Some good discussion. This was a bad loss because of the coaching pattern--not the loss itself.

No, Rip wasn't just missing later. He and the Piston offense was being pushed back off the ball by the defense. Teams have done this in the playoffs to us. We apparantly still have no answer. No, it is not just being tired on this aspect. We just fall apart. We have all seen it.

Memo did not just go off. He was allowed to go off. Sheed was to blame but ultimately it is the coach. We are not talking about Kobe here. Memo cannot drive. No excuse.

You didn't have to be at the game to notice Milsap was scoring easily inside and that Dyss did not have the quickness to handle him. If the coaching staff cannot pull a player for match ups, what does that leave for the playoffs? No team is that good that they don't have to make adjustments during a game.