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Things had been pretty quiet around the Motor City Sports Blog offices the past week. The brouhaha over Sidney Crosby’s snub of Nicklas Lidstrom, as well as the fact that our Winged warrior came up one game short of the cup, has worn off. And the Tigers have been playing [...] Like you, I watched yesterday’s Pistons game hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. And the only positive thing you can say about the game is that our expectations were met. The Pistons 2008-2009 season came to a crashing halt on Sunday as “King” LeBron James further solidified his reputation as one of the greatest [...] It’s always like this in the end. Athletes rarely quit before their time is up (Barry Sanders is the exception to this rule) and teams are rarely broken up and reimagined by their management before they are unraveled by a younger, hungrier and yes … more talented team. What’s happening to the [...] If it wasn’t painfully obvious to anyone that’s followed the Pistons this year, the end of an era is near. In much the same way that the Bad Boys moved past the Lakers, and then became victims to Michael Jordan and the Bulls, the Pistons are outmatched by a younger, faster and more talented team. The Cavs [...] From the AP wire: NEW YORK (AP)—This didn’t look like a club fighting for a No. 7 or 8 seed. These resembled the old Detroit Pistons, who used to beat up on those types of teams in the playoffs. Richard Hamilton scored 22 points, Rasheed Wallace had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and the Pistons rolled into [...] The Pistons today announced what had come to be expected by many, that guard Allen Iverson would remain out for the rest of the 2008-2009 season because of his sore back. Iverson, acquired from the Denver Nuggets for Chauncey Billups, Cheikh Samb and Antonio McDyess on Nov. 3, 2008, has rarely exceeded expectations in his time [...] Last night’s Pistons fiasco was an appropriate, if disappointing, way to turn out the lights on this era of Detroit Pistons history. I went into the game thinking we’d pull it out, go to Boston and win Game 7, then lost to the Lakers in six. But I never expected such a mental breakdown, so [...] The Detroit News has an interesting article about how the Pistons, in head-to-head competition with the Red Wings, are winning the battle for TV ratings. On Monday, the News says: “the Pistons Game 4 had a 15.1 rating, while Game 2 of the Stanley Cup drew an 11.5 rating.” Interesting, but hardly statistically relevant. The first [...] The Wings have mowed over and outplayed the Penguins in every facet of the game. So far, the series has been all Wings and the hockey gods in Gary Bettman’s office must not be very happy with their dream matchup right now. Last night’s 3-0 win showed that the Wings are serious, that they do [...] Our on-again off-again Pistons once again unfortunately took the wrong night off. Maybe they were too interested in what was going on downtown, watching the Wings and Tigers. Or maybe they were getting ready for day two of Movement. Or maybe they’re just so used to showing up whenever they feel, that this is normal [...] |
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