you make a good point, and i said it to my friend last night. why not guard lebron 1 on 1 with tay/rip, who have been doing pretty well, and just staying with our man-to-man that has always worked for this team.

the only problem with that theory is that we've held the cavs to pretty low point totals and the defense has worked when looking at the numbers. bleh. who knows.

I don't think defense is the problem. The Pistons lost because of their inability to score 75 freakin' points! That's less than 19 freakin' points a quarter.

Don't get me started. I still have a bad taste in my mouth from last nights loss. Detroit wins the series, but nobody needed this.

SAW another camera angle on NBATV and he was in bounds...sorry 2 say!

Heres a GUAR-AN-Q'd!......Two words- GRANT HILL

Amen brotha

While Flip can be questioned about his game strategy, play calling and rotations I wouldn't pass the entire blame on him. This is a seasoned group of veterans who should know better than to take low % shots. Why wasn't CB driving to the basket and picking up foul calls? The team attempted 15 3's when they clearly did not have the shooting touch. The players have to apply some common sense too and they had plenty of chances to win both games as bad as they played.

The Pistons lost because they are settling for jumpshots. It's been a long time coming too. Jumpshots look great at the beginning of the season when the D is a lax and legs are fresh. In the playoffs, the D is much better and the legs are worn down from the 82 game grind. A jumpshot-only offense is always going to be a streaky one. It's not going to be consistant like a team like the Spurs that constantly attack in the post and off the dribble.

Say what you will about LB's offense, but it worked better down the stretch of games. You can see these 4th quarter collapses coming from a mile away because Flip seems incapable of calling a set play, and Chauncey is incappable of playing "not to lose". The good old dribble, dribble, dribble, hoist offense that involves 1 pass if you're lucky.

Also, could you possibly imagine Ben scoring 29 points or 21 points in a game like he did in the last post season? No, Flip won't even go inside if it's available. He doesn't even make it a viable threat, so bad defensive teams can load up on the perimeter and shut down our shooters.

I have the same feeling too, bro. Somehow, it seems to me that Ben does not like the way Flip coaches. His new agent might be telling Joe D that Ben will play for free in Detroit as long as Flip's not the coach.

word, Bro. Really like the idea.

I think Merc mentioned in the game chat that the COLA disciple Mike Brown has his guys playing a lot like a COLA team. We know how to beat that. Run'n Gun. That's why Ranger Rick plays his system. Because with inferior talent, you can keep it close enough to have a chance to win.

Yeah. I think people are more mad to see Mo than Dice than really mad at Mo himself. It's a carry over from the season, although you would be surprised how many people call up to the WDFN postgame show crying about Delfino. I emailed the host about it, and I could tell especially last night that he was just tired of hearing it.

Lindsey needs to be replaced after this season. We need to get a burner like Devin Harris or a young Tony Parker type guard. Someone who can penetrate.

This goes against everything the Pistons did sucessfully the last 2 years. We never would double a star before. You gave him 35, held his teammates to a combined 40 and won the game. I want to believe in Flip, but he's looking really overmatched when we don't score. When we encounter adversity.

The most disturbing trend is a lack of energy from the bench. They've provided nothing since Game 1.

Last 3 games, averaging 7.3 points and 7 rebounds.

Game 2 ~ 6 + 5
Game 3 ~ 9 + 9
Game 4 ~ 7 + 7

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