Chopper goes out of town for a couple of days and my favorite board has been overrun by a bunch of half-wit Piston fans. WTF??!!
I must say, I like their moxie. Nothing like wandering into another team's message board and starting 25 threads on how their team is going to kick our asses.
From what I've seen from their comments so far it's obvious to me that the Spurs play in the west far past most of their bedtimes. They seem to know a lot about their team, but not much about any team playing west of the mighty Mississippi. Note to Pistons fan: Next season ask your mama if you can pick up her stogies or her late-night pint from the corner store one night and find a TV to watch some real basketball being played on the late game on TNT.
Unfortunately for them, it appears that they haven't paid attention to the fact that these Spurs have gradually elevated their game through each round of these 2005 playoffs while the Pistons have beaten a Miami team that had its two stars hurt, and preceeded that 7-game nail biter with two series victories against teams that would have had a tough time even qualifying for a Western playoff slot.
I like the Pistons team, and I think the matchups will prove tougher than had we faced Miami, but I still think the Spurs prevail in 6 games. Unless this Detroit team has been dogging it to this point I don't see them beating the Spurs in a 7-game series if our team can stay relatively healthy. <-- That's not smack, that's fact.
As for the Detroit fans. . .like their team, they'll try awfully hard, but they won't have enough to stop us. Their bravado will be replaced with awe-inspired silent admiration for the posters that comprise Spurstalk. <-- Smack, for those keeping score.
In the end, we'll be back to our comfortable surroundings with only Sparky left to call all Spurs fans idiots, Aggie reminding us why Pop was lucky to coach the Spurs to three championships, and T Park telling us all randomly to go ourselves with Solid trying hard to keep us all on the straight and narrow.
Believe in the SPAM my brothers and sisters and keep Spurstalk controlled by those who have the faith.
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