Detriot is DONE

[CHAMPS AGAIN]

All I heard all year if pistons had home court last year they would had won the le bla bla bla this year excuse if we would had won game 1 of the ECF we would had won the le. Heat did not beat us we just beat ourselves

[mike detroit]

The end of the era of them talking smack.
It pisses me off when ppl talk about their "dynasty", 2 finals appearances and 1 championship is a dynasty?

"the best starting 5" my ass

The "best starting 5" thing certainly has been said a lot, I can't recall anyone, anywhere, ever, referring to what they have done as a dynasty, however.

[DuncanInYourFace]

The "best starting 5" thing certainly has been said a lot, I can't recall anyone, anywhere, ever, referring to what they have done as a dynasty, however.

Read it in an espn article

[mike detroit]

Read it in an espn article

reading espn articles was probably your first mistake

[baseline bum]

Detroit is the most overrated NBA Champion in the past quarter century, by far. Even when they beat the Lakers in 2004, they were very fortunate to beat the Lakers, Pacers, and Nets who all three had major injuries in the playoffs.

And to top it off, they couldn't even repeat last season. Great teams win back to back les. It's like what Mike Wilborn (spelling?) said...the Pistons are a good team, but they aren't as good as they THINK they are.

I like Detroit a lot, but with a healthy Duncan last year (ie, the Duncan we saw in this playoffs) the Spurs take them in 5. This series made it pretty obvious that the Heat would have taken the East last year if not for injuries.

What a weak Finals this is going to be. I don't think the Heat are as good as they were last year, and Dallas isn't the 2005 Spurs (they took a far superior Suns team out in 5).

Monster game from Shaq tonight. He looked like it was 2001 the way he carried his team the first half. The boxscore really doesn't do justice to how well he played tonight.

I'm disappointed that we never saw Detroit executing the way they were when they were on pace for 70. The only game they really looked to be clicking was game 1 of the Cleveland series.

[baseline bum]

Correct. They were on very good teams, but not GREAT teams. Great teams win les when the rest of the NBA is gunning for them. It is INFINITELY harder to win a le when you are already the champion, for a host of reasons (diminished drive, increased drive from other teams and them adjusting their rosters to beat you, etc.)

Don't ing tell me the 85-86 Celtics weren't a great team. By any metric they're among the cream of the crop.