I’m so sick right now 33.3% no excuses for that at all and as much as I hate to say this I think we’d still be in it if we had brown. flip even said himself durring half time he didn’t know what to do.
This is so depressing. Changes need to be made, I really don’t understand what happened to this team after Game 3 with Cleveland. All of the suddenly everyone is afraid to attack the basket and settling for jumpshots that won’t fall in……
Oh well, Go Dirk and Dallas or Nash and Phoenix. I hope you run Fatso right out of your building.
one thing for shure though Heat fans are some of the worst fans of the nba.Sure they all where white but you noticed how they were all sitting down in the start and were still pretty quiet until the end. pistons fans stand up the whole damn game and cheer heat fans just kinda sit around even when the heat are winning on a volume scale from 1-10 it’s like a 9.8 and at where ever the hell the heat play it’s like 6.5
But hat’s off to the heat Have fun loosing in the playoff’s
I think are lack of motivation may have something to do with the spurs loosing 2. Because they were are whole motivation for the regular season we didn’t care for the heat as much as we cared to get our payback on the spurs.
i dont know what 2 do now… im disappointed right now.. i want larry back and i want 2 stab shaq and wade in their eye (with a rusty screw driver), so they cant play ball anymore …OMFG…
The Heat are in for a real treat, when they play Dallas in the finals. Dallas is way to quick for the heat. Dallas constantly runs the ball too. Dallas Mavericks=2006 champions!
At which point do we admit that this was a jumpshot team all year that was never force to adjust from game to game? Dwayne and Shaq flat out wanted this game more than the Pistons did. Where is the urgency? I think too many of these guys feel like they have been there before. They don’t want to be the a “bad mother… shut your mouth” like Shaq. Is one and done enough for these Pistons? It’s too bas it had to end like this.
The pistons would have won if 1. Rasheed Wallace was not injured. 2 Rip Hamilton was not injured. 3 Larry Brown was still the head coach!Pistons still have an edge on the heat, the pistons beat them at their own court last year to go on to the finals!I hope the heat lose in the finals!
this really sucks red wings and the pistons had the best records in both leauges and didnt win the titles this is so hard to grab rite now this summer is jus going to suck i hope miami get they ass kicked whoever they play so people like alonzo and gary payton antoine walker and jayson williams dont win a ring and i really dont want pat riley to win a ring because he is selfish all i can hope for is for ben wallace to come back we get a new and productive bench and try to win it next year-Kori Gabriel
Ya I watched the whole game and it was sickening.I do want Larry back and shound’t blmae everything on Flip but most should go on him.Larry knew D but Flip doesn’t.You can be the worst team and offenese and still win titles just like the 04′ Pistons and the 05 East Champ Pistons.The main thing for us fans this season is to hope that Joe will bring in young bench players,im not taking anything away from Dyess but he is old along with Delk and Lidsey.Don’t worry we are still a championship contender team for the next five years as long as we keep our dangerous five.
I hope the Heat dont win, But i do think were going to have a big Off-season. I think were going to sign and trade Ben with someone-else and try to get KG or AI. Its going to be really interesting.
This was going to be my first time watching the Pistons in the finals. 🙁
Very upset right now. This is what happends with no inside game. They didnt know what to do when the shots were not falling. Changes need to be made. I hate to say it. KG needs to come play in the D
We’ll just have to get our revenge next year. Changes definatly have to be made, and we really need to get more motivated.
I’m rooting for the Mavs. I really hate Shaq and Wade.
Oh and did anyone catch the Heat fans boo’ing the pistons when someone announced they had a good season, even though we actually showed some class and congratulated them, unlike game 5 when Heat ran off to the locker room. Yeah. Great fans.
Good job this season boys. Wished for a different outcome, but hey, everything happens for a reason. All we can do is come back next year as a better team.
I’m speechless, Rip was the only one fighting in the 4th quarter. He was the only one that didn’t want it to end right there. Where were the other guys?!?! Where was the motivation, the hunger?!?!?! We had a spectacular season, I’m just upset to see it end this way. I guess now it’s time to root for the Mavs. I REALLY feel for McDyess, he wanted a ring..and he wont get it this year. What a SAD, SAD, SAD, end to the season…looking forward to next season.
First of all!!! all i can say is how much did we get payed to lose that one? From breaking a franchise record and almost taking over a world record to this bull s*** come on!!! Being #1 all season to losing to a team we beat three out of four times this season wtf!!! I guess i kinda hope miami takes it now cuz then we cansay we lost to the champs!!! Pistons are still #1 in my heart im speechless about this i just dont understand!!! better luck next year !!! love, olivia
First of all!!! all i can say is how much did we get payed to lose that one it really makes you wonder from a franchise record breaker to almost beating a world record to being #1 the whole season to this bull s***!!! wtf!!! Well go Miami then so at least we can say we lost to some champs all you people that are hating on Miami thats s*** because they beat us the least we could want them to do is win !!! Pistons your still #1 in my book !!! better luck next year !!! love Olivia
I am also very depressed, but I know we will be back next year! My boy was so upset, he was about in tears. I had to explain that being a fan means through the good and the bad, almost like marriage (LOL). I REALLY hope Big Ben stays in Detroit though! We need him.
You know what really hurts? We could have drafted Wade. Sure, he’d never see playing time, but I’d rather have him on our bench than on the floor against us. Frickin’ Darko.
They really looked like they wanted it this whole plyoff run, disgusting performance all around. Rip, Tony Delk, Mcdyess, and Hunter were the only ones that actually showed some heart tonite but it was too late.
Desptite the fact we lost, you have to love Detroit Basketball
I love our boys with all my heart, and next year, after our bench has a bit more warming up, it will be our time too shine once more. I do feel for McDyess though, and would love to see him get a ring.
I hope Detroit can prove we’re not a bunch of bandwagon fans. Next year I want to see our crowd out in full force because we truley are the greatest team to play the game…
bullshit man.. Miami was just the better team.. give credit where credit is due.. under 33% becaue of their defense im sorry w/e man.. hopefully we can play when it matters next year..
I’ve been rooting for the Pistons all year, mainly because they should have won last year and I hate Shaq. But they were straight up embarrassed in Game 6. D Wade didn’t even play the first half (stats-wise) and the Pistons let Shaq get dunk after dunk, while shooting 15-50 from the field and missing a TON of wide open jumpers.
They should be ashamed of themselves the way they went out. They got blown out in all 4 games that they lost, and consistently let the Heat shoot in the 58% range from the field.
It will be interesting to see if they can regain the hunger that they seemed to have the first half of the season, and if they can make some moves to strengthen their bench. Here’s hoping they make a run next year.
The thing that will help me sleep at night is knowing that Miami didnt beat Detroit, Detroit beat Detroit. This Detroit team is not the same team from the regular season or from the last few years. There was no heart, no passion or hunger. Yes Miami played good, it would have been a totally different story if this had been the Same Detroit team as in the Reg Season. Dont worry we’ll be back next year.
1.) Pistons played like crap, but they seemed to have a chance in some of the games early on if not for several questionable calls.
2.) Pistons dominate in game 5, yet NBA.com fails to update their video and highlights page, almost as if they wanted to hide the fact. Dallas has a great game the next night, it is updated almost instantly.
3.) I read an article on how this game will define the Piston’s legacy ealier today, linked from NBA.com. Somehow, that article is pushed back up to the top after they loose, almost as if to say, you are done. When I looked, it said it had been posted 17 minutes ago. I read it several hours ago.
Now granted, there is nothing anyone but the Pistons could have done to fix their poor shooting, but there was some real suspicious stuff going on this series that sure made me wonder if there was some kind of bigger plan working against them as well. After all, you can’t easily create the next profit driving MJ if a pesky group of team players stands in the way.
What Detroit needs to do is bring in a vetrean point guard like Sam Cassel to replace Lindsey Hunter. They need to figure out there idnetity. either trade ben wallace for kevin garnett and go offense or keep ben wallace and go defense.
I will admit something didn’t seem right beetween the pistons as a team the coach and the refs best team in the nba shoots 30%? (any crazy stat people out there interested in finding out how many teams in the nba that were the best team in the nba durring regular season and then shot 30% in the in the post season)(or even best team for the past 3 years who manged to shoot 30%)
and it does feel like theres something alot deeper going on I guess maybe the harsh reality is that we lost to someone named shaq who’s biggest movie roll was kazaam and steel and then as if that wasn’t enough made a rap album that no one in their right mind would ever listen 2.And then he got beat by arron carter in his music video”come on shaq had enough yet”. and oddly enough was in (Omega Psi Phi Fraternity)How is this even possible it has to be a conspiracy
for everybody wondering, there is no measure to how badly Dallas will beat Miami’s ass…Dallas would have likely put a hurting on the Pistons based on how poor they have looked the last 3 weeks, but the Dallas/Miami series will simply be a joke. I pitty that David Stern has to tolerate this finals after an incredibly entertaining playoffs to this point.
io penso che…detroit quest’anno era meno forte dell’anno scorso…e l’ha dimostrato la stagione regolare dal momento che hanno perso pochissimo..un calo doveva esserci
i think detroit was wors this year than last year…and this was demostraited in the regular season because they lost so little games…they could’nt continue like the all regular season…
What the hell happened to us? Unstoppable during the season, mediocre during postseason play. Tey and Rip have been the only two that have played above par in the playoffs. Big Shot, Sheed, and Ben were off and on. The Heat did not beat us, we beat ourselves. Where was our motivation to win, that fire in their eyes you saw burning the last two years?? I got tired of hearing the postgame comment of “we’ll be alright.” Their desire was gone. Maybe we were just too damn good during the season where we thought a championship was inevitable? Anyhow, thanks for the great season Detroit. I loved watching every game. I’m not sure if we’ll see the same starting five next year, but I hope you regain that fire in your eyes.
I’m very upset also. I cant believe this incredible season came down to this. I hope it was fixed, actually. From the post I read about NBA.com, I’m beginning to think it was. These are not our boys. I dont know what happened to them, but I hope we get the real Pistons back next year. GO PISTONS!
P.S.- Natalie, I hope you stay around and keep us posted all summer. Your posts gave me hope when I thought all was over.
I was in disbelief to what i saw last nite…i thought i was in a nightmare. I want the pistons team to stay the same, nobody should be drafted or anything…thats becasuse we were capable in winning but we didnt.. we wouldnt get this far if we didn’t play spectacularly in the regular season.
I don’t know what happened, but I know we could of won. There was just no gas. People were saying, they didn’t wanna win or, they didn’t care.. DID you SEE their sad faces? And ya, they were really good sports. And then Miami booooooooos at them? u guyz suck!
I WILL BE A PISTONS FAN NO MATTER WHAT! SEE YA NEXT YEAR GOOD JOB OVERALL IN THE SEASON//
You need to just let it go, Detroit lost, they didn’t play with heart and they were missing shots like crazy, no conspiracy, just crappy basketball. Detroit had a great run but I think there will be a big break-up of the starting five and detroit will no longer be a dominating team thru the regular season.
f**ck the heat the they game small no good …. and shaq play agly …
we the detroit pistons …. !!
next year we try agaian we need a superstar like lakers has koby miami wade if just big ben was a scorer we was won … and dumars nee be the coach … im right .. ??
i have never seen the pistons play like this. where is the Defense, where is our shooting what happened. everyone is tlking about ben doing a sign and trade, i dont know if u guys saw this postseason and how bad rasheed did. he is the most payed player on our team with 11 million dollars, rasheed and someone else should get traded for a true inside presence in KG
Ben Wallce is going to leave fore sherr. He dont even like flip. The team nedds a better bench and delfeino needs to play alot more he is going to be the future.well there always next year!
In retrospect, I think they could have used Milicic and Arroyo to give a boost to their collapsing offense. I don’t see why they just got rid of them while getting nothing in return. It did nothing to help them at best and deprived them of the little extra boost of energy that just might have made them win at worst. Their bench when from average to poor after that trade, and on the final half of the season the starting five had too much pressure on them to secure home court throughout the playoffs. They just looked done by the time the playoffs came around.
So I think everyone, from Joe Dumars to Flip to the players are to blame for this unsatisfying end to a brilliant season.
I WAS SO SICK THAT I DAMN NEAR THREW UP! THIS REALLY MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH AND JOE D. IS THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO GO TO WORK! FLIP IS A FLOP! A GREAT TEAM FELL INTO HIS LAP HOWEVER ITS STILL A GAME AND THOSE GUYS STILL NEEDED INTENSE COACHING AND DEVELOPING. WHERE DID FLIP GET HIS PLAYS AND HIS STRATEGIES FROM? NOW WHO COACHES THE COACH? THE TEAM LOST CONFIDENCE CAUSE THEY WERENT CHALLENGED. JOE D. DOESNT GIVE SECOND CHANCES SO WE CAN SAY BYE TO FLIP. I STILL CANT UNDERSTAND WHY HE KEPT PUTTING EVANS IN THE GAME WHEN ITS QUITE EVIDENT THAT HE WASNT EFFECTIVE WHEN NEEDED DELFINO WASNT EVEN CONSIDERED AND HE CAN BE A REAL THREAT WHEN GIVIN THE OPPORTUNITY. NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED BECAUSE ITS FOR SURE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. I GUESS THE BALL DOES LIE. I GOTTA GO BEFORE I START CRYING. LOOKING FOR A GREAT SEASON FOR THE HEAT & DALLAS. GO AVERY YOU WORKED HARD YOU DESERVE IT.
you guys need to settle the hell down, talking about firing flip. if he can run a shooting offense and the pistons can win 80% of their games, then so be it. but if the players can’t answer the call in the playoffs and make those shots, then i don’t see the point in blaming the coach.
for all you readers who keep saying trade ben for garnett, do you realize that ben is a free agent at the end of the month? its hard to trade an unrestricted free agent for anything.
You guys are crazy. The Pistons are the first team since the Jordan Bulls to get to the Conference Finals four times in a row. They are still young. We have been spoiled and will keep getting spoiled as long as Dumars Touch is around. There is probably no reason to get rid of any of the starters when they have proven to get it done before and continue to compete at a high level. What they need is a solid coach. Someone who understands both defense and offense. Someone who will stick around for 4 or more years and who everyone on the team respects. Phil Jackson or George Karl would be great for this team. They’ll be back next year in the Conference Fnals unless the Cavs get someone who can complement James. And don’t forget that Wade and James are probably moving to different teams after next season. Miami and the Cavs can’t afford either of them. Regardless, the Pistons chances in the next few years are good as long as the organization and the pieces involved keep their heads on straight.
4 Conf Finals in a row. 2 Finals. 1 ring. Many teams dream of these accomplishments. It’s defenetly not over yet. in 2007 they will actualy WANT to WIN. A great season is comming. Joe D knows best. Make a few moves and your back.
NBA wanted new faces for the Finals, well Stern and his bitches got their wish.
Just a note to you, Stern, if you are going to promote high scoring styles and ignore Defense, you will get alot more fans. But USA basketball will never win another Olympics or World Game because other countries don’t play like that.
Only those of you that watch the series 24 with Jack Bauer the gang will understand this. Okay think back to the 3rd season when Michelle was kidnapped and Tony had to move the men from the rear of the building (to allow the bad guy to get away). Do you remember the feeling you had and the mood at CTU? Everyone knew something was wrong but couldn’t put a finger on it. Just like in the Miami series.
I think that this half hearted playoff effort by the pistons was somehow part of something way bigger then basketball. You can go all the way back to game 3 against the Cavs. They tried so hard to let the Cavs win but they couldn’t make it obvious and the Cavs fell. We intercepted a message just before tip off of game one. It read… we will release nerve gas in the Palace if you do not comply with our demands and allow the Heat to advance.
You see they (the PISTONS) did this to protect us.
That is the only explanation that makes any sense.
“NBA wanted new faces for the Finals, well Stern and his bitches got their wish.
Just a note to you, Stern, if you are going to promote high scoring styles and ignore Defense, you will get alot more fans. But USA basketball will never win another Olympics or World Game because other countries don’t play like that.”
Ahh so its David Stern’s fault the Pistons lost? Now I have heard EVERYTHING!
Yo, Bitch. You haven’t heard or seen anything. Marketing is everything to the NBA, they still don’t have anyone who can promote the NBA like Michael Jordan. Nike needs their $90 Mil. investment to start looking good and a few lopsided calls going toward Queen James, he can compete.
Strange thing though, remember the last Olympics with James, Wade, Anthony, Stoudamire, Duncan, the USA barely won the bronze medal, hmm, why is that???
anyone rember the lakers and how their team fell apart with shaq,bryant and phil jackson. thats what happend with the pistons and most of it was circulated around ben cuz he didn’t feel like he really fit in anymore with flip and his game plan as I recall that was the problem at the begging of the season ben was upset.So I have the feeling he doesn’t really want to be here any more as much as you guys would like to think. Time to get a new starting 5
Pistons will stay the same except for the bench, joe dumars even said the pistons #1 goal is to sign ben wallace over the summer! Why do you think they traded carlos and darko, so they can free up money to sign ben again! Pistons will have a long run and a championship here and there over the next 6 years likethe san antonio spurs!
It all makes sense to me now. Anyone else see the movie Space Jam. The aliens come down to earth and steal the skills of 5 NBA superstars. That must be what happeneed to the Pistons. Somewhere there is a bunch of cartoon characters running aroud with the swagger, the three pointers, the defense, the everything!!!
FYI Lebron won’t be leaving Cleveland and D-Wade won’t be leaving Miami. I bet Ben Wallace leaves Detriot this summer. Have a nice offseason. Can’t wait for the press conference when he signs with another team.
The Pistons are the best team in basketball, no doubt in my mind. They play like a true team, relying on everyone’s strengths and helping each other to over come their weaknesses.
The Miami series was a joke. Our beloved Pistons didn’t play as well as they have all season, that’s a given. However, something bigger was going on. When Fatass, I mean Shaq, can blatently push people down (see his push of Rip in game 4, I believe it was and then he pushed someone else in game 6) and receive no call against him, how the hell are we supposed to overcome that? In games 3 and 4, it didn’t matter what the Pistons did (or didn’t do) for defense, fouls were called nearly every single play against them. When Miami came back down on defense they fouled the hell out of the Pistons and were never called on it. Even if we’d hit the shots better, it’s hard to say whether we could have won the series with that sort of officiating.
I hope Dallas kicks the shit out of Miami and reminds them of the fact that they are not the team that deserves to be in the NBA finals. And my hope is that Detroit finds the desire to win again before next season starts. Never lose the faith, our boys need us!
(1) Natalie, your site kicks ass. Even though I’m a Heat fan, you have my respect. Your screensavers and wallpapers are all over my friend’s computer now, as she’s a total Detroit fan.
(2) Miami fans seem way too similar to Laker fans. They’re just there because that’s where everyone goes if they’re in Miami. Not much interest in the actual game, which is kind of depressing, being a Heat fan in San Diego.
(3) Joe Dumars is probably the best GM in the league. He’ll fix what needs to be fixed, and Detroit will be a contender again next season, like they were last season. And the season before that. And the season before that…
(4) Enough with the Wade bashing! He’s not a “bitch,” or a “baby,” and he’s not getting stabbed in the eye anytime soon. So please stop!
(5) The officiating all season, especially in the playoffs, has been OBSCENELY BAD. But I don’t think Detroit got shafted more then any other team did. When Detroit kept Miami out of the paint and off of the free-throw line, they won. When they let Miami get in the lane at will and attack the basket, they lost. There wasn’t some big conspiracy set in motion by the powers that be so Miami would be in the Finals. And Shaq wasn’t shoving people around all series. When he did, more often then not they called the foul (although there were a few he got away with early in the series when he abused Big Ben and they didn’t call anything, but there were 3 or 4 fouls at the most they didn’t call). If you let Shaq have uncontested dunks all game (like in Game 6) you’re going to have a tough time winning.
Hopefully this was respectful enough to make the cut, but if not…I’ll just post it on my site. Haha. Again, respect to you and your Pistons Natalie, as well as the Detroit fans that haven’t acted-a-fool online. I enjoy your work, and I’ll be checking your site to see what goes down. Gotta keep up with the competition, blog-wise and NBA-wise. Haha.
there not alot to cry about the pistons losing they just did not have the fire the use to have its been down hill after game 5 vs cavs but i hope there is big offseasons change in the beach this is the olny finals the heat are going to be in the mavs are going to sweep the heat the mavs have the fire the pistons had in 04 ( nice site)
theres not alot to cry about the pistons losing they jut did not have the fire the use to have its been down hill after game 5 vs cavs but i hope the is big offseasons changes in the beach the heat are going to loss the mavs have the fire the pistons had in 04 ( nice site ) GO MAVS
From the viewpoint of a Heat fan, you guys sure are doing a lot of arguing. I myself am not a bandwagon jumper. I have always like the Heat and have followed them closely for 6 out of my 16 years of living.
The officiating WAS bad, but it went both ways. There IS a reason that Detroit started falling apart near the Cavs and Heat games and that is because the other team and their stars (wade and lebron) got their team to have the emotional factor in the game.
And in response to all your Dallas Maverick threats, no I am not in the least bit scared of them. You guys were who I truely feared most and we diposed of you.
ok pistons fans can get mad how the heat beat us we well come bak next year with a lot of fire and take down the (from a pistons fan point of view) and mayby well have some new guys
over he last4 years the pistons had did is: 4 times central division champs 4 times to eastern conference finals in a row 2 time eastern conference finals champs 2 tims to the final in a row 1 finals champs very good let add 1 more on easter conference champs and finals champs
To the heat dummy fan who said he’s not scared of Dallas. To remind you, when the miami heat played Dallas in the season you lost to them by 36 points! Dallas beat the spurs, in which the spurs are BETTER than the pistons! Miami is going to lose in the finals to the Dallas mavericks, The mavs have a better defense and offense than the pistons and they are much quicker, and they can play any style of ball!
to whom ever thinks the Mavricks are the new champions I have bad news. shaq knows whats his and he is gonna get it. If I am wrong Please sebd it to pistons363@yahoo.com but the olny way that the heat wont win it all is if diop gains 400 pounds, stackhouse gets leg transplants, and last nowinksi drops at least 50 but probably more. Also in my opion the pistons lost because of the great season they had. I mean you cant keep it up for that long. thats why I think that flip was the wrong choice.(I couldent do any better I am just sayin) this is probably a mis assumpution but I think flip was seeking aproval of the piston fans and he got it but in the prosses he doused the fire that is the pistons. the men you saw on the floor wearing the pistons red white and blue were a tired version of the pistons. sure they got rest at the end of the seasn but it wasent enough. the Cavs and the Heat didnt push themselfs nearly as hard as the pistons during the regular season and thats why they lost to the heat and should have lost to the Cavs. that is also why the mavricks are going to lose. because they pushed them selfs too hard in the season. I’m not gonna lie I hate the heat I hate the way shaq fouls every time he goes to the basket I hate how every time wade goes for the shot he falls no matter who gaurds him (even if nobodys there he falls) but the heat have coasted through the playoffs the mavricks have grinded through. I have already seen a vision of mark cuban in my dreams througing his hands up in disgust. not what I want to see but a vision of the future. Its a sad truth but the mavricks are gonna get walked on in the finals. please again give me what you think at pistons363@yahoo.com but I goota finsh this paper so I dont fail the egith grade so Peace
I still haven gotten over it i just can’t believe their not the Champions or tha easterern conference champs we been tha easterern conference champs 4 so long i can’t even believe this happen to my Pistons i can’t believe im crying no i want tha Pistons to win so Bad
I’m so sick right now
33.3% no excuses for that at all
and as much as I hate to say this I think we’d still be in it if we had brown. flip even said himself durring half time he didn’t know what to do.
This is so depressing.
Changes need to be made, I really don’t understand what happened to this team after Game 3 with Cleveland. All of the suddenly everyone is afraid to attack the basket and settling for jumpshots that won’t fall in……
Oh well, Go Dirk and Dallas or Nash and Phoenix. I hope you run Fatso right out of your building.
one thing for shure though Heat fans are some of the worst fans of the nba.Sure they all where white but you noticed how they were all sitting down in the start and were still pretty quiet until the end.
pistons fans stand up the whole damn game and cheer heat fans just kinda sit around even when the heat are winning
on a volume scale from 1-10 it’s like a 9.8 and at where ever the hell the heat play it’s like 6.5
But hat’s off to the heat Have fun loosing in the playoff’s
i cant even think right now.
i dunno what to do. or how to get this out of me.
that picture describes whats going on inside of me but cant come out.
I think are lack of motivation may have something to do with the spurs loosing 2. Because they were are whole motivation for the regular season we didn’t care for the heat as much as we cared to get our payback on the spurs.
http://www.break.com/top_rated/patiencechild.html
Who knew the Pistons game was on in Germany? On a computer no less!
I think we can all relate to this kid tonight 🙁
i dont know what 2 do now…
im disappointed right now.. i want larry back
and i want 2 stab shaq and wade in their eye (with a rusty screw driver), so they cant play ball anymore
…OMFG…
Dallas Mavericks remind me of the 2004 pistons, they are underrated and hungry!GO MAVS!
The Heat are in for a real treat, when they play Dallas in the finals. Dallas is way to quick for the heat. Dallas constantly runs the ball too. Dallas Mavericks=2006 champions!
Don’t worry pistons fans, this series don’t mean nothing if the heat don’t win the championship!
At which point do we admit that this was a jumpshot team all year that was never force to adjust from game to game? Dwayne and Shaq flat out wanted this game more than the Pistons did. Where is the urgency? I think too many of these guys feel like they have been there before. They don’t want to be the a “bad mother… shut your mouth” like Shaq. Is one and done enough for these Pistons? It’s too bas it had to end like this.
The pistons would have won if 1. Rasheed Wallace was not injured. 2 Rip Hamilton was not injured. 3 Larry Brown was still the head coach!Pistons still have an edge on the heat, the pistons beat them at their own court last year to go on to the finals!I hope the heat lose in the finals!
I MISS LARRY BROWN! AT LEAST WE BEAT THE HEAT UNDER HIM!
i love bad boys
i believe that bad boys will be back soon !
cheer up
love ya !
this really sucks red wings and the pistons had the best records in both leauges and didnt win the titles this is so hard to grab rite now this summer is jus going to suck i hope miami get they ass kicked whoever they play so people like alonzo and gary payton antoine walker and jayson williams dont win a ring and i really dont want pat riley to win a ring because he is selfish all i can hope for is for ben wallace to come back we get a new and productive bench and try to win it next year-Kori Gabriel
Ya I watched the whole game and it was sickening.I do want Larry back and shound’t blmae everything on Flip but most should go on him.Larry knew D but Flip doesn’t.You can be the worst team and offenese and still win titles just like the 04′ Pistons and the 05 East Champ Pistons.The main thing for us fans this season is to hope that Joe will bring in young bench players,im not taking anything away from Dyess but he is old along with Delk and Lidsey.Don’t worry we are still a championship contender team for the next five years as long as we keep our dangerous five.
I hope the Heat dont win, But i do think were going to have a big Off-season. I think were going to sign and trade Ben with someone-else and try to get KG or AI. Its going to be really interesting.
This was going to be my first time watching the Pistons in the finals. 🙁
Cant wait for the draft now.
Very upset right now. This is what happends with no inside game. They didnt know what to do when the shots were not falling. Changes need to be made. I hate to say it. KG needs to come play in the D
tigers?
2004 pistons=2006 mavericks, I guarentsheed the mavs will win the 2006 NBA championship!
Joe Dumars should be the coach!!!!! Flip needs to be fired immediatly
We’ll just have to get our revenge next year. Changes definatly have to be made, and we really need to get more motivated.
I’m rooting for the Mavs. I really hate Shaq and Wade.
Oh and did anyone catch the Heat fans boo’ing the pistons when someone announced they had a good season, even though we actually showed some class and congratulated them, unlike game 5 when Heat ran off to the locker room. Yeah. Great fans.
Good job this season boys. Wished for a different outcome, but hey, everything happens for a reason. All we can do is come back next year as a better team.
Watch out Miami, don’t mess with Texas!!!GO MAVS!!!!!!
I’m speechless, Rip was the only one fighting in the 4th quarter. He was the only one that didn’t want it to end right there. Where were the other guys?!?! Where was the motivation, the hunger?!?!?! We had a spectacular season, I’m just upset to see it end this way. I guess now it’s time to root for the Mavs. I REALLY feel for McDyess, he wanted a ring..and he wont get it this year. What a SAD, SAD, SAD, end to the season…looking forward to next season.
The Heat acted like they won the World NBA championship! There in for a rude awakening.
First of all!!! all i can say is how much did we get payed to lose that one? From breaking a franchise record and almost taking over a world record to this bull s*** come on!!! Being #1 all season to losing to a team we beat three out of four times this season wtf!!! I guess i kinda hope miami takes it now cuz then we cansay we lost to the champs!!! Pistons are still #1 in my heart im speechless about this i just dont understand!!! better luck next year !!! love, olivia
First of all!!! all i can say is how much did we get payed to lose that one it really makes you wonder from a franchise record breaker to almost beating a world record to being #1 the whole season to this bull s***!!! wtf!!! Well go Miami then so at least we can say we lost to some champs all you people that are hating on Miami thats s*** because they beat us the least we could want them to do is win !!! Pistons your still #1 in my book !!! better luck next year !!! love Olivia
we played like shit and deserved to loose..not intensity at all….
I am also very depressed, but I know we will be back next year! My boy was so upset, he was about in tears. I had to explain that being a fan means through the good and the bad, almost like marriage (LOL). I REALLY hope Big Ben stays in Detroit though! We need him.
You know what really hurts? We could have drafted Wade. Sure, he’d never see playing time, but I’d rather have him on our bench than on the floor against us. Frickin’ Darko.
They really looked like they wanted it this whole plyoff run, disgusting performance all around. Rip, Tony Delk, Mcdyess, and Hunter were the only ones that actually showed some heart tonite but it was too late.
The NBA is FIXED!!!! The pistons sold out! They got paid A LOT of money to lose this series!
Desptite the fact we lost, you have to love Detroit Basketball
I love our boys with all my heart, and next year, after our bench has a bit more warming up, it will be our time too shine once more. I do feel for McDyess though, and would love to see him get a ring.
I hope Detroit can prove we’re not a bunch of bandwagon fans. Next year I want to see our crowd out in full force because we truley are the greatest team to play the game…
bullshit man.. Miami was just the better team.. give credit where credit is due.. under 33% becaue of their defense im sorry w/e man.. hopefully we can play when it matters next year..
-Detroitbball
I’ve been rooting for the Pistons all year, mainly because they should have won last year and I hate Shaq. But they were straight up embarrassed in Game 6. D Wade didn’t even play the first half (stats-wise) and the Pistons let Shaq get dunk after dunk, while shooting 15-50 from the field and missing a TON of wide open jumpers.
They should be ashamed of themselves the way they went out. They got blown out in all 4 games that they lost, and consistently let the Heat shoot in the 58% range from the field.
It will be interesting to see if they can regain the hunger that they seemed to have the first half of the season, and if they can make some moves to strengthen their bench. Here’s hoping they make a run next year.
Fire Flip Saunders and his shooting offense! We want post scoring and a better head coach like Rick Adelman!!!!!
The thing that will help me sleep at night is knowing that Miami didnt beat Detroit, Detroit beat Detroit. This Detroit team is not the same team from the regular season or from the last few years. There was no heart, no passion or hunger. Yes Miami played good, it would have been a totally different story if this had been the Same Detroit team as in the Reg Season. Dont worry we’ll be back next year.
Can we blame this on Joey Harrington? I mean he is playing in Miami now.
Interesting observations this series…
1.) Pistons played like crap, but they seemed to have a chance in some of the games early on if not for several questionable calls.
2.) Pistons dominate in game 5, yet NBA.com fails to update their video and highlights page, almost as if they wanted to hide the fact. Dallas has a great game the next night, it is updated almost instantly.
3.) I read an article on how this game will define the Piston’s legacy ealier today, linked from NBA.com. Somehow, that article is pushed back up to the top after they loose, almost as if to say, you are done. When I looked, it said it had been posted 17 minutes ago. I read it several hours ago.
Now granted, there is nothing anyone but the Pistons could have done to fix their poor shooting, but there was some real suspicious stuff going on this series that sure made me wonder if there was some kind of bigger plan working against them as well. After all, you can’t easily create the next profit driving MJ if a pesky group of team players stands in the way.
Hmmm…
What Detroit needs to do is bring in a vetrean point guard like Sam Cassel to replace Lindsey Hunter. They need to figure out there idnetity. either trade ben wallace for kevin garnett and go offense or keep ben wallace and go defense.
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Makes you think doesn’t it. Nice post.
I will admit something didn’t seem right beetween the pistons as a team
the coach
and the refs
best team in the nba shoots 30%?
(any crazy stat people out there interested in finding out how many teams in the nba that were the best team in the nba durring regular season and then shot 30% in the in the post season)(or even best team for the past 3 years who manged to shoot 30%)
and it does feel like theres something alot deeper going on
I guess maybe the harsh reality is that we lost to someone named shaq who’s biggest movie roll was kazaam
and steel and then as if that wasn’t enough made a rap album that no one in their right mind would ever listen 2.And then he got beat by arron carter in his music video”come on shaq had enough yet”. and oddly enough was in (Omega Psi Phi Fraternity)How is this even possible it has to be a conspiracy
brett how is 5 points winning in game 1 a blowout?
for everybody wondering, there is no measure to how badly Dallas will beat Miami’s ass…Dallas would have likely put a hurting on the Pistons based on how poor they have looked the last 3 weeks, but the Dallas/Miami series will simply be a joke. I pitty that David Stern has to tolerate this finals after an incredibly entertaining playoffs to this point.
yeah..you could say its over….but thats for this season…can’t wait till next season! McDyess deserves a ring!
Go Detroit!
io penso che…detroit quest’anno era meno forte dell’anno scorso…e l’ha dimostrato la stagione regolare dal momento che hanno perso pochissimo..un calo doveva esserci
i think detroit was wors this year than last year…and this was demostraited in the regular season because they lost so little games…they could’nt continue like the all regular season…
What the hell happened to us? Unstoppable during the season, mediocre during postseason play. Tey and Rip have been the only two that have played above par in the playoffs. Big Shot, Sheed, and Ben were off and on. The Heat did not beat us, we beat ourselves. Where was our motivation to win, that fire in their eyes you saw burning the last two years?? I got tired of hearing the postgame comment of “we’ll be alright.” Their desire was gone. Maybe we were just too damn good during the season where we thought a championship was inevitable? Anyhow, thanks for the great season Detroit. I loved watching every game. I’m not sure if we’ll see the same starting five next year, but I hope you regain that fire in your eyes.
im sooooo saaaaaaaaad……..:(
I’m very upset also. I cant believe this incredible season came down to this. I hope it was fixed, actually. From the post I read about NBA.com, I’m beginning to think it was. These are not our boys. I dont know what happened to them, but I hope we get the real Pistons back next year. GO PISTONS!
P.S.- Natalie, I hope you stay around and keep us posted all summer. Your posts gave me hope when I thought all was over.
I was in disbelief to what i saw last nite…i thought i was in a nightmare. I want the pistons team to stay the same, nobody should be drafted or anything…thats becasuse we were capable in winning but we didnt.. we wouldnt get this far if we didn’t play spectacularly in the regular season.
I don’t know what happened, but I know we could of won. There was just no gas. People were saying, they didn’t wanna win or, they didn’t care.. DID you SEE their sad faces? And ya, they were really good sports. And then Miami booooooooos at them? u guyz suck!
I WILL BE A PISTONS FAN NO MATTER WHAT! SEE YA NEXT YEAR GOOD JOB OVERALL IN THE SEASON//
You need to just let it go, Detroit lost, they didn’t play with heart and they were missing shots like crazy, no conspiracy, just crappy basketball. Detroit had a great run but I think there will be a big break-up of the starting five and detroit will no longer be a dominating team thru the regular season.
AAAAHH! I’d be crying if I already hadn’t in the Cavs series. That’s when it was truely over for me. :'[
AAAAHH! I’d be crying if I already hadn’t in the Cavs series. That’s when it was truely over for me. :'[
f**ck the heat the they game small no good …. and shaq play agly …
we the detroit pistons …. !!
next year we try agaian we need a superstar like lakers has koby miami wade if just big ben was a scorer we was won … and dumars nee be the coach … im right .. ??
i have never seen the pistons play like this. where is the Defense, where is our shooting what happened. everyone is tlking about ben doing a sign and trade, i dont know if u guys saw this postseason and how bad rasheed did. he is the most payed player on our team with 11 million dollars, rasheed and someone else should get traded for a true inside presence in KG
Ben Wallce is going to leave fore sherr. He dont even like flip. The team nedds a better bench and delfeino needs to play alot more he is going to be the future.well there always next year!
In retrospect, I think they could have used Milicic and Arroyo to give a boost to their collapsing offense. I don’t see why they just got rid of them while getting nothing in return. It did nothing to help them at best and deprived them of the little extra boost of energy that just might have made them win at worst. Their bench when from average to poor after that trade, and on the final half of the season the starting five had too much pressure on them to secure home court throughout the playoffs. They just looked done by the time the playoffs came around.
So I think everyone, from Joe Dumars to Flip to the players are to blame for this unsatisfying end to a brilliant season.
I WAS SO SICK THAT I DAMN NEAR THREW UP! THIS REALLY MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH AND JOE D. IS THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO GO TO WORK! FLIP IS A FLOP! A GREAT TEAM FELL INTO HIS LAP HOWEVER ITS STILL A GAME AND THOSE GUYS STILL NEEDED INTENSE COACHING AND DEVELOPING. WHERE DID FLIP GET HIS PLAYS AND HIS STRATEGIES FROM? NOW WHO COACHES THE COACH? THE TEAM LOST CONFIDENCE CAUSE THEY WERENT CHALLENGED. JOE D. DOESNT GIVE SECOND CHANCES SO WE CAN SAY BYE TO FLIP. I STILL CANT UNDERSTAND WHY HE KEPT PUTTING EVANS IN THE GAME WHEN ITS QUITE EVIDENT THAT HE WASNT EFFECTIVE WHEN NEEDED DELFINO WASNT EVEN CONSIDERED AND HE CAN BE A REAL THREAT WHEN GIVIN THE OPPORTUNITY. NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED BECAUSE ITS FOR SURE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. I GUESS THE BALL DOES LIE. I GOTTA GO BEFORE I START CRYING. LOOKING FOR A GREAT SEASON FOR THE HEAT & DALLAS. GO AVERY YOU WORKED HARD YOU DESERVE IT.
if ben wallace doesnt stay on Detroit…im gonna die…
I’ve got an exclusive (fake) interview with Sheed over at my site.
I love the man, but he didn’t show up when we needed him most. Of course, the same can be said for several of the guys today.
Have a great summer, anyway, Pistons fans.
Screw the Heat or the damn Mavs
LET’S GO SUNS!!!!!!!!
NASH WILL FINALYY HAVE A RING!!!!!
you guys need to settle the hell down, talking about firing flip. if he can run a shooting offense and the pistons can win 80% of their games, then so be it. but if the players can’t answer the call in the playoffs and make those shots, then i don’t see the point in blaming the coach.
this loss may of ended the season.
but the PISTONS will be back better than evr next year.
hope the mavs win it this year.
look out 2007 for the DETROIT PISTONS
for all you readers who keep saying trade ben for garnett, do you realize that ben is a free agent at the end of the month? its hard to trade an unrestricted free agent for anything.
You guys are crazy. The Pistons are the first team since the Jordan Bulls to get to the Conference Finals four times in a row. They are still young. We have been spoiled and will keep getting spoiled as long as Dumars Touch is around. There is probably no reason to get rid of any of the starters when they have proven to get it done before and continue to compete at a high level. What they need is a solid coach. Someone who understands both defense and offense. Someone who will stick around for 4 or more years and who everyone on the team respects. Phil Jackson or George Karl would be great for this team. They’ll be back next year in the Conference Fnals unless the Cavs get someone who can complement James. And don’t forget that Wade and James are probably moving to different teams after next season. Miami and the Cavs can’t afford either of them. Regardless, the Pistons chances in the next few years are good as long as the organization and the pieces involved keep their heads on straight.
Who wants KG? I dont, Ben Wallace is the heart and soul of this basketball team. He is the leader.
4 Conf Finals in a row. 2 Finals. 1 ring. Many teams dream of these accomplishments. It’s defenetly not over yet. in 2007 they will actualy WANT to WIN. A great season is comming. Joe D knows best. Make a few moves and your back.
we dident deserve to lose but they way the pistons were playin the last couple of games, they wouldent even have a chance in the finals
NBA wanted new faces for the Finals, well Stern and his bitches got their wish.
Just a note to you, Stern, if you are going to promote high scoring styles and ignore Defense, you will get alot more fans. But USA basketball will never win another Olympics or World Game because other countries don’t play like that.
This is purely a theory
Only those of you that watch the series 24 with Jack Bauer the gang will understand this. Okay think back to the 3rd season when Michelle was kidnapped and Tony had to move the men from the rear of the building (to allow the bad guy to get away). Do you remember the feeling you had and the mood at CTU? Everyone knew something was wrong but couldn’t put a finger on it. Just like in the Miami series.
I think that this half hearted playoff effort by the pistons was somehow part of something way bigger then basketball. You can go all the way back to game 3 against the Cavs. They tried so hard to let the Cavs win but they couldn’t make it obvious and the Cavs fell. We intercepted a message just before tip off of game one. It read… we will release nerve gas in the Palace if you do not comply with our demands and allow the Heat to advance.
You see they (the PISTONS) did this to protect us.
That is the only explanation that makes any sense.
it just sucks, because Ben will leave, Delfino wants to be traded, Hunter will retire, and Delk will become a free agent, but Detroit wants him back.
Funny pic, for the topic. But im just speechless, sad, and ANGRY!
“NBA wanted new faces for the Finals, well Stern and his bitches got their wish.
Just a note to you, Stern, if you are going to promote high scoring styles and ignore Defense, you will get alot more fans. But USA basketball will never win another Olympics or World Game because other countries don’t play like that.”
Ahh so its David Stern’s fault the Pistons lost? Now I have heard EVERYTHING!
so is ben really leaving???
Yo, Bitch. You haven’t heard or seen anything. Marketing is everything to the NBA, they still don’t have anyone who can promote the NBA like Michael Jordan. Nike needs their $90 Mil. investment to start looking good and a few lopsided calls going toward Queen James, he can compete.
Strange thing though, remember the last Olympics with James, Wade, Anthony, Stoudamire, Duncan, the USA barely won the bronze medal, hmm, why is that???
TWO WORDS HEAT FANS, DALLAS MAVERICKS!
anyone rember the lakers and how their team fell apart with shaq,bryant and phil jackson. thats what happend with the pistons and most of it was circulated around ben cuz he didn’t feel like he really fit in anymore with flip and his game plan as I recall that was the problem at the begging of the season ben was upset.So I have the feeling he doesn’t really want to be here any more as much as you guys would like to think.
Time to get a new starting 5
I don’t think any bigger changes needs to be made, but what i do think is vital for next season is that the improvement of the bench! .. Opinions? ..
Pistons will stay the same except for the bench, joe dumars even said the pistons #1 goal is to sign ben wallace over the summer! Why do you think they traded carlos and darko, so they can free up money to sign ben again! Pistons will have a long run and a championship here and there over the next 6 years likethe san antonio spurs!
It all makes sense to me now. Anyone else see the movie Space Jam. The aliens come down to earth and steal the skills of 5 NBA superstars. That must be what happeneed to the Pistons. Somewhere there is a bunch of cartoon characters running aroud with the swagger, the three pointers, the defense, the everything!!!
FYI Lebron won’t be leaving Cleveland and D-Wade won’t be leaving Miami. I bet Ben Wallace leaves Detriot this summer. Have a nice offseason. Can’t wait for the press conference when he signs with another team.
The Pistons are the best team in basketball, no doubt in my mind. They play like a true team, relying on everyone’s strengths and helping each other to over come their weaknesses.
The Miami series was a joke. Our beloved Pistons didn’t play as well as they have all season, that’s a given. However, something bigger was going on. When Fatass, I mean Shaq, can blatently push people down (see his push of Rip in game 4, I believe it was and then he pushed someone else in game 6) and receive no call against him, how the hell are we supposed to overcome that? In games 3 and 4, it didn’t matter what the Pistons did (or didn’t do) for defense, fouls were called nearly every single play against them. When Miami came back down on defense they fouled the hell out of the Pistons and were never called on it. Even if we’d hit the shots better, it’s hard to say whether we could have won the series with that sort of officiating.
I hope Dallas kicks the shit out of Miami and reminds them of the fact that they are not the team that deserves to be in the NBA finals. And my hope is that Detroit finds the desire to win again before next season starts. Never lose the faith, our boys need us!
Couple of things:
(1) Natalie, your site kicks ass. Even though I’m a Heat fan, you have my respect. Your screensavers and wallpapers are all over my friend’s computer now, as she’s a total Detroit fan.
(2) Miami fans seem way too similar to Laker fans. They’re just there because that’s where everyone goes if they’re in Miami. Not much interest in the actual game, which is kind of depressing, being a Heat fan in San Diego.
(3) Joe Dumars is probably the best GM in the league. He’ll fix what needs to be fixed, and Detroit will be a contender again next season, like they were last season. And the season before that. And the season before that…
(4) Enough with the Wade bashing! He’s not a “bitch,” or a “baby,” and he’s not getting stabbed in the eye anytime soon. So please stop!
(5) The officiating all season, especially in the playoffs, has been OBSCENELY BAD. But I don’t think Detroit got shafted more then any other team did. When Detroit kept Miami out of the paint and off of the free-throw line, they won. When they let Miami get in the lane at will and attack the basket, they lost. There wasn’t some big conspiracy set in motion by the powers that be so Miami would be in the Finals. And Shaq wasn’t shoving people around all series. When he did, more often then not they called the foul (although there were a few he got away with early in the series when he abused Big Ben and they didn’t call anything, but there were 3 or 4 fouls at the most they didn’t call). If you let Shaq have uncontested dunks all game (like in Game 6) you’re going to have a tough time winning.
Hopefully this was respectful enough to make the cut, but if not…I’ll just post it on my site. Haha. Again, respect to you and your Pistons Natalie, as well as the Detroit fans that haven’t acted-a-fool online. I enjoy your work, and I’ll be checking your site to see what goes down. Gotta keep up with the competition, blog-wise and NBA-wise. Haha.
there not alot to cry about the pistons losing they just did not have the fire the use to have its been down hill after game 5 vs cavs but i hope there is big offseasons change in the beach this is the olny finals the heat are going to be in the mavs are going to sweep the heat the mavs have the fire the pistons had in 04 ( nice site)
theres not alot to cry about the pistons losing they jut did not have the fire the use to have its been down hill after game 5 vs cavs but i hope the is big offseasons changes in the beach the heat are going to loss the mavs have the fire the pistons had in 04 ( nice site ) GO MAVS
LETS GO TIGERS!!
From the viewpoint of a Heat fan, you guys sure are doing a lot of arguing. I myself am not a bandwagon jumper. I have always like the Heat and have followed them closely for 6 out of my 16 years of living.
The officiating WAS bad, but it went both ways. There IS a reason that Detroit started falling apart near the Cavs and Heat games and that is because the other team and their stars (wade and lebron) got their team to have the emotional factor in the game.
And in response to all your Dallas Maverick threats, no I am not in the least bit scared of them. You guys were who I truely feared most and we diposed of you.
ok pistons fans can get mad how the heat beat us we well come bak next year with a lot of fire and take down the (from a pistons fan point of view) and mayby well have some new guys
over he last4 years the pistons had did is: 4 times central division champs 4 times to eastern conference finals in a row 2 time eastern conference finals champs 2 tims to the final in a row 1 finals champs very good let add 1 more on easter conference champs and finals champs
To the heat dummy fan who said he’s not scared of Dallas. To remind you, when the miami heat played Dallas in the season you lost to them by 36 points! Dallas beat the spurs, in which the spurs are BETTER than the pistons! Miami is going to lose in the finals to the Dallas mavericks, The mavs have a better defense and offense than the pistons and they are much quicker, and they can play any style of ball!
TO THE HEAT FAN THAT WROTE HE’S NOT SCARED OF THE DALLAS MAVERICKS, CAN YOU SAY DIRK NOVITZKI?????????
actually I probably can’t
tha guy that said he is not scared of mavs im what are u smoking they got dirk novitzki and a alsome beach like jerry stackhouse
that heat fan he is a bandwagon jumper
to whom ever thinks the Mavricks are the new champions I have bad news. shaq knows whats his and he is gonna get it. If I am wrong Please sebd it to pistons363@yahoo.com
but the olny way that the heat wont win it all is if diop gains 400 pounds, stackhouse gets leg transplants, and last nowinksi drops at least 50 but probably more. Also in my opion the pistons lost because of the great season they had. I mean you cant keep it up for that long. thats why I think that flip was the wrong choice.(I couldent do any better I am just sayin) this is probably a mis assumpution but I think flip was seeking aproval of the piston fans and he got it but in the prosses he doused the fire that is the pistons. the men you saw on the floor wearing the pistons red white and blue were a tired version of the pistons. sure they got rest at the end of the seasn but it wasent enough. the Cavs and the Heat didnt push themselfs nearly as hard as the pistons during the regular season and thats why they lost to the heat and should have lost to the Cavs. that is also why the mavricks are going to lose. because they pushed them selfs too hard in the season. I’m not gonna lie I hate the heat I hate the way shaq fouls every time he goes to the basket I hate how every time wade goes for the shot he falls no matter who gaurds him (even if nobodys there he falls) but the heat have coasted through the playoffs the mavricks have grinded through. I have already seen a vision of mark cuban in my dreams througing his hands up in disgust. not what I want to see but a vision of the future. Its a sad truth but the mavricks are gonna get walked on in the finals. please again give me what you think at pistons363@yahoo.com but I goota finsh this paper so I dont fail the egith grade so Peace
the majority of the US thinks the Heat will win the series. Go to nba.com and go to the poll on the right.
LETS GO MAVS SWEEP SWEEP U GOTTA WIN IT FOR STACK
I still haven gotten over it i just can’t believe their not the Champions or tha easterern conference champs we been tha easterern conference champs 4 so long i can’t even believe this happen to my Pistons i can’t believe im crying no i want tha Pistons to win so Bad