Listless Pistons Are Pathetic; Down 2-1 and Will Lose Series
I am not going to follow my usual method of madness in writing this column. The team doesn’t deserve it. I am thinking of bailing on writing about them altogether after the season.
What you’ll see is what will come directly out of my head as I am thinking it.
It is time for Joe Dumars to blow up this team. They simply do not take the game seriously.
Detroit is making Philadelphia the talk of the playoffs while Boston takes care of business.
Even if Detroit comes back and wins this series, they won’t win the title.
Andre Iguodala is struggling mightily (2-9 tonight), yet the rest of the Sixers own the Pistons.
Reggie Evans is making us look stupid. I thought he was a 47% free throw shooter?
Flip Saunders does not have the respect of the veterans on this team and they will provide what his teams always have, a playoff collapse.
They (Pistons) yanked the starters out with 5:43 left and down 20. Nice.
The Pistons will never get a call, the refs hate them. Because, of course, they run their mouth too much.
The team looks like they have zero energy and like they are playing out the string.
The Sixers didn’t get mentioned on the front page of their local sports page today, except for Larry Brown leaving, nothing about the team.
The Pistons need a dynamic scorer. A LeBron, Kobe, McGrady, D-Wade, someone, something.
The Pistons have 25 turnovers tonight. They average just over 11 per game for the year, lowest in the NBA.
At one point, the Pistons missed 17 straight shots. They finally got a goal-tending call to snap the streak.
As bad as McDyess played tonight, I felt bad his nose got broken.
Not to take anything away from Philly, but the refs are not calling a lot of fouls due to their constant reaching and slapping, which helped them enjoy a 15-6 edge in steals.
Andre Miller had a flop that would have made Bill Laimbeer proud, and he is still burying Chauncey Billups.
Rip Hamilton (23) and Tayshaun Prince (18) scored more than half of the Piston points tonight.
Maurice Cheeks is an excellent coach. Quiet like Flip, but has the respect.
The Zoo Crew, so effective and improved all season long, is now the Pew Crew. They stink.
Detroit: 27 field goals, 25 turnovers. I still can’t get over it.
Sheed, 1-6, two points. Billups, 2-11. Stuckey 1-7. Hayes 1-6. Maxiell 0-0 field goals. Hamilton led the team with 6 big rebounds.
I’ve been watching the NBA since the mid-1970s and the Sixers were one of my first favorite teams as I was a huge Dr. J fan. George McGinnis, World B. Free (I remember when he was just Lloyd), Bobby Jones, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney, Daryl Dawkins, Caldwell Jones and fell over when they got Moses Malone.
Sam Dalembert rebounded nice tonight, literally. He looked like Malone with 22 points and 16 rebounds.
I remember when the Pistons stunk too, which is why I am hating life tonight.
I know how this will go. Detroit will lose the series and Philly will lose in the second round.
I am so looking forward to the NFL Draft tomorrow and root my other soul-tearing team, the Lions.
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2 Responses to “Listless Pistons Are Pathetic; Down 2-1 and Will Lose Series”
April 26th, 2008 at 12:06 am
I felt your pain in that column. Thank goodness I’m from Philly….at least tonight. Don’t think that Big “D” will go down without a fight. Sixers fans are still cautiously excited about this series lead. Did you see how somber the Wachovia Center was before the game? We are so numb to false team success, in Philly, that we don’t cheer until we’re up 23 with a quarter to go. So sad it’s funny. I have to laugh because I myself am knee deep in the same psychosis. Blame it on the Eagles, Phillies and, as recent as last night, the Flyers. I’m not even a hockey fan but that did nothing but reaffirm (I know game 1 but…) that Philly has a winning jinx thingy going on right now. I’m so tired of let downs, rebuilding seasons and 2 minute drills being run in 3 minutes during Super Bowls. I guess that’s what I Love about the Sixers this year. We (fans) don’t expect anything more than what they’ve given us. For some crazy reason I think they (the team) feel the same way. That combined with youth, key veteran leadership and a Tasmanian devil named Reggie Evans is working for us against this, aging, team. Can we pull it out? It certainly looks like we can. But in all reality, that ultimately depends on Detroit. We know we aren’t better than Detroit’s talent. We believe we can play harder than Detroit’s talent. That simple.
April 26th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I was surprised but then not so much because you here so much about tough Philly fans and I don’t blame them.
This complacency issue is getting so old that I can’t take it anymore. I am such a poor loser and why these guys don’t realize that taking care of business is better in the long run.
Boston is going to mow through Atlanta and be rested.
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