SOUR NOTE: Obituary
Written by The Low on Friday, December 29, 2006

At approximately 0:00 of 3OT on December 27th, 2006 the Detroit Pistons Defense officially passed away. The Pistons defense was unfortunately overcome on a night when the New York Knicks were able to hover around 59% shooting for most of the night and the once intimidating Pistons defensive effort yielded 151 points to an opponent, the most since the 186-183 triple-overtime victory against the Denver Nuggets on December 13th, 1983. This came shortly before its father’s birth in the late 1980’s.

The Pistons Defense leaves behind several thousand fans, a four-time defensive player of the year, 1 NBA Championship, an NBA record streak for holding teams under 70 pts in a game, and one franchise roster which was reduced to celebrating the breaking of said 70 pt barrier despite being on the short end of a humiliating loss.

The Detroit Pistons Defense could not bear giving up more than twice the amount it had previously forced a team to celebrate reaching, and therefore collapsed.

A viewing will be held on any VHS tapes, DVDs, NBA Hardwood Classics broadcasts, and/or any Google Video/Downloaded Video files you may possess on your personal computer (the legality of which will be overlooked for observance of grief).

The team asks that you send any condolences and/or concerns to the Man Upstairs or feel free to post them on any of the walls the city of Detroit happens to be full of.

Now we can reply here...

Defense is dead because Stern said so!! So it shall be written so it shall be done!!!

A moment of silence.




































God bless you, sweet defense.

I felt very, very close to the deceased.

I would like to be a pallbearer at the said services if that`s at all possible. I feel as though I lost a part of me............

Will they serve free chili at the viewing?

If the D is really dead, perhaps Flip Sr. should be tried for high crimes and misdemeanors.

If Stern is responsible, perhaps a hanging for mass murder is in order, because 22 other NBA teams are playing even worse defense than the Pistons right now...






p.s. Did you guys catch the Golden State/Memphis score last night:

Grizzlies 144, Warriors 135 (no overtimes)

I think the over/under was set at 229 for that game.

It must've been on the brink of death, as it came back there for a second against the Hornets (not that holding them under 70 is a hard feat) but it looks like the Bulls finished it off.