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yes, because the pistons are the best team right now
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To you guys on here, is the Christmas day game a statement game or to you the outcome doesnt matter, just a reg season game. I'd like to hear your input before the game.
yes, because the pistons are the best team right now
Regular Season for me. It's more exciting than your average regular season game, obviously, but I'm not putting too much weight on it. Last year we were 12-12 going into the 24th game (Spurs game), so we all know teams don't play the same in december as they do in May/June. If we win I won't claim us to be insta-champs, and if we lose I won't jump off a bridge and say we suck. Obviously the press and the winning team's fans will make a bigger deal out of it than it is.
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Last edited by FreshPrince22; 09-12-2011 at 02:26 PM.
yes, but it will be a good indicator of where we are as a team right now
while a would love the win, I know that it doesn't matter who wins in Dec.
We will be in the playoffs, and likely the finals, so if the Pistons get there...then we can worry about statements
Just another game. It should be a good one, but both teams have a few injuries, and both teams have looked surprisingly average against some subpar opponents lately.
I voted yes, but the answer is "both". Aren't all "statement" games played in the regular season? They're "statement" games when the teams involved have some playoff history with each other and there's a strong chance that they'll be meeting again in the playoffs.
If anybody plays a "playoff" game as if it were a mere "statement" game, they need to wake the up.
its just a regular game, the statement game for me would be the 2nd meeting of the season.
It's a good game to determine where the Spurs are at right now.
Already stated my opinion on this game.
Dont mean $#i! IMO.
Pistons win = theyre still the best team in the league (right now)
Spurs win = yup, they can still beat the Pistons.
Whoopety-doo.
Statement game. The Spurs were quite a bit better than the Pistons last year yet the Pistons played better than the Spurs for five straight games and almost stole the series. It's not a matter of who's better on paper, but who shows up when they have to. The Pistons are less likely to take a game or a quarter off. The Spurs should treat this like an important game, but who the knows which team will show up?
I guarantee the fans of the loser of this game will come back and say the game didn't mean anything, but this one means as much as any regular season game this year is likely to.
statement game my ass...
Spurs might lose, they're not that healthy, they've been struggling against teams who play no defense, and the Pistons can lock it up if they choose.
Statement game? No, cuz Spurs are not anywhere near where they wanna be. If they were running on all cylinders, and fully healthy I would say yes. But SA is still trying to get everything going. I would think Their next game against DET would proly be a statement game.
---any game between two of the top teams is a statement game---
Statement game? I wouldn't go that far.
Important game? Sure, for both teams. Most people including each team believes these are the best two teams in the league. It's a good game to gauge for each team. And, it's on national tv, so it's also nice to show the nation and world how good each team is.
Must-win game? Absolutely not. When the playoffs roll around, neither team will care who won that game. And, if they are, that's the wrong focus to have going into the playoffs.
It's only a statement game if your team wins...
Statement that equals bragging rights for a day, no more, no less.
Both teams will want to win, of course. But, I can't see Pop rushing Manu back if he isn't ready, and if the Spurs were in the playoffs now I would bet he would be playing. Tim will come out at the 3 minute mark, etc.....so it is a big game but neither team will deviate from their sub pattern at this point in the season, except maybe in the 4th if it is a close game. Pistons are playing better right now and being at home, I think they have the edge. I believe they will be favored and will win. Not a statement, but nonetheless would be nice to upset Detroit on the road.
The pressure is on Detroit. They are at home. They have the best record in the league. They lost the championship to the Spurs.
If they lose this game, it will hurt their confidence. For the Spurs, they wouldn't be adversley affected either way. I just hope the game is close and we remain healthy. Winning would be nice but it's not a statement game for San Antonio.
Statement game.
We gotta show who the rings belong to.
I'd like the Spurs to treat this like a statement game and give it their 100%.
I wanna put a smack down on the Pistons so we can finally be #1 in the power rankings.
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