strongly reccomend someone upload the last few minutes of the game on YouTube, or try and catch the late night rebroadcast on ESPN. I'm of course referring to tonight's Game 6 in Cleveland.------------------As far as the Pistons and the Cavs go, I really could care less who wins the series. That's not to say I'm not interested, because that couldn't be further from the turth. I love everything and anything having to do with the NBA Playoffs, but I am a supporter of neither team hence I my own personal feelings are unaffected by the outcome. I guess I have reasons for wanting both teams to win in one way or another.So now that I've established that I am not a Pistons nor Cavs fan, let me say that with a completely unbiased viewpoint I noticed something during the game this evening. At first it merely felt like a hunch, a playful thought maybe. Then as more and more things began to take shape, it occured to me what was happening... almost to the point where I was predicting what was going to happen next.Now I'm not saying I'm 100% positive, but it brings me great displeasure to state that I strongly believe that in some way, shape, or form.... Rasheed Wallace was influenced and was indeed playing for a loss instead of a win. Everything he did or didn't do in the final two and half minutes or so appeared fishy.THE EVIDENCE- Twice, that's right... TWICE, Wallace took a contested three point shot with more than seventeen seconds left on the shot clock. They were both over shot and hit the back side of the rim from the angle he was shooting from. Both times they had two point leads, and these shots were not only unneccessary and dangerous, they were downright stupid. Wouldn't you want to take as much time off the clock as you possibly could at this point rather than take TWO contested threes almost immediately after advancing the ball to halfcourt? In fact if you'll take notice, Wallace shot the ball EVERY time he had possession of it!- After recieving a pass form Billups, Wallce tries to beat Varejo off the dribble and fails miserabley. Luckily for Detroit Varejo knocked the ball out of bounds. Still, Wallace is rarely known for perimeter ball handling. Not to mention he almost recieves a technical while still on the floor.- Lebron flew right past him and Wallace committed a foul that sent him to the line for two. What's odd however, is that the call itself could have been argued! There really was minimal contact, and most of the time Sheed would argue the call until the sun came up. Instead he raises his hand and admits the foul.- At this point, I told my friend BEFORE he even approached the line that Wallace was going to miss both free throws. This is when I began to get worried. I said out loud "I guarentee you Wallace misses both free throws"... and he did. Watch how he shot them. Neither were released with the intetnion of making the shot. He didn't even use his wrist to follow through on the second one.- The only thing Wallace couldn't account for was the hard play of the rest of his teams. Despite his incredibly poor desicion making, they still managed to get the offensivre rebounds. Then I noticed Wallace approach the offical and mouth the words "I f***ed up".- Watch the end of the game, He's the only Piston not celebrating.Again I know it sounds crazy and I really hope that I'm wrong. But if someone could just upload the final couple of minutes or so we could be able to make a better anaylsis of the situation. Not written by me btw.Eveything he said was true :no1:
This person is saying he did everything in his power to lose the game. Everything he said was true.edit: And how can you hate lebron? Not possible.
I don't think Rasheed would play to lose, he's not that type of player. And why would he want to lose
Rasheed was hitting threes like crazy, prior to those two shots, he was 4/5 from downtown, and the defenders were not that close. Rasheed kept getting the ball because he was hitting some great shots, and trying to get Varajao to foul out. Rasheed often takes the ball from the baseline around into the paint and shoots hook shots, or fall away jumpers. Rasheed knew it was a foul, the replay showed it and he didn't have too many fouls, plus he knows that he has a limit on the technicals he can get.He doesn't argue he is throwing the game, and if he gets one he is a bad person... cmon.... Rasheed and the entire Piston team was shooting horrible from the line all game. This was just another instance. I saw him llok at the fans and mouth some words that are too explicit to put on BBW. He came in and took care of business. He had 20+ points, and played great. He ran his mouth the first few other games and he knew he needed to shut the crowd up, and he did. He plays with passion, and there is NO REASON whatsoever that he would throw a game.
I watched the Sheed press conference. There is no way that Sheed tried to blow this game. Look at him he shot 50% and had 24.
Saying that a player wanted to lose a game, and actually did everything in his power to lose that big of a game for his team is ludicrous. I don't see how anybody could think that to be true... especially a guy who guaranteed a Game 4 victory, and then saw his team go down 3-2 before tying the series back up at 3 games a piece. If anything he had more motivation to try and win the game... and I think he wanted to be the one to put the dagger in Cleveland's hearts. If he hit one of those three's, he sure as hell would have done it.And I also hate LeBron... not because of anything he has done, but because of the non-stop media hype and praise. They make everything he does seem like it is 10x better. He could do a dunk, and a guy like Kobe will do the same dunk, yet LeBron will be the #1 play of the day on SC whereas Kobe wouldn't even be in the top ten.
Oh come on guys. Give the man a break. First of all, they won the game didn't they? They probably wouldnt have won it without Sheed either. He was draining jumpers like crazy. Giving them a lot of 2 point leads. Thats why he shot those last 2 3 pointers. He wanted to increase the lead even more because he knew he had been hot the whole game. He played a terrific game, backing down Drew Gooden very and sinking his jumpers effortlessly. He got rattled in the las minutes. The fans were screaming hard at him. thats why he missed those shots. He still played very good help defense the whole game. Just give the guy a break.Rasheed blowing the game? Thats rediculous. You think he doesnt want to win another ring?
Yeah, but if there was one reason Detroit did NOT pull further away from Cleveland in the final few minutes, you could point to Rasheed.Now, I don't think he TRIED to lose the game, but the Pistons might not have had more pressure in the final minute if Rasheed kept on shooting.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pistonz4life @ May 20 2006, 12:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I watched the Sheed press conference. There is no way that Sheed tried to blow this game. Look at him he shot 50% and had 24.</div>After the game he didn't sound that excited about winning. He swore like two or three times I think. Maybe he was a little upset?
Thats complete bullsh**. Of course he wasnt trying to blow the game, or else maybe he wouldnt have scored 24 points on 7-13 shooting. He didnt celebrate because he probably doesnt want to celebrate until they or if they win the series. Lebron did the same thing.
I wish it were so, but Rasheed Wallace would never do that. This guy was being harassed by the Cavs fans and would never satisfy them like that. He did do a huge choke job though in the end. He's lucky his teammates got them offensive rebounds or he would've had to go through hell all off-season.
