I'm counting on the Scalabrine effect to kick in for games 6 and 7. Pistons get their butts kicked and finally wake up and play Piston ball.

I was definitely one of those people, I confess. I said this as they ran through the regular season mostly unscathed. I was also one of those people that wanted Nate McMillan and not Flip Saunders. Cleveland has done its homework on 'ol Flip. He can't make adjustments. Doesn't know how to coach in a pressure cooker. Doesn't make the right moves. 'Course, the players do deserve a lot of the blame, but Cleveland gets some credit, too. This is not just a physical game, it's a thinking-man's game, too.

Micro, you hit it on the head again. The damage has been done and to expect us to be able to counter after 3 games is a stretch. I am not confident. It is a tough situation.

We all are focusing on this play or that but we have been flat out out-played. The games are worse than the score. We do lack speed off of the bench--a good penetrator. But what bothers me is that we are asking our guys to do things we all know they are not good at. Like one of Warthog's questions, why is not Rip pulling up for the jumper and why is he not coming off of screens, etc.

Maybe the pressure will swing back to Cleveland--I can always hope.

Anyone have a video of the Sheed elbow to Varejao noggin that drew the personal foul and eventual tech.

I think I know why Flip is a poor playoff coach. He is too stuborn. He fails to even consider adjustments within a game or from game to game. He sticks with his favorite players no matter what the circumstances.

Why can we suddenly not defend the pick and roll?

I think there is something happening to poison the team chemistry. Could it be Ben?

Why are we not aggressive?

Why did we stop shooting 3's?

I will get this for you later. If you could post back the score of the game when it happened, that would be a big help.

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I'm not backing down guys. The Pistons will somehow pull it out. It cannot end like this.

I feel sick to my stomach about this and literally have a headache . It doesn't look good at all. I'm a pessimist by nature, but the cavalry will arrive. Somehow. Some way. Just in the nick of time.

I hate what is happening but for better or worse they are our team! I'm not predicting a victory out of mere loyalty, but the Pistons are the better team and will find a way.

Let us play our best game. (and please let the refs be neutral).

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Roscoe,
the infraction occurred at about 10:49 - 10:26 of the 4th qtr with a score of 73-66.

Thanks

I'm with you Tater. The boys have uterly amazed me before, so I choose to believe they can do it again.

I believe too Tater...even though right now the boys are looking as healthy as Muffin the Cat. Hopefully this will just be a fading ugly memory after the next two games.