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RipCityRobert
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 Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:17 am Post subject: Good to see |
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the sheed of old last night! 
In Detroit, this one goes down as the Disgrace in the Palace. Even great teams lose playoff games at home, but the Pistons' 91-86 loss to Miami in Game 1 was downright embarrassing.
The Pistons' handiest excuse is that rust overcame rest. They'd played umpteen games in umpteen days, and were simply too tired to put up much resistance.
Too tired to do what? Rotate on defense? Set sturdy screens? Make decisive cuts? Hustle in transition? Knock down a reasonable percentage of wide-open gimme jumpers?
Bah!
This was the opener of the third-round of the money tournament, and there's plenty of time to catch up on missed zzzzs in July and August.
The Pistons were nearly awakened from their slumbers late in the third quarter when Alonzo Mourning fouled Tayshaun Prince a mite too hard and seemed to rouse the home team. But no. The Pistons barked a while, then continued their somnambulant play. Later on, a flagrant foul by James Posey also produced more woofing, but little else.
Rasheed Wallace was one of the worst offenders, sashaying through the action with total nonchalance, and not scoring a point until 8:23 of the third quarter. He finished with a not-so grand total of 7 points (on 3-10 shooting), and 3 measly rebounds. |
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Dorray
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| The Pistons really need to get their act together. Do they think they can just waltz into the finals? |
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Socks
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| I love Flip Saunders, but really this is an area where I think a guy like Larry Brown has him outclassed. I just don't see a Larry Brown coached team coming out with the lack of focus Detroit has displayed in the playoffs so far. |
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Walter Sobchak
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Dorray wrote: | | The Pistons really need to get their act together. Do they think they can just waltz into the finals? |
I think that's exactly what they think. They're way overconfident and think they can just turn up the defensive clamps whenever they choose. Miami's nothing to sneeze at though, they better get it in gear quick or the Heat'll be making their first ever trip to the Finals.
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