http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit A comprehensive look at your Pistons. Tue, 20 May 2008 20:59:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well the time has come.  The matchup most people expected to see, and anticipated, begins tonight.  The Boston Celtics, and Detroit Pistons do battle in one of the NBa's most storied rivalries.  Vegas has the Celtics winning in seven games.  If I had to make a prediction at this very ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/05/20/its-go-time/ Great teams put a lesser team on the chopping block.  Great teams have a killer instinct that beats their opponents when they are down.  Judging from the performance  the Pistons put on last night, they have yet to show signs of being a great team.  With a chance to go ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/05/08/no-killer-instinct/ Ok so the Pistons tied the series up with the 76ers at two games a peace.  Am i supposed to be happy about that?  Happy that the Pistons got beat by 20 points, and missed 17 straight shots?  Happy that just like the last couple years, the Pistons have looked ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/04/28/happy-happy-joy-joy/ Not a good way to kick off the playoffs for the Pistons.  Shockingly the team decided to lay a big fat pile of stink on the palace floor, losing to their first round opponents the Philadelphia 76ers in game one.  T Pistons blew a early fifteen point lead by basically ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/04/21/ummmmm/ Just a quick note that the playoffs are just around the corner.  It looks as though the Pistons will be in a pretty good position because Boston and Cleven may end up duking it out against eachother before roling into Motown.  It always pays to be extra causious though, since ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/04/14/playoff-preview/ Since the Pistons have enjoyed elite status, the last month of the regular season has become quite enjoyable for me.  This year is certainly no exception.  With the Pistons pretty much guaranteed the second seed in the Eastern Conference, it gives the team a chance to rest starters for the ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/04/03/great-game/ Last nights overtime win against the Phoenix Suns was satisfying in every sense of the word.  The Pistons snapped a ugly two game skid where they performaed subpar at best against the Cavs and Wizards. Besides the win, other bright spots aren't too hard to find.  Rodney Stuckey finally showed some ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/03/25/satisfying-win/ Sunday at 1 p.m. the Pistons face the New Orleans Hornets and Chris Paul.  Chauncey Billups against one of the top three point guards in the NBA and a legit MVP canidate this season.  The contrasting styles (Paul's run and gun tempo, against the more methodical, shoot first Billups) should make for ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/03/15/pistons-vs-hornets/ The Pistons got beat by the Boston Celtics 90 to 78 on Wednesday night.  Prior to the matchup, radio personalities from The Sports Inferno, discussed whether the game really mattered in the grand scheme of things.  Well, according to how NBA writers from ESPN.com reacted to the outcome of the game. It mattered. Questions ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/03/07/just-relax/ Prior to tip off of the Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns game, all the hoopla surrounded Shaq, and how he said that this was the best team he has ever played on.  Well, I hope he does not plan to use Sunday's performance as a reference point. The Pistons beat the the Suns 116 to 86.  For those ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/deeetroit/2008/02/27/suns-need-a-new-identity/