Pistons/Magic 2nd Round Game 2, May 5th, 7:00 PM - Page 3 - Detroit Pistons Fan Community

LA Dre · #21 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 05:23 PM

All four Around The Horn guys say that this series is over and the Pistons will win in 5 or 6. I can only hope that both teams were on the floor practicing or away from a TV and didn't see this. Last thing we need is for our guys to believe "we got this" after game 1 and suffer through a 7 game series or for the Magic to see it and use if for bulletin board lockeroom fodder.

Ozarkruffrider · #22 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 05:41 PM

I asked Dee Brown if that was a ploy that worked, veterans ragging on the young team to get in their heads and make them play our game instead of theirs. Worked on the Mavs last year against the Warriors. He thought that would be the real case instead of getting into a pissing match.

roscoe36 · #23 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dumars4Ever

There was some talk in the Game 1 thread about JMax coming out early in the first quarter, only 6 minutes in, but I didn't see anyone posting Flip's comments on it from the postgame press conference, which were mentioned on DetroitBadBoys:

Obviously that worked quite well, so it'll be interesting to see how the big man rotations go tonight.

I called this in the chat. Flip was giving DHo multiple looks. It's the oldest trick in the book, to take a star off his game. Never let him get comfortable. The Pistons used to do this to Jordan.

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Originally Posted by TaShawn

That's a good point. If the player thinks he is getting 12 minutes, then he will pace himself accordingly. If Flip told him that he would get 6, you think he would play harder.

Oh well. Still a good idea by our coach overall. He's full of them lately.

I'm no Flip lover, but I certainly think you're over-thinking this. It worked out awesome, because just before Maxey got pulled, he blocked Dwight on a post up through natural aggression, not from trying too hard, and possibly picking up needless fouls.

Darth Tater · #24 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 06:51 PM

You guys are giving Flip a lot of credit for winning the opening game of a series. Maybe his rotations were good, but Orlando is going to make some adjustments to what Detroit did in game one.

SO... CAN Flip make in game adjustments to what Orlando does tonight to counter what Detroit did to them in game one. If the team falls asleep, let's see what he does to wake them up. If Flip can do that these things then I think maybe he deserves some credit for learning how to coach. Until then, I still think he hasn't shown much, if anything.

Maybe this is harsh, but after two years of crap, I think we need to see more. Lots more.

Detroit beat a crappy Philly team and this orlando team is nothing to write home about. I'm going to wait until I see more.

Not trying to be negative...really. But I am cynical.