Visualize the Detroit Pistons up by two with thirteen seconds remaining in the final quarter of the Eastern Conference championship game. The game in is their hands, all they have to do is play thirteen seconds of solid defense, and they were off to the NBA Finals.
Cleveland has the ball at the top. “Thirteen…twelve…eleven…”, at this point I remember walking away from the television last year thinking that the Pistons were going to the Finals.
I mean let’s think
about it, they deserved every bit of it. Loosing a key power-forward Ben Wallace in the season they managed to pull off 53 wins, earning them the number one seed in the Eastern Conference.
But unfortunately, everything came crashing down for the Pistons last season in the final moments of Game 5 in the Eastern Conference Finals. The image I am left with of the Pistons last season were those final seconds. Tayshaun Prince, one of the NBA's best defenders, was guarding LeBron James. As the seconds were ticking away, LeBron drives the lane with nine seconds remaining, and all you see is Tayshaun Prince ducking and moving out of the way while LeBron James exploded through the lane bringing down the Palace with a thunderous dunk.
Not how I envisioned my team ending their season, and let me tell you it was a heartbreaker.
Fortunately, each year every team gets a clean, new record. The Pistons are off to a good start this season; they managed two road game wins without the assistance of their start
ing shooting guard, Richard Hamilton. Surprising his absence was not due to injury, as which seems to be the issue for several key players this year, but for the birth of his first child. Their current record is 3-0; they managed to pull off their third win by the skim of their teeth on Sunday against the Atlanta Hawks (92-91) Richard Hamilton being the second leading scorer for the Pistons with 21 points. At the end of the 2006-2007 NBA season the Pistons were predicted to finish third over-all for the 2007-2008 season, falling behind Houston, predicted to win it all, and San Antonio Spurs (2).
Detroit’s next game is this Thursday, November 8th against the Chicago Bulls. I am a faithful fan and believe that with the amount of new and old talent that Detroit has this year and their exquisite defense; they are going to defiantly be in the Finals. They have some unfinished business to settle this year, and 3-0 is not a bad way to start. They have thier first game against LeBron and the Calv's November 28, there is some payback to be delivered. Go Pistons!
Cleveland has the ball at the top. “Thirteen…twelve…eleven…”, at this point I remember walking away from the television last year thinking that the Pistons were going to the Finals.
I mean let’s think
about it, they deserved every bit of it. Loosing a key power-forward Ben Wallace in the season they managed to pull off 53 wins, earning them the number one seed in the Eastern Conference.But unfortunately, everything came crashing down for the Pistons last season in the final moments of Game 5 in the Eastern Conference Finals. The image I am left with of the Pistons last season were those final seconds. Tayshaun Prince, one of the NBA's best defenders, was guarding LeBron James. As the seconds were ticking away, LeBron drives the lane with nine seconds remaining, and all you see is Tayshaun Prince ducking and moving out of the way while LeBron James exploded through the lane bringing down the Palace with a thunderous dunk.
Not how I envisioned my team ending their season, and let me tell you it was a heartbreaker.
Fortunately, each year every team gets a clean, new record. The Pistons are off to a good start this season; they managed two road game wins without the assistance of their start
ing shooting guard, Richard Hamilton. Surprising his absence was not due to injury, as which seems to be the issue for several key players this year, but for the birth of his first child. Their current record is 3-0; they managed to pull off their third win by the skim of their teeth on Sunday against the Atlanta Hawks (92-91) Richard Hamilton being the second leading scorer for the Pistons with 21 points. At the end of the 2006-2007 NBA season the Pistons were predicted to finish third over-all for the 2007-2008 season, falling behind Houston, predicted to win it all, and San Antonio Spurs (2).Detroit’s next game is this Thursday, November 8th against the Chicago Bulls. I am a faithful fan and believe that with the amount of new and old talent that Detroit has this year and their exquisite defense; they are going to defiantly be in the Finals. They have some unfinished business to settle this year, and 3-0 is not a bad way to start. They have thier first game against LeBron and the Calv's November 28, there is some payback to be delivered. Go Pistons!
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You have some excellent play-by-play here...you definitely know basketball more than the average fan. That's impressive. But watch the typos (loosing vs. losing, Pistins vs. Pistons): they distract from real interaction with your content.
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