and i like kevin acting as if he’s above the “peanut gallery” gm-ing. should i find about 80 “kevin s.” posts that suggest otherwise?

Why unimpressive. Flip played a 7 man rotation.

A team that has to play a 7 man rotation in the first round in order to win is doomed in the playoffs.

There has never been a team in modern NBA history that has played a 7 man rotation in the first round and won the Title much less the Conference Finals

An uptight coach that created an uptight team. As Amir Johnson stated when asked about his lack of playing time in the playoffs.

I just have be ready if called on and if called on remember not to make any mistakes.

People who think in terms of making mistakes rather than succeeding do not succeed. Flip has instilled though his own paranoia a mentality of fear of failure in the Pistons.

Flip must go if the Pistons ever expect to win a Title.

i would love to see your predictions come true.
however, i´m a bit more concerned… this is just a perfect double from last years effort against chicago in round two.
well, maybe the last couple of games of that series. detroit was up big time (3-0 ??) and they let the bulls crawl back in it, because … hell, no one knows why…
this year we STARTED the playoffs with that kind of mentality (or whatever it is)

Was that a one time thing or a sign of things to come?

thank you for your rational and cogent evaluation of last night’s game. i think we all as fans have a personal stake in the success of our team. when confronted with the fear of our team losing, some leap to catastrophizing, or blaming the coach, or bashing the players. all of which i have been guilty of in the past.

but i would rather be patient and hopeful instead of negative and fearful. i would rather see this team for who they are. every person on the pistons organization is a professional who wants to win. so, maybe i should give them the benefit of the doubt, including flip.

it makes so much sense that they were playing poorly cuz they were tight and afraid of making a mistake, not because they didn’t care about winning. in retrospect, i am now appreciative of flip’s decision to get his players to loosen up and have fun.

So glad we’re coming home.

Is the series 2-2? Yes. That means we’re tied, right? We’re tied, until Detroit pulls another “not a necessary win, let’s force a Game 7″ deal. They’re too old to be getting away with this shit.

I was wearing my red Piston #1 B-B-B-Billups Jersey on Friday night as my girlfriend and I went to a sports bar to watch the game and get some drinks. Needless to say, I felt like a complete jerk-off by the end of the night. The bartender had a bad boys era jersey on, which he PROMPTLY flipped inside out as soon as he realized how “bad the new bad boys” were playing. I of course still wore my jersey proud (sort of), as not to appear like a fair weather fan. An ass whooping, of mad proportions - from the FUCKING STAR-LESS 76ers?!

Say it isn’t so Detroit, say you’re not pulling a Dallas on us. All these fucking years, waiting in anticipation - for what? To open up to a long series with a sub-par team? It’s like the die-hard fans of Detroit have been getting jerked off consistently for 4 years, only to have a cork shoved up our pee holes upon climax EACH TIME.

Yeah yeah, we won game 4. Big freakin’ deal. Play with this type of inconsistency against the Celtics and see what happens. They’re going to eat us alive. If it’s “time to go to work”, then this team is about as useful to Detroit as the U.A.W.

But, I did have an epiphany as I anxiously awaited the internet to display the final score of Game 4:

At least I’m not a Mavs or Suns fan.