This is a blog post I wrote five years ago tonight, shortly after getting home from the Palace after watching Ron Artest turn the NBA upside down.
I don’t know what to say.
First, the important thing. I’m basically OK. I got knocked over a table, which set off a minor bout of back spasms. My laptop [...]
Well, I was right about the Bobcats scoring 75 points. I just didn’t expect the Pistons to get 98.
The game was just played just as slowly as expected, but Charlotte’s defense collapsed. The Pistons got the ball to Charlie Villanueva early and often – he scored 30 points without playing in the fourth quarter – [...]
The NBA has seen a large number of high-scoring games this year, with three games on one night going over 250 combined points.
Tonight’s Pistons-Bobcats matchup promises to not be one of those. As a matter of fact, with the league’s two slowest teams playing, this game probably won’t break 150 until the final few moments. [...]
Ben Gordon had another good game Sunday afternoon – scoring 23 points to help the Pistons beat the 76ers 88-81.
Once again, though, he wasn’t even Detroit’s Most Valuable Ben.
It’s harder to detect Ben Wallace’s contributions from a quick look at the scoreboard. While there was a “23″ next to Gordon’s #7, there was a “2″ [...]
The Pistons shot 38% Tuesday night, didn’t make a 3-pointer, and had just eight assists. They did this against the defending Eastern Conference champions – a team that had looked invincible in winning its first three games of the season.
That should be a 30-point loss, not an 85-80 win.
Let’s get one thing straight – the [...]
The home fans got their first regular-season look at the fresh, new Pistons tonight … and it didn’t go well. After a good start, they collapsed in the second half and lost 91-83 to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Yeah, the same Oklahoma City Thunder that started 1-16 a year ago and finished 23-59. Now, thanks to [...]
It’s hard to say that a farewell party for a franchise could ever be a rousing success – you’d rather it never happened at all – but tonight’s Shock party exceeded everyone’s expectations.
For an event that was only advertised for a few days on Facebook and Twitter, the turnout was amazing. I’m not sure if [...]
So now that we’ve established that the Shock are leaving Detroit, heading to Tulsa and getting a new coach/GM in Nolan Richardson, what happens next?
First off, they are going to need a new name. WNBA teams always take new names – the Orlando Miracle became the Connecticut Sun and the Utah Starzz became the San [...]
Well, I got a source to confirm it last night, and now AP has gotten another one, so we’re officially reporting that the Detroit Shock are leaving after 12 seasons, three championships and seven straight playoff appearances. As of 2010, they will play in Tulsa, be coached by Nolan Richardson and well, not be Brittany’s favorite [...]
I said yesterday that the Pistons might fire Flip Saunders, and I told someone this morning that I figured it might happen as soon as today.
An hour later, I got an email from the Pistons saying that he was gone and Joe Dumars would be holding a press conference at 2:00.
So, is it a good [...]