Pistons V Lakers:Lets hear the excuses

[probo24]

Just wanted to give all the fake, plastic, frontrunning, bandwagon hanging, kneepad wearing Laker fans a place to list all the excuses on why the hall of fame laiden LA Clippers....I mean Lakers, look like every other team the Pistons have rolled in this years playoffs.
We all know it CAN'T be because of:
The Wallace brothers
Detroits backcourt
Detroits rebounding on both ends
Detroits defence (can you say fg%)
Detroits coaching staff (hit the bong one more time Phil)
The arrogance of the "3 of the last 4 championships" Lakers
The Scoring magic of Gary "the slug" Payton and Karl "The snailman" Malone
2-vs-5 basketball
Detroits bench
Detroits hunger
Detroits energy and hustle
Detroits inability to score against the vaunted LA defence

While it's true the series is still only 3-0 *COUGH* 2-1 with the next two games in Detroit, i'm looking for someone to tell me why, and or how, the Lakers can match the Pistons hunger, and at least get the series back to LA. The only thing better than seeing the Pistons win the title in Detroit would be to see them win it in LA.
4 words for those of you that thought all the hall of fame Lakers had to do was show up to collect their 4th title in 5 years...

The Detroit Red Wings

[Cain]

Basketball sucks so who cares?
[color=#350000]poison poison poison poison dagger daggger dagqer daggar[/color]

EDIT: Sorry, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. But basketball still sucks.

[skihard]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]This was the first time in something like 586 games that the Lakers have been held below 70 points in a game and is the lowest score since the indroduction of the shot clock. The second lowest point total in the playoffs for the Lakers was 75 points in let me see.......oh, game 1 of this series. And still if you look at ESPN.com and what you see is not that the Pistons are doing good but that the lakers are doing bad.........I would think after very nearly being down 3 games to none the Sports Weinies would give the Pistons credit for something.

oh and on a side note.....ABC showed many local (to Detroit and the World) celebraties including, Eminem, Steve Yzerman, Kid Rock, Rene Zelwiger (sp?), Barry Sanders and not a single one had a hat or T-shirt advertising their show or career. Yet when we saw the celebs in L.A. we see Jim Bulishi wearing an "According to Jim" hat, the Disney CEO was wearing a Micky Mouse T-shirt, Adam Sandler was wearing a shirt with his new movie on it, these are just a few. I think I counted over 15 or so of stars they showed Advertising at the game, and I wonder just how self absorbed does one have to be, really?


Basketball doesn't suck it's just not as good as Hockey[/COLOR]

[AeroJonesy]

Yeah, it's about time we see Detroit get some credit. They definitely outplayed the Lakers last night. And their defense was amazing. Maybe it's that the sportswriters were all talking about a Laker championship when they picked up Malone and Payton. Now the feel the need to defend themselves because it looks like they might be wrong.

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

My brother insists the Lakers lost game 3 was because the refs were paid off. Consider how many fouls the Lakers got for barely touching the Detroit guys, then consider how few fouls Detroit got despite that fact that they were slamming and elbowing the Lakers all night long. The foul count was like 25-10 by 3rd quarter...

I don't know enough about basketball to know any better, but I do know the Pistons SHOULD have been caught fouling a hell of a lot more than they were.

[Ev_]

Did anyone else see that little girl holding the sign that read, "Chauncey makes Payton's pride hurt even more than Malone's knee"? LOL! What a cruel little girl...

Go Pistons.

[jimmyboy]

Just wanted to give all the fake, plastic, frontrunning, bandwagon hanging, kneepad wearing Laker fans a place to list all the excuses on why the hall of fame laiden LA Clippers....I mean Lakers, look like every other team the Pistons have rolled in this years playoffs.
We all know it CAN'T be because of:
The Wallace brothers
Detroits backcourt
Detroits rebounding on both ends
Detroits defence (can you say fg%)
Detroits coaching staff (hit the bong one more time Phil)
The arrogance of the "3 of the last 4 championships" Lakers
The Scoring magic of Gary "the slug" Payton and Karl "The snailman" Malone
2-vs-5 basketball
Detroits bench
Detroits hunger
Detroits energy and hustle
Detroits inability to score against the vaunted LA defence

While it's true the series is still only 3-0 *COUGH* 2-1 with the next two games in Detroit, i'm looking for someone to tell me why, and or how, the Lakers can match the Pistons hunger, and at least get the series back to LA. The only thing better than seeing the Pistons win the title in Detroit would be to see them win it in LA.
4 words for those of you that thought all the hall of fame Lakers had to do was show up to collect their 4th title in 5 years...

The Detroit Red Wings

Pistons won yesterday because they were a better team.

Nothing worst than a Laker bandwagon cheerleader except an ... anti-Laker bandwagon cheerleader whos real home team took a vacation weeks ago. Or worst, a rookie cheerleader who thinks that the series is over because they haven't been been to the Championship round in over a decade.

Wake-up, smell the coffee, it's best of seven. Gloat when your team won 4 (if it's really your home team).

[Raft Boy]

Because I griped about the Lakers/Wolves series missing Cassell, to be fair, how would the Lakers do with a healthy Malone? Watching the post-game analysis, the guys were saying something that this was how the Lakers were playing when he was out earlier in the season. Would they have won? Doubtful, but the score would have been closer, that's for sure.

As far as the foul situation, the Pistons drove to the basket, got contact, and got the foul calls. The Lakers were shooting jumpers. Being a Wolves fan, I know that if you take a huge number of jump shots, you're not going to get any calls your way.

Look at the points in the paint: Pistons got 38 and the Lakers got 26. Rebounds went to the Pistons 51 to 39. Pistons played intense, physical basketball. Lakers didn't.

Go Pistons go!

Gah, I was partly defending the Lakers. I need to shower now.

*shivers*

-Rafty

[thejdawg2]

My brother insists the Lakers lost game 3 was because the refs were paid off. Consider how many fouls the Lakers got for barely touching the Detroit guys, then consider how few fouls Detroit got despite that fact that they were slamming and elbowing the Lakers all night long. The foul count was like 25-10 by 3rd quarter...

I don't know enough about basketball to know any better, but I do know the Pistons SHOULD have been caught fouling a hell of a lot more than they were.

So should the Lakers, what's your point? Ever seen Shaq play offense? It involves him going through the defender.

Ever see Gary Payton play defense the last 2 years? It involves him holding you on one side with his arm.

Ever see Kobe drive? 3.5 steps, minimum.


To have a Lakers fan criticize the refs is laughable. I have never seen a team get more games called in favor, especially when a series is on the line.


The Lakers lost because they were outplayed. Luke Walton, who provided a huge spark in game 2, was matched up against eithe Rip Hamilton, an experienced scorer. Or Corliss Williamson, an experienced post player who dwarfs Walton. 3 fouls in 5 and a half minutes because he couldn't control either.

Offensive rebounding was 15-7, in favor of Detroit. The Lakers had...I think it was 4 second chance points. While the Pistons had somewhere in the 20s. The Lakers had 5 more turnovers. How is that the refs fault? That's hustle, something the Lakers sorely need.

[jimmyboy]

Because I griped about the Lakers/Wolves series missing Cassell, to be fair, how would the Lakers do with a healthy Malone? Watching the post-game analysis, the guys were saying something that this was how the Lakers were playing when he was out earlier in the season. Would they have won? Doubtful, but the score would have been closer, that's for sure.

As far as the foul situation, the Pistons drove to the basket, got contact, and got the foul calls. The Lakers were shooting jumpers. Being a Wolves fan, I know that if you take a huge number of jump shots, you're not going to get any calls your way.

Look at the points in the paint: Pistons got 38 and the Lakers got 26. Rebounds went to the Pistons 51 to 39. Pistons played intense, physical basketball. Lakers didn't.

Go Pistons go!

Gah, I was partly defending the Lakers. I need to shower now.

*shivers*

-Rafty

My apologies. My insult to probo is strictly limited to probo for being such a little troll, and I just wanted to cover all the bases whether he's from Detroit of not. Probo, if you're reading this, add some more trolling so I could twist your words around.

As for defending the Lakers, well... they did originate from Minnesota, so blame it on genetics.

As for Malone. I'm not sure that was the reason they lost. Rasheed failed to take advantage scoring for 6 points (I think)? Larry just made great adjustment and Phil failed to anticipate Larry's adjustments. Prince is back on Kobe. etc. Larry even calls time when the Pistons get a lead on a running game just to slow it down. I wish Phil would get a little more hands on. As you can guess, I am pointing the finger at Phil Jackson more than any othe reasons for the lost.