I used to do that all the time … in the third grade. Just saying. Rajon Rondo and the Celtics will have to learn a few new tricks if they’re going to take back command of the series tonight at the Palace. If you’re going to the game, don’t forget about the whole “white out” thing (although you’ll be given a t-shirt at the door no matter what).
Not that I have to tell you guys, but it’s a big sports night in Detroit with the start of the Stanley Cup Finals happening down at the Joe. Stop by On the Wings and Behind the Jersey for the latest on the Red Wings.
Ball tips at 8:30 on ABC — leave your thoughts in the comments.
Bring it on, Boston. Detroit could use a good fight.
This wont be easy as people say it will, Allen has found his stroke and Boston is playing with there backs to the wall. You know there gonna want this. Detroit has to be the agressor and dictate the pace with there energy. I cant stress this enough.
P_P: Your skepticism is duly noted and it will be interesting to see if you are correct. Personally, I’m going to assume that Boston has no chance of winning at The Palace until the final buzzer sounds there and the Celtics have more points than the Pistons. As an aside, while I love and respect that your viewpoint is completely different than mine, I wish that our attention to grammar was a bit more convergent.
I was in a rush, had to step out the room real quick. Seriously though, its the talkback section of a blog and not a dissertation.
Besides, its not like I said “OH NOEZ!!!! Da’Stones R Teh DooomZ!!!! WTF! FTL!!!”
I was harsh there, fair play. However, I hate it when people misuse there, their, they’re and/or your, you’re. You substituted “there” for their and they’re in that post. Doing it twice in such close proximity is like saying “Da’Stones R Teh DooomZ!!!!” to me.
I disagree, sauce. I could use a laugher. But I’ll settle for a game 3 W.
LawyerBoy,
Can we play nice with each other tonight?
Regards,
Boney
GrammarBoy…
Their Their now. They’re will come a time for everyone to express there views on there subject of choice.
It is so good to be here right now. The last two days have been the exact evil twin of fun. Crush them naughty, evil Celtics. We needs our preciousss! Yessss.
Go Stones!
GrammarBoy, you making it out?
I suppose I had all that coming.
Did you know there is a show called American Latino? The only similar thing we could have here would be like, Aussie New Zealander : A Sheep Rooters Tale.
JD: Sure, I haven’t heard from anyone. Why the hell not? Want to give me more details on when you plan to get there or whatever?
What time is it in Detroit right now? I want this game started already.
Laughton: 8:11pm in Detroit. Game starts shortly after 8:30pm.
On a side note, the Lakers look serious. Like Championship serious. I know that might be stating the overstated and obvious but now it looks like they are indeed the team to take it, regardless of this series’outcome.
Keep watching American Latino I guess.
I guess LB and I cannot be friends, even though we both want to the same thing to happen
Prophecy, I don’t have the Pistons making it past the 1st round
Boney: Of course we can. No hard feelings, I just have to go and meet up with JackDutch now. I need to grow a pair and ignore that I may feel awkward or misrepresented trying to seek out a “blind date” with another man in a bar located firmly in the homosexual capital of one of the most liberal cities in America.
haha
LB, what happened at PIAB.com? You filing papers against them?
Its legal baby yeah!
*uppercuts himself*
Hey I was happy I was proved wrong. Its not like I was the only one.
But I just wanted to know how people felt about the Lakers right now and how they match up with Detroit/Boston?
Boney: Working on it, but it’s not going to happen overnight. I’ve been studying up on the case law and it’s kinda ambiguous which means I’m going to have to get some subpoenas and such which involves a lot. I think they banned me from commenting (which is fine), I also think they banned themselves from commenting on Celtics ECF losses, which is lame. I should really leave to go meet JD now or I’m going to miss tip-off. Have fun everyone.
Hey fellas, I’m writing from my soon-to-be mother-in-law’s house tonight, where I’ll be watching the game. I won’t be checking up here at DBB much, but rest assured my future mom will see a new side of Mike Payne. I’ll be the cursingest fool in Iowa tonight, screaming at a TV in front of my future fam tonight– albeit in celebration, not frustration.
Go DET!
LB: already here. To the far left once you enter. Only dude here in a pistons hat.
aww how cute!
Take pictures you guys!
JD: And you’re still commenting? You must have one of those nifty phones. Walking out the door now. I live 5 mins. away. Should be inside in 15 minutes, absolute tops.
Let go Pistons
Its do or die. I hate I have to watch Mark Jackson and Van Gundy
It’s not Hubie tonight?
Well, I am a big believer that if any team wins it all this year (apart from us) it will be Kobe’s Crew. If they meet us in the finals it will be a damn good show, but they won’t score as easy and will eventually lose. The matchups work for us except in regards to Kobe. As for Pau, Sheed would destroy him.
I’m loving that “we’re back” by Sheed.
It sends chills up David Stern’s back
lol@ Sheed
Boston gaurding us much tougher
What the hell man….
Guess Boston wins there first road.
Im so fucking happy right now. Go damn net feed is fucked!
Rip’s a flopper in the Manu mode.
Come on Detroit pick it up. I know the Celtics are defending us well but we gotta attack more aggressivley.
KG out is cool.
Damn the shots arent falling…
4 points in the first 6 minutes . . . how could you have dead weight in your legs, Pistons, after winning that game on the road?
2 fouls for Chauncey. Pistons gotta ba careful…
Sauce to be fair, the Celtics have defended us well in the first 3 mins. Although a couple of shots just arent falling that should like Tays last one.
I dont know if its so much the off switch as much as it is Bostons defense. Damn… They cant trail in this series.
I hate this so much.
Stuckey is unbelievable!
And the Alien has landed (Cassell)
The slow starts have been maddening. I hope this trend doesn’t continue, it could be costly at some point.
no the start we were looking for but a great bounce back from down 9 to down 2
It was “gotta be” in the previous post, sorry.
As for the game, Tayshaun is getting in their passing lanes, now that Rip is guarding Pierce. The paint seems to have closed for Boston, too.
*not
Thank god for Rodney. Makes you wonder how things would have been the previous ECFs had we had someone like him.
It speaks volume when our rookie is the only one at times who isnt afraid to at least go in and draw something from this tough Celtic defense. Seriously, Sheed and Dice should have BEEN doing this the last 2 years.
oooooh, i saw that. once the shit hits the fan they start arguing on the court….
cassel hasn’t played in a lifetime don’t give him any shit
Who the hell just said Ball Dont lie to J-Max?
ok with the snd TO - now chew his ass
It’s not hard to guess which need the C’s will be addressing this offseason.
Zombie Sam Cassell is in the game. I think it’s easier to teach Rondo to shoot when he’s open then to win a championship with the undead as your backup PG.
Watch out for Paulie
Mmmm babies.
Keep this going Detroit, Boston havent given it to Pierce yet. Gotta take advantage of that.
Nice takedown Maxiell! ABUSE THE FAT MAN
Morons….
I want them to beat Garnett’s ass when he comes back out on the floor. No reason, I just love fights.
They need to keep doing those curls. After they tied the game, they stopped doing it, and ball movement became predictable.
Come on Bavetta get a quick 3rd on KG, you can do it!
lousy bounce back from the C’s. three pointers from the “role players” a.k.a. “will work for a ring and do only one thing if ya need”
All that work and a couple of lapses on D and we’re trailing big again…
That Boston bench has come to play. I was suprised Davis and Cassell didnt play in Game 2, regular season considering…
Buncha mercenaries. It’s hard to get worked up over such a nomadic team. Boston brings new meaning to ‘fantasy draft.’ Pathetic.
That was a piss poor finish to the 1st. All that hard work negated in the span of 90 freaking seconds. Come on guys! You can do better!
Side note: I’m back and forth working my dual tuner TiVo with the Wings and Pistons. Sorry if anything I say has already been posted.
I’ll live with those ridiculous Sam Cassell shots all night.
Just showed up. Not excited about the score. How have we played in a nutshell?
Aw yeah, bullshit call goes for us!
Dash Rick, not that great. But Boston’s in foul trouble, so oh thank heaven for Bavetta 11.
That block was amazing. Go Max.
their talking about how tall Maxi is again.
i thought we had that discussion already. don’t they read DBB?
Maxiell is hungry. As in, all-game-long-block-machine hungry.
I’d like to see them convert better in transition. Stuckey seems to be looking to abuse Gollem (Cassell).
I yelled so loud on that block, my upstairs neighbor stomped on the floor at me
stuckey for game 2
maxiell for game 3
and for all you real deep down homers:
Amir for the rest of the playoffs
That is an awful suit on Michael Curry. I hate that checkerbox design.
“Chauncey! He’s got one Shoe?!”-Flip
LMAO
*dies*
Somebody smack KG in the face COME ON
Damn man….
Boston just playing better
like we don’t have enough NRG and even good shots aren’t falling…
We are committing really bad fouls. Stop falling for the jump fakes!
Pistons aren´t shooting well, but the rest leaves room for improvement. A single player has yet to step up.
The Palace sounds WAY to quiet. C’mon make some noise!
Ummm, who had KG there?
Well I did say Boston was probably gonna play us more tougher cause of the urgency to win on the road.We’re kinda lucky Allen hasnt been hitting his shots (for now)or else it really would be over.
You know this Boston team really are similar to us. The way they attacked us in this game and game 1 is similar to how we run ourselves. Of course they are a bit more hunger and have KG rather than Sheed so I guess that gives them the edge. Hopefully Detroit comes out in Game 4 a bit more motivated like in Game 2 and how Boston did in this game.
But this game is over…
Whoever said they’re defending well, yes . . . but, Detroit, they’re just slipping way under the bar on offense. The Knicks could be winning this game right now. Ridiculous.
Detroit isn´t focused right now. They´re not paying attention on defensive rebounds, nor on offensive ones come to think of it. That Sheed jumper felt contrived.
Did I just say “It really would be over” and then declare this game over anyway?
Im an idiot…
This game isn´t over.
shooting isn’t exactly bad by the stones but a number of shots have just rolled the wrong way and not gone down. Basically they need to slow this game down more, it seems to be going a bit too fast for them being in the diminutive position in regards to the score. If we’re up by 13 and rolling, the stones are fine to increase the tempo a bit, but not when we’re down.
Flip’s Fault.
Hey Fellas, this is Mike Payne’s future wife, checking her email happening upon his comment…And trust in the fact that “big talker Payne” isn’t betraying his badness…his “future mother-in-law” is drunk AND cussing at LEAST two hours before he is…We’re drunks…It’s how we roll…
Go DET!
Um game not over
somebody put a ban on prophecy projectz. he and phil saunders should hang. what the F** is this ‘its over’ stuff???
WAKE THE FUCK UP DETROIT DAMN YOU
Also let me substitue “is” and “hungry” in my second to last post
Arggggghhhhh! We are playing uninspired ball. I am mad, plain mad, right now.
Not a big fan of the white t-shirts so far.
piñon lopez
May 24th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
somebody put a ban on prophecy projectz. he and phil saunders should hang. what the F** is this ‘its over’ stuff???
Look I’ll admit Im a pesimistic guy, but show me the last time Detroit came from behind against an elite defensive team?
Come on Detroit attack KG and get those fouls on him.
Painful and unwatchable.
Don’t worry. Kobe will explode in the 2nd half. Oh wait…wrong series.
We were totally amped on d, then we had silly sheed to leading to posey three, followed by complete breakdown cassell 3. D hasn’t been the same since.
The Pistons needed a good solid run to end the half and hopefully, they can turn things around come the 3rd quarter.
A step too slow today. And it doesn’t help that Bavetta’s crew is officiating.
I see which team’s the better team . . . Billups’s friends, the Boston Mercenaries.
F-ing pathetic.
Yeesh! What an awful half.
Prince and Rip are shooting awfully. And Chauncey is missing-in-action. Let´s see how they react, but they´re going to need their A-game to bring the Palace´s crowd to its feet.
Don’t blame the officiating. Or Flip. This is just a case of only one team coming to play. The Defense is so much better with Stuckey in there over Chauncey.
Boston is just flat beating us right now. Their defense is much better tonight, and we’re doing nothing to make them adjust. We were effective for a brief 3 minute time with Stuckey in the game, who continued to play well. If we can chip this thing inside of 10 and get the crowd in it, then Boston might start to get a little tight. It’s definitely not over, but we look terrible tonight.
Well I still expect the series to go seven games, but I think Boston is a little bit more alert and more hungry so I guess they will win this series.
I f**king hate Billups! Play you bald f**k or sit your ass down and let Stuckey do something! Why bother dressing in uniform, if you aren’t going to play?
Dude, we f-ing get it. You think we’re going to lose. You thought we would lose to Philly, you thought we would lose to Orlando, so you obviously think we’re going to lose to Boston. And if by some fantastic miracle we beat them, I’m sure you think we’ll lose the finals. But for now it’s time to STFU already. Dammit.
QD, even if the Pistons won the championship, I don’t want Flip. No compromise. He needs to be gone.
This team looks completely different when billups attacks the paint…he is such a good decision maker in there, why does he take himself out of games?
Look at this pathetic stat-line:
C. Billups 13:40 MIN 0-1 FG 2-2 FT -23 +/- 0 REBS 1 AST 1 TO 3 PF
Who is the guy in Pistons #1?
WHERE IS OUR BACKCOURT?
32% ; we can do better than that! C’mon!!
Its not Flip. Its the players! They are not focus. I can’t watch this BS! I am going outside and play with my kids!!!!! I am so sick of them doing this to us.
Lol at kg to russell: winning all those chamionships, that’s an area where I haven’t had much success in my career
Haha understatement of the year kevin
Other Matt
May 24th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Dude, we f-ing get it. You think we’re going to lose. You thought we would lose to Philly, you thought we would lose to Orlando, so you obviously think we’re going to lose to Boston. And if by some fantastic miracle we beat them, I’m sure you think we’ll lose the finals. But for now it’s time to STFU already. Dammit.
I try not to give up?
Look on the bright side, the Wings look in good shape.
Seeing the KG-Bill Russell segment is cool as a basketball fan, but I think I would rather see a Lambier-Billups half time conversation RIGHT NOW. Yikes.
Look on the
Look at it this way, when we beat them, this game will make all sorts of top-ten countdowns on espn.com
On an unrelated note, I am at a bachelor weekend in Delaware, notable for three reasons.
1) I am watching the game on a flat screen, which by day is covered by a print of some pelicans. The print is on a sliding track, but is not removable, meaning that I will forever associate this game with pelicans.
2) Someone had the brilliant idea to give the melon-ball conept a whirl. At present, we are trying to stem the flow of vodka and watermelon juice produced by an errant slice of the knife.
3) There are beaches in Delaware. Nice ones. Isn’t that curious? Up until now, I had not heard of Delaware.
Maybe if Chauncey’s buddy, Coach Flip, weren’t game-planning so much fun, we’d be a better team right now.
Seriously? Billups is -23? I had to check the box score to verify that. That’s unfreakingbelievable. Hard to pin that on Flip.
No, Other Matt, they win or he’s gone, everything is pinned on him now.
I’m starting to think those foreign guys in the steamroom of the heineken commercial could stop the Pistons on defense tonight… christ
kevin s., yeah Delaware has nice beaches. The other thing that’s nice is the 0% sales tax. I also think they’re one of the few states with no income tax, too.
Completely disagree with Sauce. Rationality has left the building. We’re all mad that the Pistons are playing bad this game. No wait, terribly, horribly, hatefully bad. Nothing wrong, though, I suppose, with a little venting.
We could still win this game. Boston tastes blood, for sure. They’re feeling it. We have no swagger, and worse yet no shot. This is NOT flips fault. These Pistons have been lackadaisical just EXACTLY LIKE THIS under other coaches. Even future Hall of Famers like Mr. Brown. This is not a defense of Flip, as such. Hardly. Just a plea for reason.
Of course reason is tough sometimes when dealing with this Pistons team.
How does Joe D do it year after year? God bless him.
oh well
Look on the bright side:
The Wings are looking good right now.
Sauce, I don’t disagree with the “they win or he’s gone” sentiment. Admittedly, the Wings game has been way more watchable than this crap. So that’s dulling this pain slightly, not that I love the Wings more, I don’t, I favor the Pistons by a country mile. It’s just that we’ve been so bad tonight, I’m watching hockey.
Completely disagree with Dash Rick.
I never liked him, and this kind of game really doesn’t make me like him anymore. And when people post crap about defending Flip for a job never delivered, you stir up the hornet’s nest. Case closed.
Also, +/- is a weak stat over a small sample. Didn’t stuckey come in with like 6 to go in the first I.e. When garnett was out? So billups doesn’t get those kg-less mins…certainly billups has been terrible, just hate short-term +/-
Like I said, rationality has left the building.
Unfortunately, so have the Pistons. The Palace that is.
I agree with one thing . . . I’m losing my mind. Words cannot express the hatred I have for this team right now.
And Sauce… I agree with that sentiment completely. I feel your pain. We all do. How can you have two completely different teams in a span of 48 hours!?!?!
It will be a tough call on Flip. He has improved as a coach but with 2004 looking farther away in the rare view, how much pressure will Joe D be to Win it all now?
Wow, Samuelsson with another.
The second half has a much slower pace to start, that’s got to favor us.
Perk getting upset with kg for not giving him the ball when he’s near the three point line makes me smile
“Flip is being outcoached right now by Doc”
- famous last words of a blind homer Piston fan
Is it possible to be outcoached by Doc Rivers? I was unaware.
To me, the players are at fault, but a Phil Jackson wouldn’t let them continue like this. They would get talked to in ways that would get through to them. And Flip’s had 3 seasons of this now. He ought to know the starting 5 underachievers when they show up, and he’s as clueless about these things as ever.
The score should be the exact opposite. We WANT to cheer our hearts out for this team. How can you make ANY noise there if they play like this? Seriously, even if they won this game, it’s disgusting. Fuck the Pistons.
Wings up 2-0
BAH! COME ON!
aaaand there goes our run
Kg just murdering us, our d looks completely lazy
Cant believe Pierce and Allen havent been a factor. Guess Flip didnt consider the rest of the Celts coming to play. I would have throught the regular season meetings would have been something to consider. Guess he chanced it on a specfic game plan.
Go Red Wings!
Forty
May 24th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Kg just murdering us, our d looks completely lazy
Well he’s Kevin Garnett…
Perkinisabeast, onlyifyoudon’thaveanyoneguardinghim.
-sigh-
Yeah agreed prophecy. I like what the announcers said about helping off rondo. How many jumpers has he taken today? I think 0, and that tells me we’re defending suboptimally. He should constantly be in situations where he has to shoot…
Are we having fun yet, Flip Saunders?
Thats a long SN
This sucks. I’m walking away from the computer now.
Also, great to see the Pistons honoring Cas Werda.
BTW Sauce regarding your comment on what Phil Jackson would have done. Im not so sure. He usually keeps players who are struggling in a game and lets them find there rhythm. Whether thats lazy or genius Zen psychology, it can work. Then again, his winning teams featured guys MJ and Kobe and how much motivation and confidence do you need from them for a comeback?
No killer instinct. If Boston was going to break its winless streak against anyone, it was the Pistons. Argh.
I won’t feel comfortable in this series until the pistons have won 3.
The comeback starts here!
Yeah, but have you ever seen Flip just tear a player a new asshole in the press? Just another trick he’s missing. Phil doesn’t do that because he’s reacting and behaving poorly.
…and ends there.
That was just sad. That wide open 3 for Truth
I never would have guessed this was how the game would unfold after the first quarter. Usually, you know the Pistons are mailing it in after 15 mn, but tonight, complete meltdown happened in the latter half of the second quarter. This is really bad.
Sauce1977
May 24th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Yeah, but have you ever seen Flip just tear a player a new asshole in the press? Just another trick he’s missing. Phil doesn’t do that because he’s reacting and behaving poorly.
Sauce you really think knowing our players, Flip tearing them in the press is gonna make a difference? There gonna be like “He’s Flip Saunders. Whats he done? We won already” they might just tune him out as well depending on how bad the struggle is.They’ll work through it themselves.
Billups and his tree trunk legs are washed up. Retire.
The crowd is either silent or booing the Pistons. The announcers are tearing into the Pistons. We’re silent or tearing into them. It is appropriate, given only about 50 points from the Pistons to end the 3rd.
It’s a shame there has to be any more games played. Save everyone the trouble, you bums.
The players would do that because Flip’s incapable of doing that. I hate coaches like him. They wouldn’t do that to Phil.
WTG, Wings, 3-0, Game 1 win, at least some teams are taking care of business.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. I predicted Pistons in 7 with Detroit winning two in Boston and Boston winning one in Detroit. I stand by my prediction.
Well guys, it could be worse. At least the Pistons are playing with heart and giving their best effort… Oh, wait…
I think you have to gain rep as a coach first .Some of the best coaches like Riles and Phil didnt put their team’s business out in the press until later on in their careers because they knew they would understand its coming from a respected figure. Its not like Phil tried this in the early years before Chicago won its first title. They are different ways to motivate your team. Ultimatley you just gotta focus them and have the right plays.
I know that probably wasnt well explained but its late here, Im steady getting drunk and the Pistons are sinking me into depression. I’ll try to better elaborate tommorrow.
4-0 Wings
STUCKEY!!!!! Come on palace, let’s get behind the good guys.
Stuckeyisabeast, Ismellacomeback.
This isn’t the place to gain rep.
Damnit, wtf.
Come on, play! Just don’t let Billups in the game
And Rodney continues to prove we can count on him!
Man that three by pierce hurt
Stuckey again! Keep pushing it guy, I’m glad to see someone who actually want to win.
Dwyane stuckey!
At least Rodney came to play.
Its intresting that Mark says that the Pistons should look at the half court trap the rest of the series. You do leave the risk of the shooters as Pierce and Rondo just should.
Took ‘em 3 quarters to bring the energy needed to play these games.
Bums.
You dont mess with teh Stuckey. coming this summer
The ball lies and wears green!
Lucky bounces for Boston…
Stuck is the only player in white on the court right now. And maybe Hunter too.