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That is just incredible. Every day another stat surfaces that makes you wonder how any player that size playing that many minutes mostly inside the paint can't do any better. That means all of us here have as many second chance points as Duren in this series.

I was trying to figure out how many they had in the game. You can go games before you see four, but doing it in a quarter?

This was the game we all knew we'd see. One team can pull your defense with their perimeter game. The other never will. If Detroit wins a game beyond the arc once, you live with it. You live with it twice because this team isn't equipped to do that. We saw it tonight.

The Pistons were up 9 with how much time left? The Pistons did enough themselves to lose this game.

Up nine late in the fourth - yup, it qualifies.

Especially when there was 0% you were going to win the challenge you made.

And our front office didn't think we needed another perimeter threat at the trade deadline.

Wow, a foul to give with 28 seconds left in OT. How is that possible?

He is our only true perimeter shooter. Not saying it's right, but that's the reason.

Yes, or apparently they have to trail based on what was said last game. How about putting him in now up 2?

And the Cavs get that 12-6 run exactly to a Pistons' time out.

One of these teams probably will outscore the other something like 12-6 to start the quarter. Make sure you are that team.

John Salley was the king of missed dunks. He had a ton of nice dunks, but he could miss them more than one would think as well.

Apparently someone brought some high quality duct tape out for the start of the second quarter. This has been an impressive run.

That quarter felt like it was put together with some Dollar Tree scotch tape. It worked for a quarter, but can it hold for four quarters?

I had to listen to Saturday's fourth quarter on the radio in the car making my way to our niece's grad party. Listening to Mahorn go ballistic about everything was pretty entertaining in a way. I forgot how much a potential deep run with the Pistons can be impacted by the spring graduations and my own work. Now, I have to mix in the changing TV venues on top of that. I'm going to have issues with game #6 as well for parts of it. Probably will be listening to a lot of it on the radio as well.

I'd start Duren, but I'd have an itchy trigger finger with him. He's got to show something.

I missed them. My wife was asking me if I wanted something from Walmart. 🙂 okay, I saw one of them.

They both have legit points.

Beyond frustrating. Does Duran even have a rebound? I think I remember one.

That was depressing. Going to put on a random 2006 DVD game and hope my fortunes are a bit better with that game. They should. About 70% of the games I recorded were wins.

True. Once Sheed came, that last title team just took it to another level. I think people forget sometimes that before that trade the Pistons had that same feel. Gosh, they are so good, but this feels like what happened in the playoffs a year ago could very easily be the end result for what ended up being the third title season. But about two weeks after that trade for Sheed, I think most of us here knew this was going to be a tough team - at least until the NBA Finals. It's easy to forget there was a lot of doubt in this area that the Pistons could beat LA at the time.

I always consider the Tigers my top Detroit sports team, and because the Lions have never won anything in my lifetime (not even made it to a Super Bowl and let's not talk about the NFC title game a few years back) I'm way more desperate urgent when their seasons go on, so a lot of people think they are my No. 1 when they aren't. But... in my lifetime, when the Pistons are good and start having deep playoff runs (hoping this one is), there has never ever ever ever been a team that is more fun to watch in the postseason than the Pistons for me. There's just something super cool every time about each era. I don't think I will ever experience anything like the Bad Boys' Pistons moving forward each season (and usually each stepping stone had a season-ending depression moment like no other team), watching the Going to Work Pistons just burst in about two seasons to the level they did and just being so much fun to watch. And now we have this team going from the bottom of the dumpster to where they are today. Will they win this series? Who knows. I put them at probably 55 to 60% right now, with game 2 having the ability to move that percentage up at least 10% either way. But, the resurgence that started a bit into last season's regular season and then just kept growing this season has been incredibly fun. The playoffs are feeling that magic vibe right now as well with what happened in the opening round, particularly game #6. Again, I don't know if they are going to win this series and advance. We'll find out in due time. But when the Pistons are good, I really don't know if there is a better Detroit sports team that I enjoy when they are good. The Wings' progression during the Yzerman era was fun as well. The Colorado rivalry and all that. But, something always captures my imagination when the Pistons are good. A lot of it probably extends to it was much easier to be part of those rides, getting to games. Even if they were getting to the Palace right when the doors opened for road playoff games to get the best seats for PalaceVision games for something like $2 or $4, you always felt like you could be part of it. Heck, one of the years when the Bad Boys won the title we had NBA Championship tshirts at the Palace about 20 minutes after they won the title - and the game wasn't even at the Palace. With the Wallace Pistons, the team was so poor for so long, the corporate people didn't swallow up the entire Palace immediately, and it was always easy to get regular season tickets and playoff tickets right up to the season they won the title. And kids could get them as well, and gosh did having 18 to 25 year olds that could afford tickets and be enthusiastic make those crowds magic. I'm sure a lot of people will disagree (most probably), but at least for me, nothing beats when the Pistons are good as a Detroit sports fan.

Sorry. Somehow I ended up in the general NBA playoff thread. Ignore my two posts. 🙂 I think if any of us were out there we could've had two steals or a few deflections in five minutes. Jenkins and his hustle - love to see it. Yeah he took a few shots in the second half I wish he didn't take, but the guy's heart was on display out there. He was making key paint plays.