Can someone here please explain 2004?

[Ball Don't Lie]

In most of the analysis of the finals I have read, everyone misses one important point: Detroit kicked the crap out of the team that beat the Spurs in six games last year. The best excuses you guys can come up with are "they had four hall of famers" or "that .4 shot was BS." Well, Detroit embarassed those four hall of famers, and avoided the problem of getting "screwed" by last second shots by winning every game by 20.

So now the Spurs add freakin' Brent Barry, and all of a sudden they are unstoppable? What am I missing?

Now I'm not pretending that the Spurs don't have a chance - obviously they are a very good team. All I'm saying is that there's a 50/50 chance you guys don't even get out of the West if we don't do you a favor and break up the Lakers. First, you should thank Detroit for that, and then you should recognize that our "inferior" defense easily did what San Antonio had great difficultly doing - we neutralized Shaq+Kobe and smoked the Lakers.

Anyway, I look forward to this series. It is thoroughly amusing that Detroit is yet AGAIN considered the "underdog" by the media. FWIW - we have now won the last 3 series where this was the case.

[Sense]

In most of the analysis of the finals I have read, everyone misses one important point: Detroit kicked the crap out of the team that beat the Spurs in six games last year. The best excuses you guys can come up with are "they had four hall of famers" or "that .4 shot was BS." Well, Detroit embarassed those four hall of famers, and avoided the problem of getting "screwed" by last second shots by winning every game by 20.

So now the Spurs add freakin' Brent Barry, and all of a sudden they are unstoppable? What am I missing?

Now I'm not pretending that the Spurs don't have a chance - obviously they are a very good team. All I'm saying is that there's a 50/50 chance you guys don't even get out of the West if we don't do you a favor and break up the Lakers. First, you should thank Detroit for that, and then you should recognize that our "inferior" defense easily did what San Antonio had great difficultly doing - we neutralized Shaq+Kobe and smoked the Lakers.

Anyway, I look forward to this series. It is thoroughly amusing that Detroit is yet AGAIN considered the "underdog" by the media. FWIW - we have now won the last 3 series where this was the case.

One mistake you are doing is comparing your team to last years..and ours aswell.


I don't know if you forget..but we got cheated out of it.. (yes kori i said it).

I also want to say this to piss immature pistons fans

LAST YEAR WAS A FLUKE.

[Experiment2100]

In most of the analysis of the finals I have read, everyone misses one important point: Detroit kicked the crap out of the team that beat the Spurs in six games last year. The best excuses you guys can come up with are "they had four hall of famers" or "that .4 shot was BS." Well, Detroit embarassed those four hall of famers, and avoided the problem of getting "screwed" by last second shots by winning every game by 20.

So now the Spurs add freakin' Brent Barry, and all of a sudden they are unstoppable? What am I missing?

Now I'm not pretending that the Spurs don't have a chance - obviously they are a very good team. All I'm saying is that there's a 50/50 chance you guys don't even get out of the West if we don't do you a favor and break up the Lakers. First, you should thank Detroit for that, and then you should recognize that our "inferior" defense easily did what San Antonio had great difficultly doing - we neutralized Shaq+Kobe and smoked the Lakers.

Anyway, I look forward to this series. It is thoroughly amusing that Detroit is yet AGAIN considered the "underdog" by the media. FWIW - we have now won the last 3 series where this was the case.

So Malone was playing from the bench?

[ALVAREZ6]

Who Gives A forum.

[MiNuS]

thanks.

now its payback time~!

[ALVAREZ6]

In most of the analysis of the finals I have read, everyone misses one important point: Detroit kicked the crap out of the team that beat the Spurs in six games last year. The best excuses you guys can come up with are "they had four hall of famers" or "that .4 shot was BS." Well, Detroit embarassed those four hall of famers, and avoided the problem of getting "screwed" by last second shots by winning every game by 20.

So now the Spurs add freakin' Brent Barry, and all of a sudden they are unstoppable? What am I missing?

Now I'm not pretending that the Spurs don't have a chance - obviously they are a very good team. All I'm saying is that there's a 50/50 chance you guys don't even get out of the West if we don't do you a favor and break up the Lakers. First, you should thank Detroit for that, and then you should recognize that our "inferior" defense easily did what San Antonio had great difficultly doing - we neutralized Shaq+Kobe and smoked the Lakers.

Anyway, I look forward to this series. It is thoroughly amusing that Detroit is yet AGAIN considered the "underdog" by the media. FWIW - we have now won the last 3 series where this was the case.

I'll just say it like you guys do: What does this have to do with this series?

[Steve Perry]

great another mouse topic..............

[Dre_7]

So now the Spurs add freakin' Brent Barry, and all of a sudden they are unstoppable? What am I missing?

Manu has long hair now!!! He didnt last year. Watch out!!!!

[thispego]

Most pistons fans have been afflicted with big head syndrome after last years championship. Larry Brown sees past this and knows he's coaching a group of scrubbs, that is why he is gonna high tail it after this season is over and San Antonio ganks detroits precious trophy. Thanks for holding it for us detroit, there better not be one ing scratch on it.

[Pistons < Spurs]

What does this have to do with this series?

Thats exactly what I want to know.

[mcornelio]

i was going to post 10 reasons why we will win this series but i decided against it... the fact of the matter is that you guys beat the lakers... whooptie ing doo if you really want me to tell you why we lost last year it was because la was playing like they where supposed to and as soon as they beat us they turned into again... im not going to talk any ... well just wait and see... i bet even rasheed guarantees a spurs win.. face it dude.. were the best team in all of profesional sports... best defense, tight offense, great team chemistry, our role players do what they are supposed to do... besides if anything goes wrong the best coach in the nba is there to fix it.. see u on thursday!

[SPARKY]

Perhaps if the Pistons actually defeated a Laker team in the Finals with a healthy Karl Malone starting and playing 40 minutes a night might I think you have a point.

Explain that, .

[jochhejaam]

Who Gives A forum.

You are obviously one bad dude!!!

One more reason why they should insist on passing an IQ test before being allowed to post!

[ALVAREZ6]

You are obviously one bad dude!!!

One more reason why they should insist on passing an IQ test before being allowed to post!

You have been here since today.

I'd suggest you STFU and drop it, you have no idea what my post meant.

[jochhejaam]

Perhaps if the Pistons actually defeated a Laker team in the Finals with a healthy Karl Malone starting and playing 40 minutes a night might I think you have a point.

Explain that, .

yeah, Malone was 45 years old, scary!!! to you maybe

[Ball Don't Lie]

I'll just say it like you guys do: What does this have to do with this series?

Simple. Your team, for the most part, is pretty much identical to the team you had in 2004. A few role players have changed, and Manu is playing better, but everything else is equal. The Pistons are pretty much the same team they were in 2004 as well. Just like the Spurs, we swapped a few role players and one of our mid-level players (Prince) added a lot to his game.

So from where I stand, it looks like these teams are pretty much comparatively the same as they were in 2004, when the Pistons absolutely slaughtered a team that San Antonio couldn't even take to 7 games. Given this, I have no clue how you people are so damn y.

[SPARKY]

yeah, Malone was 45 years old, scary!!! to you maybe

Someone needs to watch more basketball and sniff less freon.

[ALVAREZ6]

Alright, now these ing purple elephants are gettin a little annoying.

It's just an emoticon, jochejaam...

[Kori Ellis]

Last year's team doesn't equal this year's team -- for the Spurs or for the Pistons.

Everyone needs to get off what happened last year. Last year's Spurs team choked off the Lakers series and the Pistons went on to beat that Lakers team and win a le. End of story.

This is a new story. Only one team will have a happy ending.

[Useruser666]

Simple, Malone was injured in the LA/Det series. He made the difference for LA against the Spurs.

[Ball Don't Lie]

Perhaps if the Pistons actually defeated a Laker team in the Finals with a healthy Karl Malone starting and playing 40 minutes a night might I think you have a point.

Explain that, .

Yeah...I'm sure that Karl Malone and his 10 pts/game was the difference between the Pistons annihilating the Lakers and the Lakers winning in 6.

[boutons]

damn, this forum is overflowing with dumbass Pistons fans. We need to sweep these ers in 4 and hope this ing Pissed-On fans crawl back to their crime-ridden, rust-belt -hole.

[SPARKY]

Simple. Your team, for the most part, is pretty much identical to the team you had in 2004. A few role players have changed, and Manu is playing better, but everything else is equal. The Pistons are pretty much the same team they were in 2004 as well. Just like the Spurs, we swapped a few role players and one of our mid-level players (Prince) added a lot to his game.

So from where I stand, it looks like these teams are pretty much comparatively the same as they were in 2004, when the Pistons absolutely slaughtered a team that San Antonio couldn't even take to 7 games. Given this, I have no clue how you people are so damn y.

Again, the Pistons did not face the same team that the Spurs faced. I don't understand why this is so difficult for you to grasp.

[Sense]

Yeah...I'm sure that Karl Malone and his 10 pts/game was the difference between the Pistons annihilating the Lakers and the Lakers winning in 6.

A HallofFamer with good defense and a great sense of the game + healthy would've done it.

[ALVAREZ6]

. Given this, I have no clue how you people are so damn y.

Why don't you check up on your detroit pals in other threads...I am wondering the same...


YES, the spurs lost to the team that the pistons beat.

But WTF does that have to do with Spurs vs. Pistons?

Did the Spurs face the Pistons in a 7 game series yet? Then how the do you know what will happen.