<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32 @ May 19 2006, 10:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Home or not,the Cavs and Pistons have been playing at an equal level all series.The Cavs should come stronger after that loss,not weaker.The Cavs haven't been in any situations considering they haven't made the playoffs in a long time so everything is new to them,LeBron will have another great game while leading the Cavs to the ECF.</div>Well.. we'll see whos laughing on Sunday.
Pistons deserved it. They played there hearts out especially down the stretch. With 3 offensive rebounds in one possession and Chauncey showing you why his nickname is Mr. Big Shot. That's right Cavs Welcome to Detroit!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32 @ May 19 2006, 11:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Home or not,the Cavs and Pistons have been playing at an equal level all series.The Cavs should come stronger after that loss,not weaker.The Cavs haven't been in any situations considering they haven't made the playoffs in a long time so everything is new to them,LeBron will have another great game while leading the Cavs to the ECF.</div>They are an unexperienced team, and a game 7 on the road in the worst place for any road team to play, The Palace I don't expect them to win. I am not trying to come off as cocky or overconfident, but the Pistons are the best team in the league, at home, in a game 7. P.S. I wouldn't say the Cavs have been on the same level all series, because they were beat pretty well in games one and two.
Coming from a Cavs fan, I'm pretty bummed, but I gotta hand it to Detroit. Some great offensive rebounding there in the final minute, although not the best job of boxing out I've ever seen. Anyway, hopefully Game 7 will be a good one, cant wait!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pistonfan11 @ May 19 2006, 11:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They are an unexperienced team, and a game 7 on the road in the worst place for any road team to play, The Palace I don't expect them to win. I am not trying to come off as cocky or overconfident, but the Pistons are the best team in the league, at home, in a game 7. P.S. I wouldn't say the Cavs have been on the same level all series, because they were beat pretty well in games one and two.</div>And then made up for it winning 3 straight,we'll see come sunday,either way if the Pistons do win they'll probably lost to Miami since they have been well rested well the Pistons have been fighting to a game 7.
^ Sometimes too much rest can hurt a team. The Pistons coming off a game 7 might be more ready to play then the Heat due to more floor time, but you are right, we will see.
it was a very good game, the cavs had their chance to getting to the eastern conf. finals but i dont see that happening now, one reason is the pistons are clicking like the team they are they struggled games 3,4,5 and for the first half of game 6 but now they have the momentum and rasheed played big today, plus game 7 is in det
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32 @ May 19 2006, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>And then made up for it winning 3 straight,we'll see come sunday,either way if the Pistons do win they'll probably lost to Miami since they have been well rested well the Pistons have been fighting to a game 7.</div>That can't be an excuse for the Heat to beat the Pistons. The Pistons are the better team, like PF11 said sometimes too much rest can throw you off your game.
They are not a better team or at least aren't playing like it.If they play us the way there playing the Cavaliers you can expect a 5 game serious possibly.I can imagine if the Cavaliers are giving them trouble what we would do to them,that is if you do manage to get through them.
^ The Cavs and Heat different teams. The Heat are better, but the Pistons and Heat have made free agent signings just because they figured that they will play each other. Give the Pistons some credit, they just went on the road in a volital arena and won a game 6, and are now going back to the Palace. I know that the actual Heat team gives the Pistons more credit then you fans do.
The way you are playing you don't deserve my credit,beat Cleveland and I give you credit,beat the Heat and I give you credit,play at the level you can REALLY play,not the nonsense you are playing right now.I had the Pistons winning it all this year but after watching this second round series I have completely changed my mind.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32 @ May 20 2006, 12:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They are not a better team or at least aren't playing like it.If they play us the way there playing the Cavaliers you can expect a 5 game serious possibly.I can imagine if the Cavaliers are giving them trouble what we would do to them,that is if you do manage to get through them.</div>They won't play like they're playing. They will regroup and come out strong against the Heat. I see a long series of 6 possibly 7 games in which the Pistons come out on top.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32 @ May 20 2006, 12:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The way you are playing you don't deserve my credit,beat Cleveland and I give you credit,beat the Heat and I give you credit,play at the level you can REALLY play,not the nonsense you are playing right now.I had the Pistons winning it all this year but after watching this second round series I have completely changed my mine.</div>You are a smart guy and a great poster, but please spell things right when you are trying to say that the Pistons don't deserve credit. They just won a game 6 on the road against the KING. That is deserving of credit.
The Cavs blew that game more so than the Pistons won that one. Like I said some where else, I don't know what the Cavs were thinking, they had their minds at the end in "fastbreak and score" mode and not "rebound" mode. That killed them. On the last two shots, they couldn't even get the rebound. Horrible boxing out, this is supposed to be the NBA, the best of the best, and these guys couldn't even get a body on somebody, College players do that. In College and below, if you don't box out somebody, you are getting to get an ear full when you come back to the bench. In the NBA, I see to many people standing around and waiting for someone else to get it while they waited to run to the opposing hoop for a quick score. This doesn't work when the game is on the line and the other team wants the win more than you do. The Cavs didn't want the rebound like the Pistons did, rebounding is measured by three main things:3- Strength.2- Footwork, position, and technique (on the box out).1- A desire for the ball, a drive to be the person that gets the ball.The Cavs had none of these except for some strength (which doesn't work out so well against Ben). Besides, before these three main things come into play, you have to find some one to box out, which the Cavs didn't.Billups almost helped us out a lot at the end there.
IMO this series can really go either way, but anyways i can't wait until sunday it's gonna be amazing
Im now 99% sure the Pistons will win this. Theyre heading into a game 7 at home and they just got some much needed confidence back. Plus Look at the last few years. Last season in the playoffs they were down 3-2 to Miami and came back and won. Two seasons ago they were down 3-2 to the Nets and came back and won. So they definetly have experience from the past in the situation they got in.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pistonfan11 @ May 19 2006, 09:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You are a smart guy and a great poster, but please spell things right when you are trying to say that the Pistons don't deserve credit. They just won a game 6 on the road against the KING. That is deserving of credit.</div>Correct me if I'm wrong, but did you not post earlier that LeBron is not the KING. But now that you manage to stave off elimination in a game where LeBron played sub-par, suddenly you have accomplished something amazing by beating a team with one single great player. Again, I may be wrong, theres a lot of Pistons fans on these forums, so it may have been someone else in this or another topic that said something like "I'm sick of people talking about LeBron, hes not the KING."Anyway, my point is the Cavs deserve more credit than your Pistons do, because we won 3 straight against the defending champs, and a game 5 on the road against the best team in basketball, not an average team with the greatest player of our time, and theoretically, a team with 5 stars should beat a team with 1 superstar, 9 times out of 10, but we proved that theory wrong, so we deserve the respect.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AmBitIoNz23 @ May 20 2006, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Anyway, my point is the Cavs deserve more credit than your Pistons do, because we won 3 straight against the defending champs, and a game 5 on the road against the best team in basketball, not an average team with the greatest player of our time, and theoretically, a team with 5 stars should beat a team with 1 superstar, 9 times out of 10, but we proved that theory wrong, so we deserve the respect.</div>I agree with you there. This is supposed to be the number one team in the NBA. People actually talked about this team beating the Bulls regular season record during the season, and now they can't even beat a number 4 seed that they were supposed to blow out (and did in the first, and kinda the second game).No matter what happens in game 7, the Cavs already won. :yess:
They aren't the defending champs but yeah it is very impressive what the Cavs did agains thte pistons, especially coming off of that first game destruction.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pistonz4life @ May 20 2006, 12:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They won't play like they're playing. They will regroup and come out strong against the Heat. I see a long series of 6 possibly 7 games in which the Pistons come out on top.</div>Stop talking like the Pistons have beat the Cavs. The series isn't over. The Cavs took 3 in a row including one at home against them, it's a 50/50 toss up for game 7. The Cavs beat the Pistons 3 games playing better defensively then the Pistons have. Last night's game was again another back and forth game that could have gone either way, just went the Pistons way. Game 7 is going to be another back and forth beat the crap out of each other type of game again. But with #23 on the Cavs, don't ever count them out of a game.
