Yeah, Mcleod is really embarrassing himself these days. I even heard him say "ball don't lie!" earlier this season when the Cavs were playing the Spurs.

Even more ridiculous than that was Mike Brown running off the court and trying to get the rest of the team to follow him. OK, in the past, you could maybe, possibly, theoretically sway the refs a bit in that situation by getting into the locker room before they could change their minds. But as we discussed in chat, now that THEY HAVE INSTANT REPLAY TO CHECK IF THE SHOT WAS OFF IN TIME OR NOT, you just look like a complete tool when you run away while the refs simply look at the monitor to decide the call!

It was tourcherous as times to be there. Such of a choppy game. 4 sec - whistle, 5 - whistle, repeat.. even the boards were going out of bounds.

Time after time the Pistons get into a deep hole in the first 7 minutes. Everybody is testing their jump shots to see if they are "on" that game. These lead to offensive rebounds that lead to fast breaks that lead to a 10 point deficit. Then our guys (Rip and Chauncey) get a bad mind-set and believe they are not "on" that game and they will have to just shoot their way out of it. They usually find their game in the second half but by then we are down by 17, have to fight our way back and lose energy at the end for the loss.

Why can't they ease into the game by making some easy shots first to build up their confidence and then move to the jumpers. We are way too much a jump shot team and there is not need for that. When we are off on the jump shots we lose.

While I'm in a critical mood...why is it we suddenly can't defend the pick and roll and why do we just open up a lane to the basket without any effort to defend it? Mahorn was spot on last night. He said early in the game he would hard foul anybody driving to the hoop and that would slow them down for the rest of the game.

Why did Flip pull Delfino after he alone was doing a good job defending James? We didn't see him again.

notice how difficult it is for us to win when we get off to slow starts. when webber joined the team, we finally got away from spotting teams 10-15 point leads and that's a big part of why we were winning.

we've reverted back for a stretch here and have lost 3 of 4. ugh. can the playoffs (and warm weather) get here already?

on a side note, my nephew already fits into his pistons outfit!! i tried to time the clothes to be just big enough when he reached 5-6 months, and that kid fits into them after 2 months!!!! i might have to buy him something else for the playoffs now ... maybe a 'jason maxiell eats babies' shirt haha.

Why did Flip pull Delfino after he alone was doing a good job defending James? We didn't see him again.
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You are so right. Maybe that's why I was so mad because when I come home at 10:30PM and say "Im gonna stay up and watch my team play" and they give me bS like last night.

ALSO ...ALERT!!!!WXYT.COM is talking about Mcleod's mouth at 3:00PM. Hope Roscoe can download some of it!

Anyone notice how much we missed Lindsey?

Yea, Lindsey is essential when playing the Cavs. Although Delfino was guarding James one-on-one just as good (if not better), so of course he's benched for the rest of the game.

Delfino needs to learn to stop playing defense . . .

I never like the guy either. I used to be dissapointed whenever FSN had the games because of him, glad he is gone. I was so happy when I heard that news.