Well, you can't call it a moral victory. Heat 92, Pistons 65.
What Happened:
The Heat got it going from downtown, and the Pistons got it going from nowhere at all. Detroit turned in one of its most anemic offensive performances in, well, days I guess. The team shot 39% from the field, made only one three pointer (in four attempts), and made only 12 of 19 free throws.
Worse, and extremely uncharacteristic of this team, the Pistons were destroyed on the boards. Miami grabbed 52 rebounds the Detroit's 25, even though Detroit missed only two more shots. Nobody on the Pistons managed to grab more then four rebounds.
More gory details? Charlie V. led all Piston scorers with 15, and only after dropping six points in the meaningless final three minutes. Had he sat, the Pistons would have topped out at 10 a piece from Gordon and Tayshaun Prince. Dwyane Wade played only 24 minutes, and managed to take down 22 points anyway. Joel Anthony outplayed all of the Pistons big men combined.
The Good:
Ben Gordon had 10 points on six shots in only 13 minutes, yet came up -14 for the game. Wow.
The Bad:
Rodney Stuckey, Chucky Atkins, Kwame Brown, Jason Maxiell, and Austin Daye combined for five points, four rebounds, and five assists on 1-10 shooting and 3-8 free throws in 73 minutes. In related news, the Pistons don't have anyone in the all star game this year.
The Phil Hubbard Unsung Hero:
The Takeaway:
Joe Dumars recently remarked that he would be hesitant to make a trade without knowing what he's got. We're starting to get a picture of what he's got. Flatly, these are the types of losses reserved for bad teams.
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BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
This team blows. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
just EPINION
2004: A poem
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
just EPINION
by real Rob G on Jan 29, 2010 10:51 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
My own poem...
There once was a lady from Wheeling
Who had a terrible feeling.
She laid on her back,
Opened her crack,
And peed all over the ceiling.
In the style of Carl Kasell's lymeric challenge
Guess the missing word to get Gilbert Gottfried’s voice saying “Ball don’t lie” on your home answering machine:
There once was a team from the D
That played the prettiest ball you would see
Their skills however faded
After Chauncey got traded
And now they can’t give tickets away for _______.
just EPINION
Wow
These Pistons would be great at old school girls basketball where you play three players on offense and three players on defense. Ben, Jonas, and Tay on defense, Charlie V, Rip, and Stuckey on offense. Too bad you only play 5 players and they have to play on both ends of the court. Ugh.
Next time Joe Dumars talks about the playoffs he should be forced to take a drug test.
A Haiku
Where are my Pistons?
Curry is gone and left us
With an empty shell
fin
by garrettelliott on Jan 30, 2010 11:41 AM CST reply actions 4 recs
more haiku
the pistons defense
porous, like cheesecloth, used to
catch a butterfly
just EPINION
by real Rob G on Jan 30, 2010 4:44 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
My oh my Detroit
khandor thinks you are elite
John Wall to save you?
by Boney on Jan 30, 2010 7:08 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
They haven't stink up the joint
this bad since the pre-G Hill days. Out rebounded 52-25?
Ick and Bleech!
As a Magic fan ...
As a Magic fan second (I’ve lived in Fla for decades), and a Piston fan first (grew up in Detroit in the Dave Bing era), when the two teams play, I always pull for whichever team “needs” the victory the most – I was looking forward to pulling for the Pistons today, but for the life of my cannot think of a reason to pull for them in this game.
It pains me to watch
a team so full of talent
yet devoid of soul
by mikek1024 on Jan 31, 2010 12:50 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
Cold in the D
the cold wind blows grass
outside the Palace. Inside,
shots just will not fall
just EPINION
where art thou kwame
we could use your inside D
the knights have spoken
by garrettelliott on Jan 31, 2010 9:09 AM CST up reply actions
Chucky! Chucky? why?
Why not Tony Delk? He
scored 50 once.
just EPINION
by real Rob G on Jan 31, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
With the thirty fifth
pick in the second round Jod
took DaJuan………………………………………….Summers?
by garrettelliott on Jan 31, 2010 10:42 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
When your really good for 6-8 years in a row there is bound to be a lul.
I am a Piston fan to the core and there is no reason to have such short memories. Joe D has made his mistakes but he had the Pistons contending for a title for six years straight. Too many fans have short term memories and say Joe D should be fired. After that long of a run there is going to be a transistion period. Not realizing that is unrealistic.
Hard one(loss) to swallow, thats what she said.
Joe D took a risk bringing in Sheed and getting Ben for G.Hill.
Those for the most part worked out. Charlie V not so much, but that is just for the time being. He is young and bound to get better.
Picking up Sheed was a risk and could have blown up in his face. You gotta take risks to get better. They all don’t work out, but you have to try.
Hard one(loss) to swallow, thats what she said.
"bound to get better"
A man can dream. That was a glass half full statement. Unfortunatley you might be right, the glass may never fill and start to evaporate into thin air.
If Charlie V doesn’t realize that his natural size/frame won’t cut it he will be doomed. Hit the weightroom CV and hit it with Big Ben, he will show you how its done.
Hard one(loss) to swallow, thats what she said.
If I was in the realm of Seis Ocho
and paid to play a rather contact game like Basketball, in Detroit, and somebody handed me a goddamn briefcase of money and hand picked me out of a class of free agents-
I would do everything I could to put on muscle, go out there and get waylay everybody I could, every night. It seems only right… go have a conversation with Arnie Kander.
Sometimes these dudes are so candy…. you said “Charlie V is here” and that you were in effect going to replace Rasheed Wallace. Well fucking go out there and do it then.
"I’ve had to overcome a lot of diversity." — Drew Gooden
by Skylar on Jan 31, 2010 11:52 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
+20lbs of muscle, -15 lbs of fat CV!
You look lathargic at times and your only 24 years old! C’mon man!
Hard one(loss) to swallow, thats what she said.
Every time Mark Jackson talks I realize again how fucking stupid he is.
by Gabe F-B on Jan 31, 2010 4:18 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
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