OMG, who would get the calls in that series??

They all might foul out. Irregardless, if the Cavs and Celtics battle for 7 games and the Pistons take care of Orlando, maybe Detroit will be better prepared to advance further in the playoffs this season.

almost looked like they were mailing in the game so they'd lose and not have to worry about the #1 seed. rip's shot selection at the beginning was horrible, sheed took ten 3s and missed all 3 free throws, dice was non-existent, amir had an atrocious 1st half, dixon missed some open looks, we couldn't hit free throws early...just ugly all-around.

we shot 36% for the game and never even attempted to run a play. it was all isolation...only 16 assists.

i think maxiell's missed dunk early in the game signified what kind of night it was going to be. this didn't tell us much for the playoffs though. the bench got some good experience in a tough environment and amir had a much better 2nd half after settling down.

I noticed a DNP for AA. is he injured?

Perhaps Dixon is the 4th guard for now?

Ugly game. Just ugly. But, as much as I hate losing, I don't really mind this one. We played 10 people for this game. That's a good thing. And, Boston can have the number 1 seed and a date with Lebron in the second round. I quite like having the 2 seed. I just need to stay away from BSPN for a while.

Looks like Dixon got himself some PT for his offense. But we probably needed Afflalo's D too. I'd like to see Stuckey make better decisions with the ball, and the team has to do a better job of maintaining composure. Only bright spot for the bench was Amir's play in the second half after an bad first half. We also need to rebound better. And Sheed needs to cut down on the 3's.

Despite the Pistons poor shooting in the first half...this game was lost in the opening minutes of the 4th qtr and the last 5 mins of the 4th qtr.

After Prince tied the game at 69 with 10:50 left in the game, neither team scored until KG hit one of two FT's at the 9:05 mark. Still not a peep(point) from our bench and the one or two starters in there until Stuckey hit a layup with 6:55 left in the game......That was four ^%#$ing minutes with out a point...Meanwhile KG scored the first five points for the C's in the qtr.

At the 5:59 mark Flip brings in the starters and Rip hits a jumper at the 5:39 mark to make it 78-77 C's and the Pistons would not score another bucket the rest of the game...in fact from that point, the celtics closed the game on a 12-1 run. That 's more than 5%%%%ing minutes with out a bucket.

Celtics rule ......for now anyway

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You are right, the Pistons might not make it to the 3rd round...

This game was equal parts frustrating and enjoyable. All in all this one doesn't bother me too much. (Lie!) Flip was better than the bench in this one. Maybe that's not saying a lot, but it should be noted that he did not shrink the rotation in the second half.

A real rough start with no apparent answer other that Rip shoots a J, CB shoots a J, Dyess shoots a J, Sheed shoots a J followed by Tay shooting a J. Probably an even better opportunity to give the starters a quick blow to get settled than last night. They did not have enough gas to continually overcome their poor start. It had to be at least halfway through the first before CB took a shot he was trying to hit versus getting fouled.

Maxey biggest contribution might have been to BOS when he missed a dunk early on. It was his only shot.

Dixon was close to being real helpful. A hair off of everything.

Did anyone else see the graphic showing that Tay shot 18% in the first 2 games against BOS? He blew that out of the water with a 3-8 tonight. Good rebounds though.

Some atrocious O in this one. Siamese twins have better spacing than the Pistons did tonight. Man they set horrible screens. They got 0 from them.

BOS wasn't trapping CB on screen rolls/pops and DET still scored 78 points. How do you spell genius?

I thought DET's D looked pretty good for the most part.

At least they showed some pride and picked up some T's, but alas BOS equaled if not surpassed them there.

How much easier would the game have been if DET didn't miss all those free throws to start the game?

I am pretty sure that by Tommy Heinson's account every basket DET scored was the result of luck.

Whoever it was that said Dixon is a lock down defender or bulldog defender has some explaining to do.

I am not upset over this loss. I am not upset over this loss. I am not upset over this loss. I am not upset over this loss. I am not upset over this loss. I am not upset over this loss. I am not upset over this loss. I am not upset....