Pistons-Lakers thread!!!!

[DontBlameMe]

This could be it, folks!

Can the Pistons pull it off again, or will the Lakers do the, lately, impossible?

[HornBuckler]

1. Pistons Will Win It Baby!

Uhhh 80 - 76 Pistons

That's The prediction!

[DontBlameMe]

3. Damn! That was fast!

Were you waiting, or something?

[HornBuckler]

They Call Me The Waco Kid

:)

[DontBlameMe]

6. Yeah,

but do you shoot with "this" hand???

[HornBuckler]

9. Unfortunately

[LisaM]

2. On my way to watch the game!!!

GO PISTONS!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG BEN! CHAUNCEY! SHEED! RIP! TAYSHAUN!!!!!! DETROIT!!!

[Jack_Dawson]

4. Go Pistons Pistons Pistons Pistons Pistons Pistons Pistons Pistons Pistons

Don't let us down!

[DontBlameMe]

As long as we can shut down Kobe, we'll be fine.

Shaq can't do it all, and I'm not too worried about the rest.

[mede8er]

5. I've said it before.......

From a diehard Laker fan.....Larry Brown is a genius.......

[0rganism]

7. a moment of appreciation for Rasheed Wallace...

This guy has some high quality reasons to love Rasheed:

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/7346
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/7346/morera.html

I may be the only person left in Portland who likes Rasheed. I believe there's an inner Rasheed Wallace inside all of us, waiting to emerge and challenge the dumbass refs, take the T, and go on to blow the competition out of the water anyway.

[kaitykaity]

Gawd, I HATED him when he was here.

Now that he's a Piston, and they're winning, I have
zero problem loving him and rooting for him to win.

It's really weird.

[0rganism]

17. I don't think PDXers understood Sheed's sense of humor or his passion

That, really, was the problem. His penchant for getting the Ts would have been okay, if the fan base grokked it from his point of view. Now that Bonzi and Sheed are gone, Portland has a rather bland team of joyless mercenaries, who will probably get drummed out in the first round of the playoffs for next three seasons.

[kaitykaity]

20. If they make it to the playoffs with the way that

Paul Allen has been tightening the purse strings.

I long for the good old says of Drexler and Porter
and Williams and Kersey, you know? And Duckworth
and "Uncle Cliffy," of course.

As far as Rasheed is concerned, he lost me when he said
in an Oregonian interview that he "didn't care" what
anybody outside of his intimate circle thought about him.
That was in the halcyon days when he was breaking the
season technical record. I was like fine, you don't care
about us, we don't give a damn about you either.

I got my heart broke in June 2000 when they were ahead
in Game 7 by 15 or something in the Western Conference
Finals and got beat by the Lakers.

I've never gotten over it.

[0rganism]

26. The Brian Grant trade killed the Blazers, IMHO

Wallace and Grant could have been the Dynamic Duo. Instead, Grant's languishing in Miami, and Blazers ended up with Pippen's twilight years.

Rasheed was doing everyone a favor when he laid it on the line. Most of those guys don't care what fans think about them, but Wallace was decent enough to tell the truth.

[kaitykaity]

28. I agree about Grant.

He was a hard worker, but a little injury-prone. And
please, don't remind me about Pippen. I was glad to
see him leave too.

Rasheed might have been 'honest' about not giving a damn,
but if you're playing a game that requires public support
and public money, it makes sense to keep up the pretense
and have some kind of community presence, like in the
good old days. Otherwise you have a half-filled stadium
that is on the brink of bankruptcy.

I have to say that Rasheed wasn't my only peeve at the Blazers.
The way they treated Bill Schonely was just terrible, and
the Wheels and Rice combo is nothing but a homer homey
clown show. I can't stand them.

[Lefty48197]

8. Tayshaun Prince is shutting Kobe down

He's the reason the Pistons didn't draft Carmelo Anthony.

[kaitykaity]

10. I heard on Shultz that Kobe guaranteed a Laker win

tonight.

rotflmao.

Sorry, Kobe, I don't THINK so.

Go 'Sheed!!!

[henslee]

11. L.A. is dust. Henry Bibby, L.A Times guest analyst had a good take

on things in yest. paper. He commented that it was weird and seriosuly wrong that before Sunday's game, 5 Lakers (Kobi, Shaq, George, Fox, D-fish) cornered Phil in the mens room and begged him to go with them as starting team. Bibby commented that it reveals a real division among the team. I agree.

[Champion Jack]

12. Dammit! I can't find it on this damn direct V...

[DontBlameMe]

13. Local ABC affilliate.

[Champion Jack]

16. Thanks!!

[sasquatch]

14. Detroit will burn in a Victory celebration tonight!!

As opposed to all the other nights that riot like blaze's are started.

[DontBlameMe]

19. Which nights are those?

[sasquatch]

36. Do you remember the "Hellnights" in Detroit during the 80's?

Besides I'm joking, so relax. BTW do you have you're marshmellows ready;)

[Name removed]

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[sasquatch]

35. Geez relax will ya'

I'm joking for crying out loud. I'm also backing the Pistons so relax will you.

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. Enough already with the burning. They're playing the Lakers of L.A.

fame which is what makes Jimmy Kimmel oxymoronical. ;)

[sasquatch]

40. Kimmel is a good host but, I've never seen his ABC night show though

:DI loved him on "Win Ben Stein's Money."

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. I loved that show!!!! I cannot stand the Man Show though.

He lost a lot of my love when he went and did that...;)

[Guaranteed]

15. Lakers are going down tonight...

The whores are gonna get their due.

Syphilis. <---- my girlfriend's response :)

[TSIAS]

18. ABC reported that Malone's out tonight

I assume we'll see the great Slava Medvedenko starting at Power Forward this evening.

[frylock]

22. propers going out to malone, but he was killing the team

[catzies]

73. true very true

sad but true

4th quarter


still in shock

speechless

[wndycty]

23. Did Aretha Franklin lip synch the National Anthem?

Or did ABC screw up the audio?

[Ann Arbor Dem]

24. I'm not sure....but something was off....

At times the sound and her lips were in sync and other times they were horribly out.

[Insider]

29. it's good to be the queen

[drdtroit]

33. Unfortunately she did.

Either she's under the weather or they couldn't get the monitoring system to work properly, something I know personally she would never tolerate.
ABC obviously knew that would be the case because they had her on camera very little.

At anyrate, the PISTONS are up by 10 at halftime 55 - 45.

[0rganism]

25. with the Lakers up by 7 early, it's advantage Pistons

It's all in the fouls. 2 on Shaq in the 1st 6 minutes, and Lakers are going to be in the penalty real soon now.

[Insider]

27. BIG BEN!

steal and a basket

[Insider]

50. holy smoke, batman

overrussell, and in

[mede8er]

30. I like........

The lakers game plan.they must score 90.........

[frylock]

31. they need to get the ball down low a little more..

Shaq needs a four-oh tonite.

[nini]

34. I'm getting close to posting my 'theory'

;-)

big layoffs as I was leaving work tonight so I'm late. I'm not sure how long I'll be around as my phone is ringing off the hook -it was ugly and supposedly there will be 50 more tomorrow :puke:

[frylock]

43. yipes! sounds like a pleasant week ahead of you

:hi:

[shanti]

100. nini

i'm sorry to hear about your job!:-( hoping you survive layoff mode!

[0rganism]

32. They have to cut in more

The entry passes to Shaq are drawing a lot of defense, so it's up to Kobe and Payton to try some drives.

[Paragon]

37. Championship, baby.

:7

[gratuitous]

38. Wow, am I prescient

I said the Lakers would be buying stamps and mailing this one in, but I thought I was just kidding. Down 10 at halftime, LA looks like they can't get out of Detroit fast enough, and get to the golf course or the fishing boat.

[frylock]

42. worst.officiating.ever.

on both ends of the court. I've run with guys in the rec league calling games for beer money who were better.

[nini]

44. no comment

I don't have my flame suit available :D

[Paragon]

45. Yup, it's the ref's fault the Lakers are down 3-1.

:eyes:

[frylock]

46. i never said that..

on BOTH ends.

[gratuitous]

47. Holy cow!

Did you see Joey Crawford grab that rebound and throw it to Wallace? Those refs are horrible!

[maveric]

48. Pistons are killing LA.

And I love it! A 17 pt lead now.

[Renew Deal]

53. Damn

It was 10 when I went into the bathroom like 2 minutes ago.

[Paragon]

49. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Oh...the Laker suckage...I can't handle it...:7

[gristy]

51. Ben Wallace DUNK!!!!!!!!!!!

On the offensive rebound. Such a cool replay from a camera down low.

[nini]

52. that was sweet

even this Laker fan liked that one.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

54. What's the deal with Hamilton's headgear. Has he always worn this?

Would be cooler if it was metallic silver or gold, or had flames or skull pattern etc., LOL

[nini]

55. broken nose I think.

flames.. LOL

[gratuitous]

56. You know what I miss?

After watching the Blazers spontaneously combust over terrible officiating time and again, and having to listen to endless tut-tutting about "getting into it with the officials," I miss the sanctimonious stylings of Bill "Fumblemouth" Walton.

[0rganism]

57. Hmm, it's a schooling, now. Game 3 redux

Someone's getting to 90 tonight, and I don't think it's going to be the Lakers.

[eeyore]

58. Hey Al - it's not a GONG!

Al is really enthralled with the "gong" they play whenever Big Ben Wallace does something good. Think, Al - does the Big Ben clocktower in London have gongs in it? It's a chime dumbass!

Sorry, it's been driving me nuts for 5 games now.

GO Detroit!

[nini]

59. My heartfelt congrats to Larry Brown and true Piston fans

Brown is a class act and deserving of the first guy to win the NCAA and NBA crowns.

True Piston fans - enjoy!!! your guys showed up and got the job done!

You Laker haters - well, I don't want to get banned from DU so I'll just say :loveya:

Still a Laker fan until I DIE.. no bandwagonner or fair weather fan here!

As Chick would say.... 'The jello's jigglin'..

Congrats Pistons...

Gina

[gratuitous]

62. That was far classier than I'll ever be

But as a Blazer fan, you'll just have to understand as I do a little dance.

[gratuitous]

64. Up 23 going into the fourth

Somehow, I don't see LA pulling one of their patented fourth quarter "comebacks" this time around, even if the officials totally swallow their whistles.

[Renew Deal]

67. The lakers would have to score close to 38 to tie.

That's assuming the Pistons almost don't score.

[nini]

66. LOL

it's ok.. enjoy.

Good Lord, we need to let someone else win once in a while to mix things up ya know :-)


Frustrating season for me, but these are what make the wins sweeter.

[gratuitous]

70. I wouldn't know

Let's see: Blazers, Chiefs, Royals. Been a long time without rain in the gratuitous household.

[nini]

72. My Dad was a huge Blazers fan

even named his cat Blazer... funny he hated the Lakers too.

he'd be calling me on the phone if he was still with us.. I used to hate that, but wish he could now. :-( (ok, I just bummed myself out )

sorry about your teams.. one day.. never give up.

[drdtroit]

60. The Lakers are CLUELESS

and going home alone. :toast:

[Insider]

61. 19 pernts

nine-TEEN

[Insider]

63. tayshaun "tubby's proud" prince

end to end, 82-59

[cjbuchanan]

65. It's all Detroit!!!

Go Pistons! I hope they score 100 and win by 30.

Bye, bye Lakers.

:party:

[maveric]

68. 25 pt lead.

Beginning of the 4th.

[kaitykaity]

69. :shaking_head_in_disbelief:

I thought Detroit would win, but I did not expect
a bloodbath.

Oh. My. Gawd.

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

71. Being a fan of neither, I feel I can say this. I always feel bad for the

losing team when it is two teams that I don't care about. Is this a hormonal thing or do others of both genders feel this way? Here I am typing while the kids watch and I feel so bad for Shaq even though most days I could care less. I think I need sleep.

[eeyore]

80. $26,223,215

Don't feel bad for Shaq. That's his salary THIS YEAR. Kobe's salary this year - $13,497,500.

http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries.htm

[ScreamingMeemie]

83. Yes...but still....

;)

[eeyore]

85. I know, but Shaq's had his time

And just dig that fro on Big Ben Wallace. I'm all about spreading the joy around. :party:

I think you might be suffering from some overactive maternal instincts. ;-)

[Guaranteed]

97. Don't.

The Lakers are whores.

If any team DESERVES to lose a championship series, it's the Lakers. Fuck 'em.

[drdtroit]

74. I think that it is time

for the talk of upset to end. The Pistons owned the series and the only real "upset" was the Lakers stealing game 2.

[Systematic Chaos]

75. Being from Las Vegas this reminds me of the UNLV/Duke final

When was that, 1989? When UNLV clobbered Duke 103 - 73 in the NCAA final?

[Insider]

76. ahem, didn't kobe GUARANTEE a win?

he's no joe namath, huh?

and i like the guy, but...

[gratuitous]

78. Send him your betting stub

I'm sure he'll send you the money you lost betting on the Lakers.

{Giggle}

[angee_is_mad]

81. Like he has never lied?

Why would someone believe what Kobe has to say!

[nini]

84. no he didn't

it was all taken out of context.

guaranteed was never part of the statement.

[Insider]

86. okie doke

Kobe Bryant was as curious as anyone else when asked Monday about his promise to extend the NBA Finals past tonight's Game 5 at the Palace.

"I did?" he replied.

Well, according to the Los Angeles Times, that's what Bryant did in response to a question tendered while he made his way to the team bus Sunday night after an 88-80 loss in Game 4.

"I'm telling you right now," Bryant told the Times, "we'll win Tuesday."

The Lakers trail the Pistons, 3-1. Even if he didn't remember his promise, Bryant didn't back off Monday.

"I'll go with that, man," he said. "It's fine with me.

"We don't have a choice."
http://www.freep.com/sports/pistons/lcorn15_20040615.htm

and apparently they DID have a choice (lose)

[nini]

98. the articles I've read on this imply it was a typical statement

made by a player in his situation. It was not a 'guarantee' - but that doesn't make a good story so it got twisted into all this crap to make it good. Really doesn't matter anyway because those that hate Kobe are going to take it the way they want to..

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-simers15jun15,1,1539864.column?coll=la-headlines-sports-nba-lakers

/
CBS' Jim Hill asked Bryant, "What was the thought process that made you promise the Lakers would win ?"

Bryant had no idea what Hill was talking about. It's not uncommon, of course, to have no idea what Hill is talking about.

"I promised?" Bryant asked. "I'll go with that, man. It's fine by me. We don't have a choice. We've got to win."

When the news conference was over, Bryant agreed to another one-on-one chat. I explained that he was being asked about his promise to win, based on what he had told me the night before.

"You should have warned me," he said. "What's the big deal? Do I think we're going to win Tuesday? Duh. What do they expect me to say?
/

[angee_is_mad]

88. but he has NEVEr

lied in public before? Come on now! Ask he's wife that question.

[drdtroit]

77. Oh, and to Phil Jackson,

Karma's a BITCH!

[Droopy]

82. Jackson's got nothing to be ashamed of

He's got enough rings to fill up all his fingers just about. You can't win them all.

[drdtroit]

89. It has nothing to do with him being ashamed

It's payback for his shameless antics in the 91' Eastern Conference Finals against Detroit. Remember the "Jordan Rules"?

[frylock]

79. congratulations to the nba champion pistons

They are an amazing defensive team. I've been a huge fan of Larry Brown dating back to his days at KU with Danny Manning, so it's no surprise that he got these guys motivated to just DESTROY the Lakes.

And props to Sheed! And it ain't always easy being a fan of his, mainly due to the shit people give you for it!

[Jack_Dawson]

87. THAT was an ASS-KICKING

DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[angee_is_mad]

92. Major ASS- Kicking

but I do feel a little sorry for Shaq, the rest of the team can go
to hades!

[Jack_Dawson]

94. Don't ever feel sorry for...

someone who makes more money than you. I heard that in a movie I think.

[angee_is_mad]

95. But his tears

got to me a little.

[Jack_Dawson]

99. Shaq CRIED?

I must've missed it.

[Lestat]

90. HAHAHAHA! F U Lakers!

Thank God they're losing! I hope the Pistons win. It'll make the NBA worth watching again!

[gratuitous]

91. Century

What happened to that boring, defense-oriented team that slow-danced with Indiana all those games? Damn.

Oh, and somebody might want to tell ABC that there isn't going to be a game Sunday night.

Darko for MVP.

[gratuitous]

93. Hey, somebody besides O'Neal and Bryant got double figures

Slava Medvedenko! There's your MVP.

[alarcojon]

96. Anybody feel bad for Malone?

Cause I don't! I hope this means less Yankee-ification in the league.