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roscoe36 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 05:08 PM

LeBOOM!: James' one-man show sinks Pistons in double-OT

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There were signs all game that the Pistons were battling themselves.

Webber, after firing up a bad shot and picking up his fourth foul, in the third quarter, yelled to the bench, apparently at assistant coach Ron Harper, "Just let me play my game. Let me play my game."

Later, Billups and Hamilton appeared to have a brief discussion over who would shoot a technical foul free throw. Hamilton had made five straight at that point, Billups had missed two. Billups kept the ball and missed the free throw. Then, to compound the problem, he fired up a rushed 3-pointer.

Wallace was angry, apparently at coach Flip Saunders, for his decision to go small for a stretch against the Cavaliers. Saunders did that because Antonio McDyess had been ejected.

Between the third and fourth quarters, Wallace and assistant Dave Cowens engaged in a fairly animated discussion. Mostly Cowens was listening to Wallace's complaints about the strategy.

Wallace later got peeved with Billups for a couple of his decisions.

Team harmony, this was not.

mikhail1973 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 05:09 PM

Exactly the same thing as happened last year against Miami. We all know the results.

basketbills · #3 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 05:10 PM

And I was hoping Ben Wallace was the cause of the poor attitudes last year. Rip should have shot the tech. Webber might have a legitimate beef.

mikhail1973 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by basketbills

And I was hoping Ben Wallace was the cause of the poor attitudes last year. Rip should have shot the tech. Webber might have a legitimate beef.

Webber could have a beef if he legitimately produced.

**max** · #5 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 05:20 PM

Thats the coaches fault then. He gets paid 6mil/yr to make sure everyone is on the same page.

Darth Tater · #6 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by max

Thats the coaches fault then. He gets paid 6mil/yr to make sure everyone is on the same page.

Are they even reading the same book???????

**dba** · #7 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 05:27 PM

CB...

"The play at the end of the game where I forced him left to the help and the help just didn't come."

"We changed it up a lot. And as we started subbing and subbing, some guys were thinking we were doing one thing when we were trying to do another thing. Because of that, he was getting those backdoors and getting those dunks."

It's good to know none of it was Chauncey's fault.

DirtyMoney · #8 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 07:24 PM

You guys always say the media is always trying to make something out of nothing. How deep should we look into all of this. When teams are losing, yes, they get frustrated about everything, because flaws are exposed. if they had finished these guys off like they were supposed to, they would be running a train on Duncan right now.

anakin · #9 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 07:54 PM

Was listening to sports talk today on my drive from work and I do seem to recall that at some point Wallace requested to sit. They didn't say why, just pointed out the explicit request was made. Jogging my memory I think it was in response to a question as why the Pistons went small at one point the game.

Winless Wonders · #10 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by anakin

Was listening to sports talk today on my drive from work and I do seem to recall that at some point Wallace requested to sit. They didn't say why, just pointed out the explicit request was made. Jogging my memory I think it was in response to a question as why the Pistons went small at one point the game.

I heard that Sheed requested to come out because he was tired. On the radio they were suggesting that perhaps fatigue was starting to set in on the front line as Webber and Sheed are older.

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