ECF Game 1 Thread: Pistons vs. Celtics

leevii · Post #101 » by **leevii** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:40 pm

JHTruth wrote:I think Boston simply has too much starpower for the Pistons. Yeah the Cavs are a one man squad, but that one man single-handedly beat the Pistons last year. He couldn't overcome the C's this time. I see C's in 6 maybe 7. The Pistons just don't have that one transcendent superstar...

Its like you started watching basketball this year. You missed the 2 finals and 1 win by the Pistons? Lakers didn't have "too much starpower" for the Pistons, what makes you think Celtics do.

JHTruth · Post #102 » by **JHTruth** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:19 pm

leevii wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Its like you started watching basketball this year. You missed the 2 finals and 1 win by the Pistons? Lakers didn't have "too much starpower" for the Pistons, what makes you think Celtics do.

The Lakers in 2004 were a dysfunctional mess. Shaq and Kobe could barely look at each other and the Glove was checked out and the Mailman was on one leg. The Celtics are nowhere near as fractured. Celtics are favored in Vegas and ESPN. Plus they have homecourt. They are not comprable situations..

leevii · Post #103 » by **leevii** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:26 pm

JHTruth wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

The Lakers in 2004 were a dysfunctional mess. Shaq and Kobe could barely look at each other and the Glove was checked out and the Mailman was on one leg. The Celtics are nowhere near as fractured. Celtics are favored in Vegas and ESPN. Plus they have homecourt. They are not comprable situations..

The same dysfunctional mess beat the Spurs in 6. Stop regurgitating old garbage that ignorant people use to undermine what Pistons have achieved.

greenbeans · Post #104 » by **greenbeans** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:31 pm

yeah, your right. lets make our own history. that Lakers team was ROLLING heading into the finals and the almighty pistons put em in check

leevii · Post #105 » by **leevii** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:40 pm

greenbeans wrote:yeah, your right. lets make our own history. that Lakers team was ROLLING heading into the finals and the almighty pistons put em in check

I state a fact that this supposed dysfunctional team beat Spurs in 6 en-route to getting beat by the Pistons in 5, and I'm making up my own history? Wow I guess we'll just have to roll with whatever Celtics fans say. Too much starpower, no need to play series. If only Pistons had as much starpower as the Hawks, at least we they could've taken it to 7 games.

greenbeans · Post #106 » by **greenbeans** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:41 pm

Joe Johnson>Sheed and Chauncey as a star taking over games

triplet1984 · Post #107 » by **triplet1984** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:41 pm

greenbeans wrote:yeah, your right. lets make our own history. that Lakers team was ROLLING heading into the finals and the almighty pistons put em in check

It is fact that the huge majority of NBA fan, even here on RealGM, almost unanimously picked the Lakers to crush the Pistons. This is verifiable fact, just go into the archives.

So clearly the fans thought they were ROLLING or there would have been more people picking the Pistons.

The media also. The only media people who picked the Pistons were max kellerman and, sort of indirectly, Doc Rivers.

greenbeans · Post #108 » by **greenbeans** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:44 pm

but thats because nobody knows their a&& from their elbow in the media and on the intertnet

leevii · Post #109 » by **leevii** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:45 pm

greenbeans wrote:Joe Johnson>Sheed and Chauncey as a star taking over games

Helped them win 36 games, who can argue with those kind of results. Lets ignore the 6 straight ECFs Pistons have been on, apparently they don't count cause Pistons don't have star power. Who should the Pistons mail their undeserved championship ring to?

greenbeans · Post #110 » by **greenbeans** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:54 pm

celtics

leevii · Post #111 » by **leevii** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:59 pm

greenbeans wrote:celtics

Antoine Walker has shimmied in more big games than KG and Ray have played in (combined). They don't deserve anything yet.

greenbeans · Post #112 » by **greenbeans** » Tue May 20, 2008 12:03 am

i was being sarcastic. and you dont need to tell me about the exploits of Toine. hes still the man in my book, i dont care what hes done when he isnt with the C's. and hell be back here either this offseason or next

Post #113 » by **Flash3** » Tue May 20, 2008 12:17 am

As good a team the Celtics are, I don't see them getting to the Finals, at least not this year.

Before you see success, you have to see failure. All of the past Eastern Conference Champions have failed in some way or the other before they were in the Finals.

Miami, and their game 7 heart break in 05, only to get over that hump the following season.

Cleveland in 06, and then getting there last year.

Boston has yet to see failure...

celticfan42487 · Post #114 » by **celticfan42487** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:57 am

What are you talking about, we see failure everytime we play on the road in the playoffs!

We just decided to get it all done in one year instead of two. Ainge is a genius.

Relentless88 · Post #115 » by **Relentless88** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:49 am

Celtics in 7.
Lakers in 7.

Celtics-Lakers final...I can't wait...

Vindicater · Post #116 » by **Vindicater** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:05 am

Well, I know the pistons have no answer for KG (Sheed has never been good at guarding him)

But the celtics really have no answer for Billups (if hes healthy) and rip.

Its gonna be interesting. I still say Celtics in 6 due to the fact when a big dominates (KG) its more important then the smalls dominating (Billups/Rip)

Grey · Post #117 » by **Grey** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:10 am

JHTruth wrote:The Lakers in 2004 were a dysfunctional mess. Shaq and Kobe could barely look at each other and the Glove was checked out and the Mailman was on one leg.

Seriously. Do you think the Pacers would have beaten them?

JHTruth wrote:Celtics are favored in Vegas and ESPN.

You sure about ESPN? It looks to me like 6 out of 10 analysts picked the Pistons.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2 ... ies=detbos

BDM22 · Post #118 » by **BDM22** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:24 am

Vindicater wrote:Well, I know the pistons have no answer for KG (Sheed has never been good at guarding him)

Sheed has historically played KG well when they face each other, so I'm not sure where you get that from. He plays with much more focus against guys like Duncan and KG. It's Pierce that is the Celtics biggest advantage. He has always given Tayshaun fits.

meatball sub · Post #119 » by **meatball sub** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:33 am

Flash3 wrote:
Boston has yet to see failure...

Boston has seen failure for the past fifteen years. KG, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen have all failed to reach the NBA Finals in their careers, they're the only All Stars left in the playoffs who haven't won a championship before. I don't think any team has seen even CLOSE to the amount of failure the Celtics have, maybe not this year, but collectively.

Rasheeed!!! · Post #120 » by **Rasheeed!!!** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:00 am

The "experts" have picked Detroit 6-4, the ESPN poll says Boston 59% Detroit 41%, and Sportingbet has Boston as favourites.

I can tell ya that the "experts" poll doesn't even come close to their pre-season picks.

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