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**max** · #**101** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by roscoe36

Please don't pick on Max. He said nice things about the new chat, plus he watches every game 4.5 times in frame by frame slow motion.

Thats alright, thats just the loss talking.

I am not going to freak out over a 4 point loss in the 1st game. It sucked but its not the series. Figure how well they played and how awfull the Pistons played and it was only a 4 point game.

In all fairness . Someone should point out to the Sixers coach that Miller played 45 mins and their star Igoudala played 46 mins.

OLD SKOOL HQ · #**102** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee356

Sheed was approaching a triple double in the 3rd quarter. 7 blocks. 9 boards. He ended up with 24 points too. And in the first half, what was he doing? Going inside like a fiend. Just like we want him to. But then he gradually slowed down. By the 4th, he had no legs left. Whether you want to believe it or not, but for fatigue, Rasheed Wallace was having one great, utterly fantastic game. His 7 blocks were all spectacular. But he is human and can not sustain that kind of effort.

PS, last I checked, Duncan was coached by a good coach, who has never ridden him over the years like Sheed has been ridden. Why don't you go look at the stats and tell me why Duncan might just have something in the tank for a game like that.

Why dont YOU look at :
1. How many rings Timmay has?
2. How many minutes TD played in the last 7 games of the year compared to the last 7 Sheed played?
3. What IF the Pistons HAD to play the starters more down the stretch?
4. I guess Duncan is SUPER human ...or maybe he justs an overall better 'human being' than Sheed will ever be?

detteam · #**103** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by linwood

Here's my take on what went wrong:

1. Pistons (and Pistons fans) underestimate the 76ers. They are young, fast, athletic, scrappy, and motivated.

You just made an excellent case for why Flip should have played AA & Amir some minutes. Our only bench was JMax.

lpgrl26 · #**104** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:09 AM

About Flip's "can't coah making shots". He can't coach making shots, but he can coach shot selection, offenisve sets, bench substitutions, and put players in good positions. He can also tell Rip to stop jacking which LB was adept at doing.

I'm never going to belive that coaching doesn't have a huge effect on players even from the standpoint of giving them confidence, and mental preparation (See; Hedo Turkoglu) If we can see Flip continually fall apart when things go south and have no answers, the players can too.

I don't how care talented you are; the team that's playing with essentially an arm tied behind their back will always lose.

OLD SKOOL HQ · #**105** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lpgrl26

I can't believe that's an actual quote

I heard it live on the presser...and he knows it and the league knows it! The Pistons still believe IT WAS THEIR fault they dont have 3 more rings. When they learn to go GET IT instead of thinking its their RITE of passage, maybe we can win again.

lpgrl26 · #**106** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by max

Thats alright, thats just the loss talking.

I am not going to freak out over a 4 point loss in the 1st game. It sucked but its not the series. Figure how well they played and how awfull the Pistons played and it was only a 4 point game.

In all fairness . Someone should point out to the Sixers coach that Miller played 45 mins and their star Igoudala played 46 mins.

Iggy is young, and i do believe those min will catch up to Miller if they continue

detteam · #**107** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:17 AM

Celtics win going away 104-81. food4thot

LA Dre · #**108** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee356

Sheed was approaching a triple double in the 3rd quarter. 7 blocks. 9 boards. He ended up with 24 points too. And in the first half, what was he doing? Going inside like a fiend. Just like we want him to. But then he gradually slowed down. By the 4th, he had no legs left. Whether you want to believe it or not, but for fatigue, Rasheed Wallace was having one great, utterly fantastic game. His 7 blocks were all spectacular. But he is human and can not sustain that kind of effort.

PS, last I checked, Duncan was coached by a good coach, ..

Agree that no matter how we spin it, whether Sheed was tired or not, as soon Sixers got that 10-0 run got to a 6-0 run, a couple of players should have been subbed, just to change the flow and slow down the Sixers. "Their athletes" were in there and our "old" guys were in there. Look at the shooting stats > our starters were 24-69 . Even Andre miller mentioned in his post game interview that "our young guys took over" . If our starters had been on, then our bench could have just played the way they have done last week with ease....but instead they came in with the sixers momentum in full affect and could not stop it.

Mix it up a little more in the third Flip and maybe we win the next four and sweep it the hard way!!

Buckeyes#1 · #**109** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:20 AM

Here is what I would do to get the Pistons ready for their next game. First I would rest their "poor tired" legs by plopping them down in front of a big screen television. And then I would force them to watch the four games they lost in the Cleveland series last year. Then I would show them the last game of the Finals where the Spurs swept Cleveland. If that don't fire up these old cats, it's time to send some of them packing.

linwood · #**110** (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by detteam

You just made an excellent case for why Flip should have played AA & Amir some minutes. Our only bench was JMax.

I'm not saying Flip shouldn't have played Alf and Amir. I just don't think the problem was with the front court or backup guard position. Wallace, Maxiell, and Ratliff did an excellent job up front, and although Stucky and Hunter were not especially effective, I don't think this game hinged on their play. Would Alf have done a better job than Hunter? Maybe, but he hasn't really been a great scorer so far, and it seems we really needed more scoring. The Pistons scoring drought was very long in the 2nd half. How does Alf help?