial "chips" are down, so a 3-1 series deficit only means the Pistons will finally play like they should.
Fourth, dress better than RiLeY. This will eventually get to "the king of style", and in his demented state of being "had" fashionably by some dude named "Flip", call a horrible final 3 games.
I believe this to be the perfect plan, similar to that of General Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens during the Revolutionary War, or that of Patton at the Battle of the Bulge during WW2. Flip will go down in history as the master architect of deceptive warfare.
Or, he'll get shot for being outcoached by a Metamucil-chugging geriatric.
Your choice.
Flip's probably gone if they lose the series.
If they lose game 5, he probably won't last a week.
Effort or not, the team that fouled the least this year by far somehow managed to allow 47 FTs, which I believe is the second most in the playoffs this year and what has to be the largest FT differential. The Heat almost took as many FTs as they did FGs. Of course there are going to be a few iffy calls here and there, but this game was chock full of one-sided calls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gecko
I vote for Bill Lambieer. All these jump shots are probably making him puke!
Bah, Flip gets no free pass but lets really look at whats happening here.
I see a Miami team that's hungrier and has been getting after it much more than the Pistons. The Heat are out-shooting, playing better defense, diving for more loose balls, more blocks and the list keeps going. The Heat want it more fellas and are embarassing the Pistons right now which has lead to the finger pointing and questioning of the coach. Flip blows but the players have no heart.
What a debacle from a so called future dynasty.
Just watched some of the news conference with Flip. He speaks like th HEAT are the top seeded team, and the Pistons are just lucky to be there.
Does this sonofabitch have any FIRE????? He's just sitting there, complimenting WaDe, talking about how he's proud his guys never gave up, and how dejected they must have been in the final few minutes.
Where the fuck is Jim Mora when we need him???? If that was Bill Lambieer, he'd be talking mass shit about HIS OWN TEAM, CALLING THEM PUSSIES FOR NOT WORKING AS HARD AS HE DID WHEN HE WAS A PLAYER. That's a guilt trip you simply cannot buy.
I'm spelling Lambieer right...right?
You never listened to a larry brown press conference, did you?Quote:
Does this sonofabitch have any FIRE????? He's just sitting there, complimenting WaDe
Carlisle did that to the pistons once and they responded by losing 7 straight and tuning him out.Quote:
If that was Bill Lambieer, he'd be talking mass shit about HIS OWN TEAM, CALLING THEM PUSSIES FOR NOT WORKING AS HARD AS HE DID WHEN HE WAS A PLAYER. That's a guilt trip you simply cannot buy.
Players can cuss out other players after a game. Coaches cant do that. In the huddle is one thing, but after the game in the press? No way.
LOL @ Kstat.
LOL even harder @ this pathetic joke of a fucking basketball team.
And exactly what kind of stats did Carlisle put out when HE was a player on one of the most feared teams in history?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kstat
What does that have to do with anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by DennyMcLain
Disagree. The Spurs have had their asses handed to them the past several years (except last year, of course), and they continue to retain their core unit. The San Antonio management knows that sometimes series don't go your way. Popovich is a fantastic coach. Duncan is...er, Duncan. Parker is a fine guard. Manu is STILL the king of flop...etc etc. I expect no forced changes with the Spurs unit over the off-season. And next year, they'll probably be back in the WCF.Quote:
Originally Posted by -NoQuarter-
And I FUCKING HATE THE SPURS!!!!!!
You're kidding, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kstat
Lambieer would be respected enough to get away with that kinda shit from time to time. He'd shove game tapes of his playing days down their fucking bitchmade throats and say "See, you motherfuckers!!!! THAT is how you play the fucking game!!!!"
Also, with JoeD at the top, no player would be able to get away with any primadonna shit. They get a one way ticket to Potland if they pulled any bitchjob. The "Bad Boys" would be back.
Most of those guys probably grew up hating Laimbeer, so they wouldnt like him goign in.Quote:
Originally Posted by DennyMcLain
And today's rules don't apply to yesteryear, so all we'd be doing is setting ourselves up to foul out all the time.
I've seen Bill's offensive sets that he uses with the shock. They're good sets, but they dont meet our personnel. They depend on having big strong post scorers.
Dont get me wrong, I think the shock play awesome physical brand of ball. They are really fun to watch, because they actually play like a men's team in the paint. I just don't think it would work because we dont have any tall strong rebounders that can live in the paint.
Bill's teams also live at the foul line, which is something we can all agree would not be a good idea for this team. He kept calling plays for his power forward once and she went 0-10 from the FT line, and bill kept on running her play. I can only imagine what he'd do with ben wallace.
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Originally Posted by Kstat
And I've been spelling Laimbeer wrong all this time. Thanks a fucking lot.
I think Lamb's antics would wear on the team big-time.Quote:
Originally Posted by DennyMcLain
I also think we have a team opposite to the kind of ball he coaches. If Rasheed wasnt going into the post for shots 15 times per game, it wouldnt work at all.
And Ive never been yelled at for NOT correcting someone's spelling before....
I'm not Anthony, and damn proud of thayt;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kstat
I fucking give up on this team.
We have no heart/fire on this team right now. Example: Zo misses a shot or something, the whistle blows, he grabs the ball goes through a couple of guys and dunks the ball on us in a stoppage in play. WTF?
That shit shouldn't happen. This is the playoffs and we are acting like a bunch of pussies.
Just saying, if we want lambs as the next coach, Sheed definately has to go, and Ben will probably be moved to power forward.
Why shouldn't we all? They appear to have given up.Quote:
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Ben might go too. He isn't exactly tearing it up. Not even close.Quote:
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I blame Flipper for that. The brains of every team is it's coach. There's a reason why the TWolves never made it past the second round.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
Waitaminute. Did they ever MAKE IT to the second round?
If soldiers don't believe their general, the battle is lost before it's begun.
Or maybe he's better off playing PF, where he doesn't have to play centers much larger than him for 100 games a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
I might add his best stats were as a PF with CLiffy playing C.
In either case, he has to make at least %50 from the line. Its officially a problem.