OT: Sacramento walking over Detroit

12-27 almost end of first.

I am astounded, I realized AI might need some adjusting, but this is against a vastly inferior team in terms of talent. PLUS, Sacramento is without Kevin Martin.

 

I agree and for some reason Sacramento has been playing a lot better the last few games. I really thought they might be the worse team in the west but I guess I'm wrong.

 

If they can play well without Kevin Martin, we can play well for a couple games without Brandon.

 

Detroit is coming back.

 

Hawes is 0-2 from the three point line. That makes Travis Outlaw the best three point shooter in the league, I believe.

 

tied at the half. Detroit will win.

 

What is it about Iverson that makes him such a warrior on the court, but such a loser on the score board?

 

He's out for himself more than the team. He also plays bad defense.

 

He took a team to the 2001 NBA Finals. And last year, though it was a quick exit to the playoffs, it was still an accomplishment to get there considering how competitive the West was last year. He's not the total loser you make him out to be.

 

Pistons win. Iverson with 30, 7, 9, and 2.

 

Yea, well you can't do it all alone.

 

Was a good game though. Something tells me that things might have been different if they had Martin.

 

I've been saying all along that this trade wasn't ideal for the Pistons in terms of this season. Iverson doesn't fit in with this team at all - he's a me-first offensive guy and doesn't play defense. I think the big reason why they went for him was mainly for the future, because they're going to get a ton of cap space out of it.

 

that 2001 season the east may been at rock bottom in terms of talent. those teams were awful.

 

Bucks weren't bad. Big Dog-Cassell-Ray. Vince Carter's Raptors were pretty good too.

 

They were ok teams. They were not great teams. Those Bucks and Raptors teams would have struggled if they had been in the West.