Pistons vs Heat Game 1 (spread)

[Kori Ellis]

:angel

[Vashner]

Pistons 108
Heat 102

[himat]

104-97 Pistons!

[PaceMonster]

Pistons 102
Heat 104

[himat]

Pistons 102
Heat 104


:drunk

[RON ARTEST]

95-83 pistons

[tempe85]

:drunk


Haha... after the Pistons won in six against the Bucks and seven against the Cavs I really do think the Heat will pull it off. Pistons are paper champs, nothing more.

[himat]

Haha... after the Pistons won in six against the Bucks and seven against the Cavs I really do think the Heat will pull it off. Pistons are paper champs, nothing more.

Pistons won in 5 against the bucks, and the Miami heat are the paper champs.

[Pistons < Spurs]

GAME TIME!!!!!



Deeetrooiiiit Bassssketballlll

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

great start lol

[The Genius]

Haha... after the Pistons won in six against the Bucks and seven against the Cavs I really do think the Heat will pull it off. Pistons are paper champs, nothing more.

Words from a man who knows his series. Please, some explanation as to why they are, "Paper Champs?" Do they tend to fake what they say on court? Do they seem unpassionated about how they proceed on the game? Such knowledge and contempt from someone who obviously knows the game of basketball.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Only down 8 after the first is fine by me...especially when you figure the Heat shot 75%

[DDS4]

I needed more vBookie $.

Spent it all on the ones going fishing right now.

[Pistons < Spurs]

My team is coming alive!!!!

[Pistons < Spurs]

Some of these camera angles ESPN is using are really pissing me off....

[ALVAREZ6]

Go Pistons.



:flipoff Heat

[Pistons < Spurs]

Go Pistons.



:flipoff Heat


AMEN!!!

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

lucky for detroit that the refs are intent on keeping shaq and wade out of the game for as long as possible

[Pistons < Spurs]

lucky for detroit that the refs are intent on keeping shaq and wade out of the game for as long as possible


You mean lucky for detroit that Shaq and Wade are fouling early.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

You mean lucky for detroit that Shaq and Wade are fouling early.

yeh, of course thats what i meant :rolleyes :lol

[Pistons < Spurs]

Sheeeeeedddddddd

[ABDENOUR POWER]

Ugh, Detroit needs to pick it up....

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

They look tired. Lots of open looks missed...

Such a waste to give this game away with DWade in foul trouble...

[DDS4]

Rip so off right now.

Not good the Heat were able to make a run with Wade on the bench.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Miami's been shooting very well, and we haven't. We're getting the looks, but they're just not falling. I'm ok with it. even if they lose this one. We're not getting outplayed, just out shot.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

if they lose this with Wade being foul trouble all game, this series will be over in 6

Miami is a better playoff team this year
Detroit arent as good as last season

[Bob Lanier]

Chauncey Billups looks like Nick Van Exel out there (except without the floor vision).

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

if they lose this with Wade being foul trouble all game, this series will be over in 6

Miami is a better playoff team this year
Detroit arent as good as last season


Maybe. Maybe not.

I do know that the series will be over in 7.

[ABDENOUR POWER]

pistons suck again

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

They're getting the looks, they'll be fine...

[ducks]

heat will be COLD next game

[Pistons < Spurs]

They're getting the looks, they'll be fine...


Exactly.


they've just come off of a draining 7 game series. They're a little tired. there shots aren't falling. No biggie. I'd hate to lose on our floor, but so be it.

[ABDENOUR POWER]

detroit is doomed

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Doooooomed!!!!!!

[Pistons < Spurs]

we've taken 13 more shots than Miami...... :madrun

who knows maybe we'll get a few stops here, and Chauncey or Sheed can hit a few big 3's.

[ducks]

BELIEVE
3 threes and they are tied
it is possible

[Pistons < Spurs]

Wack-a-Wallace......


and now


Hack-a-Shaq

[1Parker1]

Ouch. Detroit got hammered. COME ON PISTONS!! I can't take another heartbreaker. You guys are the only good team left :depressed

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

This isn't basketball...

[Bob Lanier]

They're getting the looks, they'll be fine...
What looks? Rip Hamilton has been turned into a standing shooter or an isolation player. He flat-out doesn't move without the ball to get open midrange jumpers off double curl screens anymore.

Guess who I'm blaming for that? And Billups can't make a post entry feed to save his life, but that's hardly anything new.

And just why should we expect that Chauncey Billups is suddenly not going to choke, or that Tayshaun Prince won't play like the slow, overrated piece of garbage that he is?

Now, a lot of other players are missing open shots, and that's unfortunate, but there's nobody to blame for the overall systematic failure but Chauncey and Flip.

Riley's using Hack-a-Ben. :fro

[1Parker1]

IMO, Pistons bench is looking very thin....that's on Flip Saunders. It's not like you guys don't have good bench players outside of Hunter and McDyess....who don't really see as many minutes as they should. Flip's burning out your starters.

[Pistons < Spurs]

gonna be close...............

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

lol great fans, leaving the building already

it aint over yet

[Pistons < Spurs]

What looks? Rip Hamilton has been turned into a standing shooter or an isolation player. He flat-out doesn't move without the ball to get open midrange jumpers off double curl screens anymore.

Guess who I'm blaming for that? And Billups can't make a post entry feed to save his life, but that's hardly anything new.

And just why should we expect that Chauncey Billups is suddenly not going to choke, or that Tayshaun Prince won't play like the slow, overrated piece of garbage that he is?

Now, a lot of other players are missing open shots, but there's nobody to blame but Chauncey and Flip.

Riley's using Hack-a-Ben. :fro


Yous sure you're a Piston fan? Because you just called half our starting line up shit aswell as our coach.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

well the refs are doing a great job of helping. That Walker call was rubbish

[1Parker1]

GO PISTONS GO! :elephant


:oops

[lilmads]

Believe...
But I wouldn't mind the Heat winning...

[Pistons < Spurs]

Believe...
But I wouldn't mind the Heat winning...
:madrun :madrun :madrun

[1Parker1]

Believe...
But I wouldn't mind the Heat winning...

:flipoff I'd rather have the Pheonix Suns or...gasp the Mavs winning...

[Bob Lanier]

:lol Dwyane Wade sits down on some empty courtside seats and grimaces for the cameras after being tugged a little bit by Billups's deliberate foul.

[Pistons < Spurs]

:flipoff I'd rather have the Pheonix Suns or...gasp the Mavs winning...

I sorta kinda feel the same way.

I hate Miami.

[1Parker1]

:lol Dwyane Wade sits down on some empty courtside seats and grimaces for the cameras after being tugged a little bit by Billups's deliberate foul.

He's a drama queen. Half the time, his falling down 7 times and getting up 8 is due to his flailing and theatrics. But I'll give him credit since he almost always gets the call.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Fire Flip!!!!!!!!

The Heat had more energy than the Pistons tonight and the Pistons were only able to match it in 2-3 minute stretches...

[1Parker1]

There goes that HCA Pistons worked so hard for...Pistons defense has been suffering as of late. Heat shot 56%.

[Pistons < Spurs]

too little too late.


If it ain't rough, it ain't right!

[1Parker1]

5-20 on three pointers for the Pistons? Is that right? :wow

What were they thinking...

[Horry For 3!]

Easy money

Rested Heat > Tired Pistons

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

tiredness is no excuse

the Spurs had game 1 vs the mavs straight after a tough series with Kings and they still won

they are professionals athletes, they should be able to bring it all the time

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

There goes that HCA Pistons worked so hard for...Pistons defense has been suffering as of late. Heat shot 56%.


DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!

Let's Go Tigers!

[1Parker1]

Fire Flip!!!!!!!!

The Heat had more energy than the Pistons tonight and the Pistons were only able to match it in 2-3 minute stretches...


The lack of energy is probably due to the fact that the Pistons just finished a game 7 two nights ago, while the overweight Miami team has been sitting on their asses for almost a week.

[Pistons < Spurs]

5-20 on three pointers for the Pistons? Is that right? :wow

What were they thinking...


That's typical for us....just we normaly hit like 12 of those.

It was really the Cavs series that was weird, because we hardly ever attempted them there.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

tiredness is no excuse

the Spurs had game 1 vs the mavs straight after a tough series with Kings and they still won

they are professionals athletes, they should be able to bring it all the time

WTF does being a professional have with being tired? They aren't robots..

[1Parker1]

Shame on them. Larry Brown would NEVER have let them attempt that many 3's. :lol

[Pistons < Spurs]

no worries. this is going 6 or 7 no matter what.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

The lack of energy is probably due to the fact that the Pistons just finished a game 7 two nights ago, while the overweight Miami team has been sitting on their asses for almost a week.


Can I blame the officiating instead?

Conspiracy I tell ya...

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

WTF does being a professional have with being tired? They aren't robots..

they get paid millions to bring it all the time.........of course they get tired but its not an excuse to fall back on


as i said, the Spurs did the same thing in their series and won game 1, no difference. The Pistons got outplayed and its no suprise

[J.T.]

Shaq sez: Payback's a bitch.

[FreshPrince22]

Honestly... I don't want to say it's done. But unless Flip has a revelation and starts really getting the bench involved, I think the starters are going to be too tired to execute their offense (Read: Make jumpshots). The Pistons played well enough tonight that they could have won easily if they had their legs under them.

[Pistons < Spurs]

they get paid millions to bring it all the time.........of course they get tired but its not an excuse to fall back on


as i said, the Spurs did the same thing in their series and won game 1, no difference. The Pistons got outplayed and its no suprise


LMAO


:rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

they get paid millions to bring it all the time.........of course they get tired but its not an excuse to fall back on


as i said, the Spurs did the same thing in their series and won game 1, no difference. The Pistons got outplayed and its no suprise


Who said they lost ONLY because they were tired?

They couldn't throw the ball in the ocean, stop penetration from a 56 year old backup PG, closeout on shooters, USE THE FUCKING BENCH, etc. etc.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Who said they lost ONLY because they were tired?

They couldn't throw the ball in the ocean, stop penetration from a 56 year old backup PG, closeout on shooters, etc. etc.


i blame Flip. We all knew he would choke the team in the playoffs
:lol

i wonder how long b4 the NY post startes rumours about LB heading back to Detroit :smokin

Vescey = :drunk

[The-Wizz]

boo heat beat us boo

[FreshPrince22]

Who said they lost ONLY because they were tired?

They couldn't throw the ball in the ocean, stop penetration from a 56 year old backup PG, closeout on shooters, etc. etc.

Those are all signs of being tired. The jumpers were short (dead legs). The defense was slow (dead legs).

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Those are all signs of being tired. The jumpers were short (dead legs). The defense was slow (dead legs).

I'm tired of saying they were tired because it's their own damn fault for being tired...

I would expect adjustments in G2 but this is Flip we are talking about. Enough said, eh?

[1Parker1]

Well they play a 7 man rotation the entire playoffs. The only two bench guys Flip uses are McDyess and Hunter. Of course the Pistons starters are going to get tired...hence the reason their jumpshots came up short in the 4th.

[bdubya]

Those are all signs of being tired. The jumpers were short (dead legs). The defense was slow (dead legs).

:tu :tu

Pistons shot 38%, and Heat shot 56%. Pistons were bricking wide-open shots all game long, and lost by 5. A loss is a loss, but this one won't keep me awake tonight; not in the least.

[Pistons < Spurs]

We took 18 more ahots than the Heat.

We only had 6 to's vs 15 for Miami.

IF we shot a little better, it'd be a win.

No big deal. We'll get a little more rest, and get game 2.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

What? Piston Fan favorite Reggie Evans played a few minutes tonight...

[Pistons < Spurs]

Well they play a 7 man rotation the entire playoffs. The only two bench guys Flip uses are McDyess and Hunter. Of course the Pistons starters are going to get tired...hence the reason their jumpshots came up short in the 4th.


we'll occasionally see Delk,Evans or Davis depending on circumstances in each game.

but i don't expect much from any of them. just little spurts here and there.

[T.F. Storm]

The Pistons need to win Game 2. They do that, and everything is fine and dandy again. A win in Game 3 would be nice too.

[GoSpurs90899]

The east is WEAK. Pistons have no bench and their starters except for billups and teh completely useless vs dallas or phoenix wallace would have trouble making a top 10 at their positions list.


Pistons = 50 win team tops in the west. Too arrogant. The only way they could have done anything is with hard work, especially since they have no bench, but the last several months its like they think they're so good they only have to show up to win.

Seriously, they have dale freakin davis logging minutes. I thought that guy was dead.

[PaceMonster]

Pistons- 2,0 vs Spurs.....2,0 vs Phoenix.....1,1 vs Dallas...those are the best teams in the west.....they would do the same in the west as in the east....maybe a few less wins

[Bob Lanier]

The Pistons' bench is not that weak, and the fact that Dale Davis is not logging minutes is a problem.

Their arrogance is a major issue, though.

[Vashner]

Wow.. I was suprised...

Friggin Heat.. lol..

[JMarkJohns]

Cha-CHING!

[polandprzem]

Fuck I put one zero too less :pctoss

I fuckin' can't get over the spurs loss :depressed