Where do I start...other than we in trouble if you believe in momentum. The Cavs now have a chance to sweep the hard way. But we still got two home games and boy do we need some home town karma. I know we can't wear the red uniforms, but the Pistons need to give out some Blue Stop Labron T-Shirts., heck some Stop Gibson shirts too for the little fans.

Gooden was open all night and regained his touch and Gibson was a thorn in the side of every Piston especially in the second qtr when Labron was resting up for his potential 4th qtr heroics.

We have not had a lead bigger than 5 points in this whole series and once again we could not extend it beyond 4 tonight. Everytime we had a chance to go up 5 or 6, they could not get a stop or extend it. once again the overall stats were even with the turnover and assists even. We even out rebounded them to the tune of 40-34 including a 10-3 edge on the offensive boards.

Why did we lose??? Well collapses in both the 2nd and 4th qtr, but 4th was the most significant since we has a 2 point lead went up by 4 before the collapse. However there four huge questionalble plays in the 4th and all were by Mr Big Shot Choke!

1)First the off balanced three when we were up by 77-76. Wasn't needed.
2)Then after Dice blocked Donyell shot and gave it to CB, he somehow fumbled it out of bounds. Gooden scored on the behind the back dish from Labron.
3)then the drive to the hoop and then passing off to.....Gooden for the TO. Why didn't he just continue to the hoop and try to get an and 1 opportunity???
4) Finally with Pistons down by three with 44 seconds left, he throws up another 3 ball instead of either driving around James to the hoop or passing to Rip on the wing.

Somebody got a video of Dumars and Flips expressions when he tossed up that last three???? 2/9 tonight from the 3 and 2/8 on Sunday. Why doesn't the guy penetrate and pass to an open man near the bucket instead of 3 ball attempts???????

There were some very bad calls in this game. I tried to be objective. I honestly didn't count one bad call that went against the Cavs. The Pistons got screwed a lot tonight. Having said that, none of those calls were the reason we lost this game.

Dre #5, the charge in the lane. twice Billups left his feet to pass the ball and twice he turned it over. Any kids out there?? NEVER LEAVE YOUR FEET TO PASS THE BALL.

Not to dog Webb, but in this series he's ineffective. Cleveland is a big team and there are very few passing lanes out of the post and they are not doubling him, and he's not knocking down J's consistently........

-same thing vs Bulls


-same thing vs cavs


-same thing vs Spurs


at some point that will come to bite us where Jaws knew us..

Good post HQ. I rarely read through long posts (I skim them), but yours was interesting. Lots of good points and I agree with you on much of it. I like what you said about the arrogant posters. There is definitely a sense of entitlement here.

One thing though...Flip was the coach when we won a key game 6 on the road in Cleveland last year.

The Pistons will win or lose. We have absolutely no control over the situation, so people need to try not to take it so hard. The sun will likely rise tomorrow, and if it doesn't it will have nothing to do with the Pistons losing tonight.

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The optimistic take on CWebb coming into this series was that the quickness of the Bulls' front line was a problem that he wouldn't have against the slower Cavs. But he's still not producing anything. Doesn't look like he can produce much of anything against the league's elite teams in the playoffs.

You are correct KGREG..and I am sure that someone can give us another Billups miscue in the 4th. <><><><><>The 2-9 three ball shooting and the 2 assists&%$#%%

Unfortunately for us is that when Webber does play decent, it is every other game, so lets hope he shows up Thursday.

Then HOW did we get screwed Jam? Thats like Bob Knight's comment on rape. The refs did not make Billups do a damn thing. The refs did not make Rip and Sheed miss big FT's. the refs did not hold Cavs to under 40 points in 2nd half while our sorry butts couldnt score 50!!....and so on