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It's Pistons VS. Lakers!
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Posted on 06/01/2004 8:02:16 PM PDT by quantim

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To: SoCal Pubbie
If the Lakers stayed healthy they would have beat the Pistons like a drum.

Detroit destroyed the Lakers in Game 1, with only Scott out of the lineup. The difference between Scott and Cooper wasn't 25 points.

We saw how the two teams matched up the year before. A Detroit team with Mahorn, Laimbeer, and Salley playing hurt the entire series (and with Isiah hurt the last 16 minutes of game 6 and all of game 7) took the Lakers to 7 games (and don't get me started about the phantom foul). Oh, but one year later, with the Pistons all healthy, the Lakers would have beat Detroit "like a drum". Sure.

82 posted on 06/02/2004 10:08:55 AM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: Numbers Guy
Have you ever heard of a game known as the Memorial Day Massacre? By your logic, Boston won the title in 1985.

The year before, the Detroit players were hurt but could play. LA's starting backcourt couldn't even suit up. Yes, with a full team it would have been three straight for the Lakers.
83 posted on 06/02/2004 12:57:37 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Mr. Mojo
Lakers would win in seven without Shaq IMO....but I would like to see Detroit win.
84 posted on 06/02/2004 1:02:11 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: socal_parrot

Beefed up? He makes Barkley look svelte.


85 posted on 06/02/2004 1:04:47 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: usadave
I really wish the NBA would go back to having the players wear men's basketball shorts.

Not trying to be a smarty, but why? Aesthetically speaking, I'd rather look at someone's oversize shorts than have to look at someone's oversize thighs. The large shorts are much more comfortable to wear, IMO, and help to keep legs warm and stuff.

86 posted on 06/02/2004 1:10:57 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Numbers Guy
Looking back at the stats, they prove even more convincingly that LA would have won. The Pistons won game one by a whopping 12 points. Scott was averaging 20 ppg in the postseason, and Cooper was about as 12 ppg player. That's two thirds of the margin right there. Losing Scott also takes away part of your substitution patterns as well, of course.

Magic went down in the third quarter of game two. The Lakers lost that by THREE POINTS! Now the Lakers have lost FORTY POINTS PER GAME from their offense, plus all of Magic's assists. The Pistons won the four games by an average of 9.25 points per game. Are you going to tell me forty + points of offense every night wouldn't have made the difference? Please!
87 posted on 06/02/2004 1:17:32 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: SoCal Pubbie
The Pistons won game one by a whopping 12 points.

Thanks to a Laker run during garbage time. Read "The Franchise" by Cameron Stauth for details on the series.

Scott was averaging 20 ppg in the postseason, and Cooper was about as 12 ppg player. That's two thirds of the margin right there.

Sigh. Suppose my starting first baseman hits 20 home runs in 2003 and the backup first baseman hit 5 home runs in 2003. Now suppose the starter blows out a knee in APril 2004 and is replaced by the backup. Does that mean that the replacement, now starting, will only hit 5 home runs in 2004?

Magic went down in the third quarter of game two. The Lakers lost that by THREE POINTS! Now the Lakers have lost FORTY POINTS PER GAME from their offense, plus all of Magic's assists.

Uh, you're assuming that the replacements would be held scoreless?

The Pistons won the four games by an average of 9.25 points per game. Are you going to tell me forty + points of offense every night wouldn't have made the difference? Please!

If the replacements were held scoreless, I'd concede your point. They weren't held scoreless. And Detroit didn't come into the series playing crappy. They swept both regular season games vs. the Lakers. They finished with a better regular season record than the Lakers. They were 11-2 in the playoffs when the finals started--and the two losses were to a team led by the best player in the history of the league.

If the Pistons 4-0 1989 sweep gets an asterisk due to Laker injuries, then I'm sure you'll agree that the Lakers' 1988 4-3 win gets an asterisk due to Laimbeer, Mahorn, Salley, and Isiah playing injured.

88 posted on 06/03/2004 12:34:41 PM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: SoCal Pubbie
The year before, the Detroit players were hurt but could play

So Detroit's players should be penalized for being tough enough to play while hurt. Okay, gotcha.

89 posted on 06/03/2004 12:38:35 PM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: Numbers Guy

Your post is so ludicrous, it really doesn't warrant a response, but I will say this. I do need to read no damn books, I watched every game!

BTW, The ONLY chance the Pistons have this year is if the Laker's plane crashes on the way to Michigan.


90 posted on 06/03/2004 1:45:46 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: SoCal Pubbie
Your post is so ludicrous, it really doesn't warrant a response

Thank you for playing.

91 posted on 06/03/2004 2:56:24 PM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: SoCal Pubbie
BTW, The ONLY chance the Pistons have this year is if the Laker's plane crashes on the way to Michigan

oh please you guys win it like every other year or somethin shaq's a oversized idiot,kobe is all the firepower yall have

all us detrioters are gonna hear about is lakers laker lakers lakers its like youre not even gonna give the pistons some respect,they earned there way in this year,when its the lakers "the trip to the finals guarenteed"

we took game 1,and we may lose game 2,but you guys are gonna have to earn this one, Pistons in 7

btw,no hard feelings or anything im just already tired of the "pistons suck" crowd

Regards

Dan

92 posted on 06/07/2004 12:01:37 AM PDT by MetalHeadConservative35 (Go Motor City Badboys!!!!!)
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