Lakers are <strike>fuked!!!</strike> :-( <font color="Navy"><font size="1">EDIT - Watch the language mate, swearing is against our guidelines. Go Pistons! - SS</font></font>
Pistons took out the KY in the 4th quarter and LA stuggled with them but eventually got ran on. Tough to swallow, now LA is in fear of elimination on Tuesday.
I'm in shock. I would never imagine the Lakers not being able to not make adjustments and beat a team as one dimensional as the Pistons. People will blame it on the officiating, people will blame it on Malone being injured, and people will blame it on the Shaq and Kobe feud. The Pistons have beat us thoroughly inside, outside, mentally, physically, and being out coached. The Lakers haven't recovered from Game 3 and they are likely done on Tuesday. Last year the Lakers gave up against the Spurs and I expect them to be embarrased by 20+ in the next game. The Lakers are shook, I hate to say it, and I'm frustrated as hell in their lack of effort and execution. Shaq was the only person who showed up in this game for the Lakers.
Detroit Pistons - 88 LA Lakers - 80 Top Performers: Shaquille O'Neal: 36 Points, 20 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Block Rasheed Wallace: 26 Points, 13 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Blocks Detroit lead series 3-1
What in the bloody hell? Who would of expected the Pistons to be up 3-1? Who would of expected the Lakers to lose game 4? Tonight's game clearly shows the separation between MJ and Kobe. Do not compare them anymore okay Kobe fans? If MJ was in Kobe's shoes, the Lakers would of smoked them. NO team has ever won the title from a 3-1 deficit. Perhaps the Passivangeles Lakers can be the first team ever to come back and win the championship. I predicted the Lakers would win in 6 before the series, but I guess I have to say that they'll win in 7. Props to the Pistons, I should be saying they'll win the championship, but the Lakers are the heart of a champion, despite not showing it.
[MDE]It was the refs I tells ya, the refs. They are completely screwing the Lakers over who should currently be 4-0 and NBA Champions. Detroit don't deserve this at all.[/MDE]
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">I'm in shock. I would never imagine the Lakers not being able to not make adjustments and beat a team as one dimensional as the Pistons. People will blame it on the officiating, people will blame it on Malone being injured, and people will blame it on the Shaq and Kobe feud. The Pistons have beat us thoroughly inside, outside, mentally, physically, and being out coached. The Lakers haven't recovered from Game 3 and they are likely done on Tuesday. Last year the Lakers gave up against the Spurs and I expect them to be embarrased by 20+ in the next game. The Lakers are shook, I hate to say it, and I'm frustrated as hell in their lack of effort and execution. Shaq was the only person who showed up in this game for the Lakers.</div> Just what do you mean by the Pistons being a one dimensional team? Please elaborate. As far as I'm concerned, the Pistons is the more balanced team with much greater depth than the Lakers. They're perfect in everything except 3-point shooting, which isn't horrible, but not exactly their forte.
Sheed was a monster tonight, once again Billups was the star of the show. Hit baskets at key stages to keep the lead. One more win boys, one more win Lakers have no answer for this defense, Kobe proved tonight why he should not be mentioned in the same sentence as MJ
wow. so much for a laker dynasty. detroit is playing like a dynasty team and lakers are playing like this is all thier first nba finals appearance. really sad. half is detroit outplaying the lakers and the other part is the lakers dont show up for 48min, that's what has gone down this series. this is showing that a TEAM wins a title not just a roster with talent. yea malone got hurt but detroit had control when he was healthy so that isn't the best excuse to use if you are going to use one. lakers are embarrasing themselves. if they dont do some deep thinking and make some history, then la might have to wait a few years to sniff gold again. this could be the destruction of kobe/shaq/phil era lakers.
Man is anybody watchin Kobe's press confence it seems like that he doesnt even care they lost he was laughin and actin like he was having a good time, weird.
I heard in Vegas you could bet $100 and make $800 if the Pistons win the series and $800 for Lakers series win and make only $100 *sob* All those who chose on the Pistons are probably goin crazy.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SupraJames:</div><div class="quote_post">Just what do you mean by the Pistons being a one dimensional team? Please elaborate. As far as I'm concerned, the Pistons is the more balanced team with much greater depth than the Lakers. They're perfect in everything except 3-point shooting, which isn't horrible, but not exactly their forte.</div> One dimensional in the sense they are built on defense. This is not a powerhouse offensive team.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting B-22:</div><div class="quote_post">Man is anybody watchin Kobe's press confence it seems like that he doesnt even care they lost he was laughin and actin like he was having a good time, weird.</div> you don't need to watch the press conference of the lakers. you can tell they don't want to win the title by thier body language. they seem satisfied with having the 3 rings and getting there again. detroit is hungry, la seems full.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">One dimensional in the sense they are built on defense. This is not a powerhouse offensive team.</div> Being a defensive team does not make you a one-dimensional team. The Pistons have excellent transition defense, trap defense, SUPERB half court defense, and have shut down one of the best guards in the game today (Kobe). I don't think that's one-dimensional at all. A multi-dimensional team doesn't always have to be the powerhouse offensive team. Their offense isn't exactly one dimensional anyways. In fact, the Lakers are the ones that looked one-dimensional. Their points have all come from one Shaquille O'neal dominating the paint while the Pistons killed the Lakers offensively in every possible way except from 3 point land. The pistons offense is nothing short of decent/average. Powerhouse? No. Superb? Maybe. Above average at the least. They shot their mid-range jumpers, had backdoor cuts, putbacks, and even ally-oops. I don't see how the Pistons is a one-dimensional team.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SupraJames:</div><div class="quote_post">Just what do you mean by the Pistons being a one dimensional team? Please elaborate. As far as I'm concerned, the Pistons is the more balanced team with much greater depth than the Lakers. They're perfect in everything except 3-point shooting, which isn't horrible, but not exactly their forte.</div> If you ask me theyre near perfect in 3 point shooting, Tayshaun Prince, Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Lindsey Hunter & Mike James can all sink them from beyond the ark. Look what Prince did in the All Star Rookie game this year. And why people are still predicting the lakers is beyond me, get over it, they're gonna lose just admit the pistons are the better team and get over it.
The officials are bogus. This series has been real rediculous. I give a lot of credit to Detroit as I have all year, but I just lose interest in games when they start sending teams to the line all quarter with 8 minutes left to go. The Lakers have been leading the league on freethrow attempts per game for years now, and all of a suddenly a great defensive team comes around and they double the Lakers' FT attempts? As I've said a lot of that has to do with Detroit's defense, but a lot of it is also bogus. On one perticular play they showed Prince going up for a layup which he got a foul call for, NO ONE EVEN TOUCHED HIM. Doc Rivers and Al Michaels looked like they were about to talk about the foul, but after the replay was shown they didn't even talk about it. There was obviously no contact AT ALL and when they saw the replay they decided to not even talk about it. That's just one example of how it's been going. Like I've said over and over again, I give the Pistons a lot of credit but some of this is straight up bullsh**t.
NTC, I'm not knocking the Pistons here, I just think their 3 point shooting isn't their forte, which isn't. But who cares when you're doing everything else right in offense and defense.
