Just in case more motivation was needed …
by Matt W on May 27, 2008 11:58 PM CDT
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... Deadspin has it:
(Update: Should have figured -- you can pre-order a Detroit shirt, as well.)
Also, here's a portion of Dan Shaughnessy's column from Monday's Boston Globe:
Can't help it. The Celtics are ahead of the Pistons, and the Lakers are ahead of the Spurs, and by this time next week we could be knee deep in Magic/Larry throwback jerseys and "Beat LA" chants. It'll be time to dust off that video of Kevin McHale taking down Kurt Rambis on the breakaway at the Forum in 1984.
If things go according to plan, Game 1 of Celtics vs. Lakers starts next Thursday night at the Garden (Tuesday if by some miracle the Celtics and Lakers both win in five).
[...] The story lines will be spectacular. We can go way back to the 1960s when the Lakers never could beat the Celtics in the Finals. There was Frank Selvy's shot and six Lakers teams sent home by the Green. There was the night Jack Kent Cooke filled the Forum ceiling with balloons, infuriating Red Auerbach and inspiring Bill Russell in his last professional game. The '69 Celtics beat a Lakers team that had Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, and Elgin Baylor. It was the last roundup for Russell and Sam Jones.
Blah blah blah -- he goes on to mention every notable Boston-LA Finals in the 70's and 80's, but I'll spare you. No one's winning this series in five games, we know that much after Detroit's dominating win in Game 4. The Lakers just took a 3-1 lead over the Spurs, so "if things go according to plan" in my book, the NBA Finals will be about re-visiting the 1988, 1989 and 2004 NBA Finals.
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In spite of the result last night (the closest 19 point decision you’ll ever see), it seems to me the Celts are just thismuch better than than the Pistons. But… it’s been an extremely entertaining series so far, but the Pistons have the edge in the fact that Boston is just flat out terrible on the road. It’s almost a blessing they have two road games, as opposed to two home games.
Flip got a lot of love, particularly from Kenny Smith tonight on the TNT post game show. I concur. Moreover, I’m confident Doc Rivers is going to find a way to mess this up. It’s probably going 7, we’ll see how it pans out. Mr. Shaughnessy is a little ahead of himself. Can wait to see the column is they lose.
by V on May 28, 2008 12:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I love it when a plan comes together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyz_2DEah4o
Perhaps next week we could all be part of the LA underground.
by Sauce1977 on May 28, 2008 12:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So does this make Shaughnessy the Colonel Decker?
by Sauce1977 on May 28, 2008 12:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A little premature. Detroit doesn’t need the motivation, they got Dice for that, but Boston better not buy into the hype. That’s the kinda shit that will come back and bite you on the arse!
by Laughton on May 28, 2008 12:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
dan shaugnessy epitomizes the phrase “tool.”
i don’t think he could avoid sounding like a complete crank even if he tried.
the pistons are gonna make him eat his feet by this time next sunday.
by Pistonian revolution on May 28, 2008 1:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
@Sauce:
actually, its “i love it when a plan for a plan coming together comes together”.
That’s the motivational phrase in the meta title of my company’s project management wiki.
by Mike Payne on May 28, 2008 1:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I love what happens to these shirts when they don’t pan out correctly – you generally see them worn by starving children in South Africa on the Feed The Children Network.
by Detroit Dreshaj on May 28, 2008 5:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
@Pistonian revolution
Now, there’s something that Boston and Detroit fans can both agree on. Nobody likes the CHB here either.
by ChrisClark on May 28, 2008 8:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lets make sure that T-shirt goes to wherever those “Superbowl Champions 19-0” T’s went.
by Prophecy_projectz on May 28, 2008 9:49 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t look now, but here is the Pistons 2008 championship shirt.
http://store.nba.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3132572&cp=1421540
The NBA can’t wait to make more money.
by wide load on May 28, 2008 9:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
As I said Prophecy, on the backs of malnourished children.
by Detroit Dreshaj on May 28, 2008 9:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sigh. I used to own a “Three the Hard Way” t-shirt, put out the year after the second of the Bad Boys’s back-to-back ’ships. Could never bring myself to wear it.
by Toledo Joe on May 28, 2008 10:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I have a “Dean for President ’04” shirt if anyone wants it…
by Rob G on May 28, 2008 10:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
When I was walking through a flea market way back when, I spotted some 1987 Detroit Tigers AL Champions shirts.
by Sauce1977 on May 28, 2008 10:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
by Celts1485 on May 28, 2008 11:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
god, i loathe the celtics so much. the thought of losing to them makes me want to trip children on the playground. they are easily in my top 5 most hated franchises in any sport. the only good thing about boston is the tv series “cheers.” and that was shot in l.a.
(ironically, i actually like boston, the town. i guess i’m just currently at odds with everyone who resides within it.)
by JackDutch on May 28, 2008 11:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
http://store.nba.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3132572&cp=1421540
You can visit the above link to order your Detroit Pistons ECF Championship tee shirt. Motivation goes both ways.
by FLCeltsFan on May 28, 2008 11:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
JD, infinity percent agreed.
KG is the Yao Ming of leprechauns.
by Sauce1977 on May 28, 2008 11:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Deadspin is never wrong, even when they’re wrong.
by Sauce1977 on May 28, 2008 1:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
it’s one thing to pre-order these shirts online, but its another thing when these shirts are on the racks, being sold b4 the series ends.
by sc on May 28, 2008 2:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I saw a Celtics “2008 Division Champion” hat at a sporting goods store and it made me sick. Celtics and their fans don’t put up banners or celebrate anything but championships, and any Celtics fan who would wear anything that referred to a conference or division championship is a poser.
Some young Celtics fans might not remember our last championship, in 1986, but if they don’t know the history, they aren’t real fans.
This best of three between Boston and Detroit for the right to go to the Finals is going to be a battle for the ages. We still haven’t seen a game yet where both teams were at the top of their game.
by TripleOT on May 28, 2008 2:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
NBA Store online made it available to pre-order those T-shirts for all 4 ECF teams. The fact that the Celtics’ shirts were actually in stores on racks is the crazy thing.
by Matt on May 28, 2008 3:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
doesn’t matter. still hate boston. celtics are jerks. and sam adams beer is awful and his miniseries was boring.
by JackDutch on May 28, 2008 4:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Some Boston fan was telling me that Sam Adams beer tasted like donkey piss, but I shooed him away with a broom, screaming, “Begone, foul one! Only you’d know what that tastes like!”
http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=3214
Try better beer, you Boston bums.
by Sauce1977 on May 28, 2008 5:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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