Just nothing you could do tonight. It was LeBron James night. He was just absolutely unbelievable in the fourth quarter and the two overtimes, and it seemed like no matter what the Pistons did, they were destined to lose this game. Worst part? Had Antonio McDyess not been ejected (and while he did commit a flagrant foul, to eject him from the game, a game of this monumental importance, was ridiculous), the Pistons likely would have held on in regulation.
So what do Pistons fans have to hold on to?
2004: Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, the New Jersey Nets defeat the Detroit Pistons, at the Palace, in triple overtime, to win Game Five and take a 3-2 series lead back to New Jersey. The Pistons won games six and seven and won the NBA Championship.
2005: Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat defeat the Detroit Pistons, at the Palace, to win Game Five and take a 3-2 series lead back to Miami. The Pistons won games six and seven lost to the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals (where they also lost Game Five, in overtime, and then came back to win Game Six).
2006: Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Detroit Pistons, at the Palace, to win Game Five and take a 3-2 series lead back to Cleveland. The Pistons won game six and seven to win the series.
2007: Eastern Conference Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Detroit Pistons at the Palace, in double overtime, to win Game Five and take a 3-2 series lead back to Cleveland.
How the Pistons respond will define the legacy of this Pistons dynasty.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Cavs Put Pistons in 3-2 hole (again)
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4 comments:
Scott:
I'm on board, except some of those Pistons teams were three years younger.
It's funny how we sometimes grasp onto history when it's on our side, and disregard it if it isn't!
Greg
Thanks for the comment Greg. Yeah, I agree, funny how that works. For the record, and hopefully I'm wrong, I don't know if the Pistons have what it takes this year to fight back after last night's loss. And even if they beat Cleveland in 7, beating the Spurs in the NBA Finals is going to be next to impossible (just as beating Miami was last year after the Cavs forced us to 7 games).
You knew LeBron was going to win at least one game by himself in this series, unfortunately for the Pistons, it happened to be the most important game in the series.
-Scott
Actually, in 2005, Game 5 was in Miami. Remember, the Heat had homecourt advantage that year, which is how Detroit won Game 7 in Miami (in spectacular fashion if I recall).
Tim -
Good catch. You are absolutely right. That Miami Game Five win was at home. My bad.
Not that it mattered much after the performance the Pistons put forth tonight. Guess history was not meant to repeat itself.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
-Scott
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