Comments on: Pistons stare directly at the Suns early, still see the bucket late http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/ A Detroit Pistons blog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:00:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: In Arizona, it’s not the humidity that gets you, it’s Nash at Detroit Bad Boys http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-28396 In Arizona, it’s not the humidity that gets you, it’s Nash at Detroit Bad Boys Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:55:27 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-28396 [...] Pistons in January, but last year the Pistons swept the season series by winning in Phoenix and at the Palace, so the Suns are hardly [...] […] Pistons in January, but last year the Pistons swept the season series by winning in Phoenix and at the Palace, so the Suns are hardly […]

]]> By: Pistons lose game and Chauncey Billups | Detroit Bad Boys http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-12913 Pistons lose game and Chauncey Billups | Detroit Bad Boys Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:52:54 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-12913 [...] Like I alluded to above, the details as to how this one went down are inconsequential compared to how the Pistons are going to get by for the next 10-14 days with their All-Star point guard. And, in a cruel twist of fate, whoever starts at point guard for Detroit will be immediately compared to the cream of the crop, as reigning two-time MVP Steve Nash and the Suns arrive on Sunday afternoon for a New Years eve matinee at the Palace. The last time the Pistons faced the Suns, Chauncey outscored Nash 35 to 13 while leading Detroit to a win (which, coincidentally, was the win that officially clinched the No. 1 seed in the East for Detroit). [...] […] Like I alluded to above, the details as to how this one went down are inconsequential compared to how the Pistons are going to get by for the next 10-14 days with their All-Star point guard. And, in a cruel twist of fate, whoever starts at point guard for Detroit will be immediately compared to the cream of the crop, as reigning two-time MVP Steve Nash and the Suns arrive on Sunday afternoon for a New Years eve matinee at the Palace. The last time the Pistons faced the Suns, Chauncey outscored Nash 35 to 13 while leading Detroit to a win (which, coincidentally, was the win that officially clinched the No. 1 seed in the East for Detroit). […]

]]> By: Bucks freeze in Piston headlights; Redd mess results at Detroit Bad Boys http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-901 Bucks freeze in Piston headlights; Redd mess results at Detroit Bad Boys Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:56:10 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-901 [...] 9:00 — Bucks run out to an early 9-2 lead. And here we were thinking Detroit would throw out the usual script for the playoffs. [...] […] 9:00 — Bucks run out to an early 9-2 lead. And here we were thinking Detroit would throw out the usual script for the playoffs. […]

]]> By: Pistons fall to Magic’s spell at Detroit Bad Boys http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-900 Pistons fall to Magic’s spell at Detroit Bad Boys Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:55:46 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-900 [...] Remember my handy little template for writing Pistons game recaps? The Pistons allowed the hot-shooting [insert opponent here] to take a commanding lead on [insert day of game], at one point trailing by as many as [insert largest deficit here] — at times [insert opponent's leading scorer] was simply unstoppable. In the end, however, the Boys in Blue withstood the charge, putting on the clamps in the second half before relying on [insert player here] to key a fourth-quarter rally. [...] […] Remember my handy little template for writing Pistons game recaps? The Pistons allowed the hot-shooting [insert opponent here] to take a commanding lead on [insert day of game], at one point trailing by as many as [insert largest deficit here] — at times [insert opponent’s leading scorer] was simply unstoppable. In the end, however, the Boys in Blue withstood the charge, putting on the clamps in the second half before relying on [insert player here] to key a fourth-quarter rally. […]

]]> By: Streak snapped at 73; Rasheed Wallace’s suspension upheld at Detroit Bad Boys http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-899 Streak snapped at 73; Rasheed Wallace’s suspension upheld at Detroit Bad Boys Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:48:25 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-899 [...] Personally, I think this is a testament to McDyess' lack of ego (Eli Zaret would agree — he touched upon this in his latest post on Blue Collar Blueprint). Also, the silver lining to this is that Wallace will be well-rested for the upcoming Florida road trip: the Pistons travel to Miami on Thursday and Orlando on Friday. I mentioned this in passing on Sunday, but it's worth saying again — now that "the streak" is officially a non-issue, Saunders can give serious thought to completely resting his starters for the final game or two, at least if the team's lead over the Spurs for homecourt advantage in the NBA Finals holds up. [...] […] Personally, I think this is a testament to McDyess’ lack of ego (Eli Zaret would agree — he touched upon this in his latest post on Blue Collar Blueprint). Also, the silver lining to this is that Wallace will be well-rested for the upcoming Florida road trip: the Pistons travel to Miami on Thursday and Orlando on Friday. I mentioned this in passing on Sunday, but it’s worth saying again — now that “the streak” is officially a non-issue, Saunders can give serious thought to completely resting his starters for the final game or two, at least if the team’s lead over the Spurs for homecourt advantage in the NBA Finals holds up. […]

]]> By: Matt Watson http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-898 Matt Watson Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:52:36 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-898 LA Mike -- no, you're right. Layups and dunks can be blamed on the defense, but the Suns were making just about everything else, too. Plus, I guess I just kind of expected an onslaught like that since that's what the Suns do to everyone. Not only that, their bench just kept unloading on us, too -- that's quite a deep team. I guess I'm just giving the defense a pass for the first-half play 1) because it came against the Suns, and 2) they turned it on in the second half, which we're getting used to seeing. LA Mike — no, you’re right. Layups and dunks can be blamed on the defense, but the Suns were making just about everything else, too. Plus, I guess I just kind of expected an onslaught like that since that’s what the Suns do to everyone. Not only that, their bench just kept unloading on us, too — that’s quite a deep team.

I guess I’m just giving the defense a pass for the first-half play 1) because it came against the Suns, and 2) they turned it on in the second half, which we’re getting used to seeing.

]]> By: LA Mike http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-897 LA Mike Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:16:55 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-897 "but in reality there's simply nothing that can be done when every guy on the opposing team is shooting the lights out. " Lay-ups are a high percentage shot at any level of basketball. The Suns had 13 lay-ups in the first half. 8 in the first quarter! How can you not blame that on a pitiful Piston's defense in the first half? “but in reality there’s simply nothing that can be done when every guy on the opposing team is shooting the lights out. ”

Lay-ups are a high percentage shot at any level of basketball.

The Suns had 13 lay-ups in the first half. 8 in the first quarter!

How can you not blame that on a pitiful Piston’s defense in the first half?

]]> By: Matt Watson http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-896 Matt Watson Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:16:02 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-896 According to McCosky's recap at the News, Sheed arrived about 15 minutes before tip-off -- arriving late and hitting the game traffic certainly compounded his forgetting to spring-forward. I haven't heard if there's anything else going on, but it's certainly extremely rare for a player to arrive that late. The fine isn't anything personal -- stuff like that is automatic with most teams. According to McCosky’s recap at the News, Sheed arrived about 15 minutes before tip-off — arriving late and hitting the game traffic certainly compounded his forgetting to spring-forward. I haven’t heard if there’s anything else going on, but it’s certainly extremely rare for a player to arrive that late. The fine isn’t anything personal — stuff like that is automatic with most teams.

]]> By: Ree http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-895 Ree Mon, 03 Apr 2006 02:21:49 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2006-04-02/pistons-stare-directly-at-the-suns-early-still-see-the-bucket-late/#comment-895 Hey thanks for the recap. i actually taped the game coz i was at work. when i watched it tonight, the abc announcers we commentin about how Sheed was late because of the time change but more so they were implyin that there was more to the story then whats being said. did you guys catch that? and if so what do you think?? they also said that he's going to get fined, but thats just the norm. Hey thanks for the recap.

i actually taped the game coz i was at work. when i watched it tonight, the abc announcers we commentin about how Sheed was late because of the time change but more so they were implyin that there was more to the story then whats being said. did you guys catch that? and if so what do you think?? they also said that he’s going to get fined, but thats just the norm.

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