Game Blog - Spurs vs Wizards

[Spurologist]

The spurs always have games like this during the season. They'll bounce back against the hawks on tues.

[Pistonfan1]

IDIOT. don't crap all over their game blog. Don't jump into this conversation just to be braggidocious about your team. Show a little class.

Hey man its your team to so :stfu and dont contradict yourself. We are on a misson damnit and we will accomplish our goal and EASILY win back the gold. :angel

[Spurologist]

Comon man look at how dominate out fucking team is. We are unbeaten and hungry and the title is ours as long as we stay hungry. They got fortunate which is part of the game they wont have it as lucky as they did a year ago. This team wants to be champs again and god damnit they wont accept coming up short again. This team is DOMINATE and will sweep through the east and beat the spurs in a competitive 6 games. If we stay healthy we will go 68-14 Delfino is proving to be very Manu-Like and Arroyo is the best backup pg in the nba along with the best backup bigs in the league in Dice and Darko. We also have the best starting 5, the best pg in the nba, the best defense and offense, and the most underrated coach in the entire NBA. Man this is gonna be a fun year for us Pistons to dominate the east and be crowned world champs again when we dethone your senior citizen asses :lol .

When you are done beating cupcakes, tell me when you get to face a top team.

[SPURS IN 06]

No Rasho played far worse. In 25 mintues of play he's managed to do what I could probably do.

:lol :lol so why are you here in this forum you should be playing in the NBA WHAT A F^CKING loser :lol :lol :flipoff

[Pistonfan1]

talk to us after the all star break. your bench wasn't the best last night vs the blaze. the pistons are playing like the champs they were.

We would be talking 3 peat right now if Sheed had his brain in the final seconds of game 5. My piston brothers agree with me that we will be champs again they are just giving me hell cuz they dont want me to "jinx" the team. They feel the same way I do that we fucked ourselves over last year and that we will get our title back this year.

[boutons]

"Since I received no answer, had to assume we lost."

JF Christ, do you have internet access?

[Pistons < Spurs]

We would be talking 3 peat right now if Sheed had his brain in the final seconds of game 5. My piston brothers agree with me that we will be champs again they are just giving me hell cuz they dont want me to "jinx" the team. They feel the same way I do that we fucked ourselves over last year and that we will get our title back this year.



This is not the place for your thoughts on the Pistons. If you feel the need to be a shit talker, at least start your own thread in the NBA News Central section.

Show some class, and quit being an ASS.

[leemajors]

hey pistons<spurs and jamstone, there is no need to apologize for this guy. you should feel sorry he isn't aware of the past and present tenses of the english language, and how verbs are modified. if he thinks the pistons can be the most dominate team in the nba, who are we to tell him they are not the most DOMINATE team in the nba

[conversekid]

we lost a game... we are going to lose more during the season... why are people talking like we're in trouble? gimme a break... so the pistons are off to a great start... that's good for their fans... dallas was off to a great start the year we won the title...

one win and our fans were making plans on the riverwalk... one loss and now we have no confidence... are going to lose homecourt advantage... etc... chill

[kolko]

Manu and TP: 51 pts
Rest of the team: 44 pts

[spurster]

No on switch today, especially for TD.

How many back-to-backs do the Spurs this year?

[hussker]

"Since I received no answer, had to assume we lost."

JF Christ, do you have internet access?

Oh no Boutons, I checked...see, you took the rest OUT of my response which was "WE WERE SPANKED" basically.
1) Hello mr or miss obvious...I have internet access else I would not ask the question here

2) Jesus' does not have a middle name.

Hugz,
hussker

[sanman53]

Congrads Wiz!

[spurschick]

Manu is back in the saddle again! It's too bad the Spurs lost, but I was thrilled to see Manu have a great night. This was the confidence booster he needed.

And it was as a kickass fantasy night for me!!!! I have Arenas, Jamison, Manu and Bowen on my team... thanks guys!!! :elephant

[Pistonfan1]

This is not the place for your thoughts on the Pistons. If you feel the need to be a shit talker, at least start your own thread in the NBA News Central section.

Show some class, and quit being an ASS.

:elephant :lmao :lmao god that rhymed and that was hilarious ^5 man im glad we are Piston brothers. I love the sense of humer :hat .

[jochhejaam]

How many back-to-backs do the Spurs this year?
looks like 11 more this season.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Yes the Pistons are playing like the champs they are. Spurs are in trouble and their fans know it. If only sheed had a brain we would be talking 3 peat but it happens. Pistons will win about 67-68 games this year. Our Offense is just sick we have the best bench in the league, the best Pg,most underrated coach, possibly the best O and D combined etc etc. Pistons want the title back and I see them getting it back because their hungry spurs fans. Enjoy your fun last year cuz it wont last. Pistons are proving to the world they are great and will be champs in june 2006 :king . WE ARE THE ONLY UNBEATEN TEAM LEFT IN THE LEAGUE AND YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY WORRIED I CAN SMELL IT ON YOU. HEY MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD MAKE IT OUT OF THE WEST STILL :lmao :lmao THAT IS IF YOU AVOID THE MAVS.

A little early in the year to start celebrating.

We had some sorry games last year also, but we did win the title.
We've won two of the last three.

This if only stuff is a fascinating conjecture (if Tim had been healthy we would have won in 5 games). The fact is above.

It appears to be your theory that the team with the best record in the regular season will win the title. So, let's see if there are any counterexamples. Let's try last year. Did a counterexample come to your mind? Now, of course, one may object by saying that the Pistons have not obtained the best record in the league during the regular season. This is a valid point since it is quite possible that when the Pistons play some good teams on the road, they will lose.

Now, your view that the Mavs will get to the playoffs might be true. On the other hand, it might not.
In the Tim Duncan era, how many times have the Mavs beaten the Spurs in the playoffs?
It appears to make sense that there is probably a reason why in the Tim Duncan era: SA has won 3 titles, Detroit 1 and Mavs 0, the Spurs have the highest winning percentage of any team in the four major professional sports.
They don't have anybody playing for them who has been MVP of the regular season or of the Finals. Perhaps this explains why no objective, respected basketball analyst agrees with the proposition that (1) the Spurs won't make the playoffs or (2) that the Mavs will win against the Spurs in the playoffs.

You are either extremely stupid or you are saying some things that you know are false.

There are a couple of rules, which in the modern era normally hold.

There is the high low rule. In order to be high up on the list of best teams, you have to be able to score down low. There is the Jordan exception whereby if you happen to have the best player to ever play the game, you can win anyway. Mavs don't understand this rule and therefore, at least partly as a consequence, have not won a title.

There is the two man rule, whereby to win it all, you normally have to have at least two star players. If you have 5 solid players (like the Pistons), you can overcome this rule. However, normally the rule holds. Mavs don't follow this rule either.

A third principle which normally applies is that a team must be good defensively in order to win a title. Alice does not play D.

Anybody who represents the less than 1 % of the basketball literate population who thinks that Alice is better than the Spurs and will beat the Spurs in the playoffs has already demonstrated their ignorance of basketball and its fundamental rules.

You have discredited yourself by writing something quite obviously false. Therefore, your credibility is reduced in your other statements.

Let's see if we can get some commitments out of you (if you really believe what you are saying this should not be a problem).

(1) you think that the Mavs are better than the Spurs
(2) you think that the Mavs will beat the Spurs
(3) you think that the Pistons will win 67 games this year at a minimum
(4) you think that the chances of the Spurs making it out of the West are less than 50-50
(5) the Pistons will have the best record in the league this year.
(6) Every time that a team has the best record in November, they have won the championship
(7) You can name a bunch of respected, objective basketball analysts believe propositions 1,2 and 4

BTW, I'll remind you that there are a lot of teams who have significant injuries affecting them.

Manu is still recovering. You do remember what he did to you all, games 1,2 and 7.
Finley and Barry are also out.

Tim had a very bad game tonight, which is atypical unless he is injured (as he was through out the playoffs- as Hubie Brown repeatedly informed us- they would not get healthy until he rested them all summer).

Do, remember we have won 3 titles in the last 7 years. Pistons have won exactly 1. Our winning percentage in the Tim Duncan era (which we are in) is greater than yours. Having the best record in November does not mean that you will have the best record in the regular season, which likewise does not mean that you will win the title or even by favorites for it. Spurs started slow in 99 and 03. We won the title both times. Nobody who knows basketball places the kind of weight you do about one's performance in November, especially given injury and rotation issues...

come back in June.

Spurs 3 Pistons 1. November is for fools like you. We celebrate when we win a championship in June. You are celebrating in November.

[beirmeistr]

Spurschick---that worship altar you had for Ginobili must have done the trick. He had an excellent game. But he needs to shoot more. He only had 12 attempts.
Duncan was not the Big Fundamental tonite. I don't think I have seen a worse shooting game from TD.
Parker is talking too many shots.

[angel_luv]

RASHO!!!! Catches Tim's airball hookshot, turns and two-hand jams it.
:elephant



Rasho with a 180 dunk!!!! Apparently Horry came up off the bench for that one. :)


Whoosh ! Play of the night!

Rasho is :king :elephant

[Pistonfan1]

A little early in the year to start celebrating.

We had some sorry games last year also, but we did win the title.
We've won two of the last three.

This if only stuff is a fascinating conjecture (if Tim had been healthy we would have won in 5 games). The fact is above.

It appears to be your theory that the team with the best record in the regular season will win the title. So, let's see if there are any counterexamples. Let's try last year. Did a counterexample come to your mind? Now, of course, one may object by saying that the Pistons have not obtained the best record in the league during the regular season. This is a valid point since it is quite possible that when the Pistons play some good teams on the road, they will lose.

Now, your view that the Mavs will get to the playoffs might be true. On the other hand, it might not.
In the Tim Duncan era, how many times have the Mavs beaten the Spurs in the playoffs?
It appears to make sense that there is probably a reason why in the Tim Duncan era: SA has won 3 titles, Detroit 1 and Mavs 0, the Spurs have the highest winning percentage of any team in the four major professional sports.
They don't have anybody playing for them who has been MVP of the regular season or of the Finals. Perhaps this explains why no objective, respected basketball analyst agrees with the proposition that (1) the Spurs won't make the playoffs or (2) that the Mavs will win against the Spurs in the playoffs.

You are either extremely stupid or you are saying some things that you know are false.

There are a couple of rules, which in the modern era normally hold.

There is the high low rule. In order to be high up on the list of best teams, you have to be able to score down low. There is the Jordan exception whereby if you happen to have the best player to ever play the game, you can win anyway. Mavs don't understand this rule and therefore, at least partly as a consequence, have not won a title.

There is the two man rule, whereby to win it all, you normally have to have at least two star players. If you have 5 solid players (like the Pistons), you can overcome this rule. However, normally the rule holds. Mavs don't follow this rule either.

A third principle which normally applies is that a team must be good defensively in order to win a title. Alice does not play D.

Anybody who represents the less than 1 % of the basketball literate population who thinks that Alice is better than the Spurs and will beat the Spurs in the playoffs has already demonstrated their ignorance of basketball and its fundamental rules.

You have discredited yourself by writing something quite obviously false. Therefore, your credibility is reduced in your other statements.

Let's see if we can get some commitments out of you (if you really believe what you are saying this should not be a problem).

(1) you think that the Mavs are better than the Spurs
(2) you think that the Mavs will beat the Spurs
(3) you think that the Pistons will win 67 games this year at a minimum
(4) you think that the chances of the Spurs making it out of the West are less than 50-50
(5) the Pistons will have the best record in the league this year.
(6) Every time that a team has the best record in November, they have won the championship
(7) You can name a bunch of respected, objective basketball analysts believe propositions 1,2 and 4

BTW, I'll remind you that there are a lot of teams who have significant injuries affecting them.

Manu is still recovering. You do remember what he did to you all, games 1,2 and 7.
Finley and Barry are also out.

Tim had a very bad game tonight, which is atypical unless he is injured (as he was through out the playoffs- as Hubie Brown repeatedly informed us- they would not get healthy until he rested them all summer).

Do, remember we have won 3 titles in the last 7 years. Pistons have won exactly 1. Our winning percentage in the Tim Duncan era (which we are in) is greater than yours. Having the best record in November does not mean that you will have the best record in the regular season, which likewise does not mean that you will win the title or even by favorites for it. Spurs started slow in 99 and 03. We won the title both times. Nobody who knows basketball places the kind of weight you do about one's performance in November, especially given injury and rotation issues...

come back in June.

Spurs 3 Pistons 1. November is for fools like you. We celebrate when we win a championship in June. You are celebrating in November.

You stupid son of a bitch we won back to back in 89 and 90 so it is 3-3 you fucking moron. God you wrote that piece of shit paragraph and could not even get an accurate fact about my teams history
:rolleyes .

[angel_luv]

Did I mention Rasho's all star caliber dunk? ;)

Fear the Sho!

[sandman]

You stupid son of a bitch we won back to back in 89 and 90 so it is 3-3 you fucking moron. God you wrote that piece of shit paragraph and could not even get an accurate fact about my teams history
:rolleyes .

Um, I believe that 3 times IN THE LAST 7 YEARS and again with THE TIM DUNCAN ERA were reference points that your dumb ass failed to recognize.

But way to live up to the stereotypical image of the drunk Piston fan getting dropped on the court by JO.

[Pistons < Spurs]

You stupid son of a bitch we won back to back in 89 and 90 so it is 3-3 you fucking moron. God you wrote that piece of shit paragraph and could not even get an accurate fact about my teams history
:rolleyes .


Can you not read???

He Said:


Do, remember we have won 3 titles in the last 7 years. Pistons have won exactly 1.

They are in what many people have titled as a DYNASTY period. He is talking about the current era of Spurs basketball. Let's not bring up games from 16-17 years ago.

Quit making yourself look so foolish.

[Mavs<Spurs]

BTW,

as Pistons<Spurs can attest, a lot of us have been saying that the Pistons are currently playing better than any other team. In fact, I pick them to win the East. It is quite obvious that the Pistons are playing much better than the Spurs, no doubt about it and I have no problem admitting it.

I have also said that I think that the Piston's defense is at least as good as ours and maybe better.

The Pistons have as much of a chance as the Spurs and the Pacers to win it all and better than the Heat and the Rockets.

I have no problem giving the Pistons their due. On the otherhand, being obnoxious in November is stupid. After we won it all, I didn't go over to Pistons sites and start acting like a punk like you are. And that was after we won it all (not just the best record in November).

It's an 82 game season, hoss.

What I would like to know (and perhaps Pistons < Spurs and some others of us) is will you be back here if the Pistons don't win it all and/or start losing some regular season games.

Most teams go up and down. A lot of teams have injury problems come up.
Teams' records in November have a tendency to change as we progress throughout the year. Were the Pistons in 2004 undefeated in November? Did they have the best record that year or was it the Pacers? Did the Pacers win it all? Suns win it all in 2005? Were we undefeated in November last year?

Don't be saying things that you will be thrown back in your face.

If you win with class, then when you don't win (and nobody wins all the time- not even the Patriots or the Spurs), people will still show some respect for you and not run you down.

The posters I have seen here don't capriciously slam other teams here (unless some troll punk like you starts it). What one says reflects one's character. Yours has become quite apparent unlike some of the other Pistons fans who post here I might add. They are able to contribute something of value instead of saying inflamatory things which very few people believe just for shock value. You belong in the class of those people who hold to the flat earth theory (with your Mavs > Spurs garbage).

[Mavs<Spurs]

You stupid son of a bitch we won back to back in 89 and 90 so it is 3-3 you fucking moron. God you wrote that piece of shit paragraph and could not even get an accurate fact about my teams history
:rolleyes .


You are the idiot. I am talking about in the Tim Duncan era.

It might be a little more relevant or are Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Bill and Dennis going to play for you?

[Pistonfan1]

BTW,

as Pistons<Spurs can attest, a lot of us have been saying that the Pistons are currently playing better than any other team. In fact, I pick them to win the East. It is quite obvious that the Pistons are playing much better than the Spurs, no doubt about it and I have no problem admitting it.

I have also said that I think that the Piston's defense is at least as good as ours and maybe better.

The Pistons have as much of a chance as the Spurs and the Pacers to win it all and better than the Heat and the Rockets.

I have no problem giving the Pistons their due. On the otherhand, being obnoxious in November is stupid. After we won it all, I didn't go over to Pistons sites and start acting like a punk like you are. And that was after we won it all (not just the best record in November).

It's an 82 game season, hoss.

What I would like to know (and perhaps Pistons < Spurs and some others of us) is will you be back here if the Pistons don't win it all and/or start losing some regular season games.

Most teams go up and down. A lot of teams have injury problems come up.
Teams' records in November have a tendency to change as we progress throughout the year. Were the Pistons in 2004 undefeated in November? Did they have the best record that year or was it the Pacers? Did the Pacers win it all? Suns win it all in 2005? Were we undefeated in November last year?

Don't be saying things that you will be thrown back in your face.

If you win with class, then when you don't win (and nobody wins all the time- not even the Patriots or the Spurs), people will still show some respect for you and not run you down.

The posters I have seen here don't capriciously slam other teams here (unless some troll punk like you starts it). What one says reflects one's character. Yours has become quite apparent unlike some of the other Pistons fans who post here I might add. They are able to contribute something of value instead of saying inflamatory things which very few people believe just for shock value. You belong in the class of those people who hold to the flat earth theory (with your Mavs > Spurs garbage).


That is a sign you are worried about my boys. It is okay it happens. Most spurs fans are praying we dont represent the east for a 3rd year in a row. A confident fan would of at least told me spurs will 3 peat if they stay healthy and shit like that. It is okay to at least get a feel for defeat when we take you down.

[HoopStar]

Me and my girlfriend was at the game tonight and I'm speechless right now. I don't see how we could lose against the Wizards twice (preseason and tonight). Here are some pics of the game:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4495/dscf00038ee.jpg
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7268/dscf00067mv.jpg
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http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1161/dscf00136gz.jpg
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9752/dscf00169et.jpg

More pics on the way

[Mavs<Spurs]

Pistonsfan1,

Please come back after you learn to read and count.

Thank you.

The rest of us who are literate and civilized adults will enjoy your absence which helps facilitate an intelligent and meaningful conversation.

I didn't know that Zeke and company were still playing.

It's too bad that Pistonsfan1 didn't answer any of the points which I made.
This also illustrates why it is better not to be rude because when you are rude and then turn out to be wrong (like Pistonsfan1), you look like an idiot and a jerk.

[angel_luv]

Nice pics! Thanks! =)

I hope someone captured Rasho's dunk. That was some good stuff!

[Despot]

Well, they needed a little adversity to get stronger.
Hopefully this will keep them motivated, this better be the last time we lose this season!!! :pctoss

[Mavs<Spurs]

That is a sign you are worried about my boys. It is okay it happens. Most spurs fans are praying we dont represent the east for a 3rd year in a row. A confident fan would of at least told me spurs will 3 peat if they stay healthy and shit like that. It is okay to at least get a feel for defeat when we take you down.



Any comments on your reading ability there, buddy? You have won precisely 1 title in the last 7 years. Why are you saying that you won 3 titles in the last 7 years? Can you not count? Is it a literacy problem? What's up with that?

Did you graduate high school? How, get some help at Sylvan or something?

The truth is that it is too early for either of us to know for sure who will win the championship in 2006.

In the last 7 years: Spurs 3 Pistons 1
In the Tim Duncan era: Spurs have a higher winning percentage than any team in the four major professional sports.
Pistons did not have the best record in 2004. That belonged to the Pacers. However, the Pacers did not win it all, disproving your thesis.
Spurs did not have the best record in 2005. That belonged to the Suns. However, the Suns did not win it all, disproving your thesis.
In both, 99 and 03, we started slowly and still won it all.
Got that, Skippy?

This is an example of what happens when you skip class. Don't let it happen again.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Any comments on your reading ability there, buddy? You have won precisely 1 title in the last 7 years. Why are you saying that you won 3 titles in the last 7 years? Can you not count? Is it a literacy problem? What's up with that?

Did you graduate high school? How, get some help at Sylvan or something?

The truth is that it is too early for either of us to know for sure who will win the championship in 2006.

In the last 7 years: Spurs 3 Pistons 1
In the Tim Duncan era: Spurs have a higher winning percentage than any team in the four major professional sports.
Pistons did not have the best record in 2004. That belonged to the Pacers. However, the Pacers did not win it all, disproving your thesis.
Spurs did not have the best record in 2005. That belonged to the Suns. However, the Suns did not win it all, disproving your thesis.
In both, 99 and 03, we started slowly and still won it all.
Got that, Skippy?

This is an example of what happens when you skip class. Don't let it happen again.

You've been served, your head on a platter.

Can anybody say OWNED

[Mavs<Spurs]

You have a new moniker.

It is November Nimrod.

It seems particularly appropriate for you since you celebrate in November (unlike most fans who celebrate in June) and since you can't read (at least not well).

That's okay by you, right skippy?

[HoopStar]

More pics:

http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/39/dscf00237qz.jpg
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[angel_luv]

WOAI didn't show Rah's dunk! :jack

[boutons]

Bucks didn't give up tonight.
Behind all game, down 8 with less than a minute left, Bucks win at the buzzer, beat a better Pacers team.

I hate it when Pop quits with 3 minutes left.

[HoopStar]

More pics:

http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/9373/dscf00355it.jpg
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http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/1050/dscf00335ps.jpg
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http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/1599/dscf00300mw.jpg
http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/4715/dscf00295vj.jpg
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http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/7425/dscf00277km.jpg
http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/8266/dscf00268kk.jpg

I'll post the rest of the pics tomorrow.

[Pistonfan1]

You've been served, your head on a platter.

Can anybody say OWNED

:lol You were left out in the cold on that one you dumbshit.

[Vashner]

They didn't have it in the eye's. Spurs eye's look defeated.. the way Avery would look when we started choking back in the day...

I blame whatever was put into there food or something... Pop needs to spank that ass..

EDIT: I think they put lot of MSG in there food... see how tired they look...

[FreshPrince22]

PistonFan1, Stop being an ass. No one wants to hear you gloat about the REGULAR SEASON. We heard it last year from everyone when our team started out slow, and I'm sure Spurs fans don't care to hear you claim us champs after SIX games. Us Piston fans should know that the Champs make their money in the playoffs.
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[RashoFan]

Pistonfan1....you got called out and :owned by themanurules.....themanurules backed up his arguement. But I am looking forward to a rematch between our two teams, Good luck to the Pistons with the rest of the season.

Pistons<Spurs.... :tu Love having you here!!! You are a class act. When you bring it ...you back it up as well. You are a :king in my book.

jochhejaam thanks for being classy as well! :tu

[Pistons < Spurs]

Pistons<Spurs.... :tu Love having you here!!! You are a class act. When you bring it ...you back it up as well. You are a :king in my book.





:D :D :spin Thank You Thank You Thank You :spin :D :D