Written by The Low
on Saturday, April 21, 2007
Alright kiddies,
Now is the time we’ve all been waiting for. As I sit here in a small corner bar in Portland, OR listening to one of my best friends play a ridiculous jazz guitar medley that would make you cringe it’s so good, let’s consider what lies ahead in the 2007 NBA Playoffs.
Now that the pain and misery of the NBA regular season is behind us, we can now focus on what the players have referred to as “what really counts.” We’ve watched great play, we’ve watched half-hearted play, we’ve watched absolutely brilliant play, and we’ve also witnessed a home loss to the Bobcats. So, what are we left with? Absolutely no definitive sense of what we can expect from this team in the weeks to come…that’s what. (Continued)
Written by The Low
on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Well, this has definitely been an interesting 8 months since the departure of my favorite Piston
Ben Wallace.
I have spent countless hours with my friends over at PistonsForum.com debating the loss of our best defensive player and essentially the identifying figure of this franchise over the last 6 years.
What I have “learned” during this time (or have had soundly beaten into me by the snide remarks, shout-downs, and or ridicule from said friends) is the following:
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Written by The Low
on Friday, January 26, 2007
Friday January 26th, 2007
OK.
I just finished watching the Detroit Pistons lose at home to the Washington Wizards after the worst sequence of play calling/execution I have ever witnessed. Please, spare me your suggestions that the Wizards are a darn good team. Please refrain from explaining to me how wonderful a player that darn Gilbert Arenas is, because Lord knows that I got a calendar year’s worth of that from ESPN’s play-by-play crew tonight.
None of that matters.
What we witnessed tonight is a Pistons team that has tossed crunch time execution out the window for highlight reel heroics and inept spectator-style coaching. In case you missed the crucial play that ended the Pistons chances to win this game, with under a minute remaining and the Pistons trailing by one in their own building with the Wizards in the penalty, some how a play gets called that results in the Pistons running a botched pick and roll at the top of the key (3 pt line extended) with Rasheed Wallace tossing up a badly missed 3 pt attempt which essentially sealed their fate.
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