Game 4: Utah 123, Lakers 115 OT
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May 11, 2008, 9:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Game Day Open Thread: Game 4 - Hornets @ Spurs
The Hornets will look to bounce back from their Game 3 loss tonight when they take on the Spurs in San Antonio. A win for New Orleans would give them a 3-1 series lead heading back home. Stuff to know... Game Time: 7:00pm Central.TV: TNT nationwide.Radio: KMEZ 102.9 FM in New Orleans and the…
May 11, 2008, 8:15 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Hornets-Spurs Game 4: What to look for
1) Defense, Defense, DefenseHere's the truth about this series: The Hornets have scored whenever they wanted to against the Spurs vaunted defense. Even after the Spurs made some adjustments against the Hornets last game, the bugs still scored at a fast clip. It's part of…
May 11, 2008, 1:15 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Hornets-Spurs: Saturday News Wrap
Finally! A day when the internet isn't overloaded with Hornets playoff talk. I actually got through this bunch in a reasonable amount of time. Now I've no idea what to do with the rest of my afternoon.Via TrueHoop, we'll start off with a great story from pro trainer Idan Ravin, who…
May 11, 2008, 1:15 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Hornets-Spurs: Sunday News Wrap
Man, everybody must be taking the weekend off. Not so much Hornets-Spurs talk on the internets right now. Here's what I've dug up this morning...While Chris Paul and Tony Parker do battle on the court, they are of course good friends off it. In the San Antonio Express-News, Jeff McDonald…
May 11, 2008, 1:00 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Pistons/Magic tensions spill into the media room
From Chris McCosky’s blog Friday afternoon: So I go on this talk radio show down here Thursday afternoon. I thought they wanted a Chauncey Billups update. But no, this guy — I don’t remember his name — says, “Now that the Magic have control of the series…”…
May 11, 2008, 10:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Game 4 will be on FSN, ESPN
Yesterday I tried to clarify the TV situation for Saturday’s Game 4 but all I ended up doing was causing more confusion. So disregard what I said before, here’s what you need to know: if you’re anywhere in Michigan, FSN Detroit (and FSN HD) will broadcast a pre-game show at 4:30…
May 11, 2008, 10:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Who’s the odd man out in Game 4?
Word on the street is that Chauncey Billups will be a game-time decision. Even if he plays, I think we can count on seeing Juan Dixon and/or Lindsey Hunter active, but at whose expense? Will Jarvis Hayes be wearing a suit on the sidelines? Will Flip Saunders’ Amir-on-Shard experiment be…
May 11, 2008, 10:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Arnie Kander heals Chauncey and delivers babies
Chauncey Billups was still sore at practice this morning but the training staff doesn’t seem too concerned. From A. Sherrod Blakely: “I’ve seen about 2,000 hamstrings,” said Arnie Kander, Detroit’s strength and conditioning coach. “I look at this as being nothing…
May 11, 2008, 10:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Jarvis out of the rotation
It’s been obvious for a while, but Flip Saunders essentially confirmed that Jarvis Hayes is the odd-man-out for the foreseeable future: “I don’t know,” Saunders said when asked about going back to Jarvis. “It depends on what we need. Our ability with Arron (Afflalo)…
May 11, 2008, 09:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Crossing the line?
This is just weird. If that were from an amateur blog, I’d probably applaud the creativity. But the Orlando Sentinel? I don’t know, it just seems like newspapers should do a better job of maintaining their mirage of objectivity, something they’ve repeatedly failed at doing this…
May 11, 2008, 09:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Billups and Kander’s quality time
Flip Saunders claims he’s thinking about using Amir Johnson in Game 4. From A. Sherrod Blakely: Pistons coach Flip Saunders talked some about Rashard Lewis who has given them fits throughout this series. Lewis’ play is one of the reasons why Jarvis Hayes is out of the rotation, and…
May 11, 2008, 09:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Game 3: Pistons and Magic
That’s what Chauncey’s controversial three-pointer looked like from the stands. (Well, that’s what it would’ve looked like from the stands if you’d been boozing for the first three quarters — that’s pretty blurry.) Personally, I have to agree with A.…
May 11, 2008, 09:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Where do fans outside of Detroit go to watch Pistons games?
I don’t know the answer to that question, but if you do, I’m hoping you’ll tell us. I know there’s a group of readers in Portland who get together to watch games, and I’m hoping to help anyone else who’d like to meet up with fellow fans in other cities to do so.…
May 11, 2008, 08:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Where do fans in D.C. watch Pistons games?
(What’s this about? Read this.) Pistons fans are everywhere, they just need to find each other! If you know where fans in and around Washington D.C. get together to watch games without feeling outnumbered and/or having to argue with the bartender to change the channel, tell us in the…
May 11, 2008, 08:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Where do fans in Chicago watch Pistons games?
(What’s this about? Read this.) Pistons fans are everywhere, they just need to find each other! If you know where fans in and around Chicago get together to watch games without feeling outnumbered and/or having to argue with the bartender to change the channel, tell us in the comments. If you…
May 11, 2008, 08:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Did Jameer do that on purpose?
The “Jameer Nelson did that on purpose!” theory that floated around the comments in last night’s game thread has made it’s way to TrueHoop. For what it’s worth, I’ve viewed the replay several times and still lean toward it being incidental.
May 11, 2008, 08:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Where do fans in New York watch Pistons games?
(What’s this about? Read this.) Pistons fans are everywhere, they just need to find each other! If you know where fans in and around New York get together to watch games without feeling outnumbered and/or having to argue with the bartender to change the channel, tell us in the comments. If…
May 11, 2008, 07:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Where do fans in L.A. watch Pistons games?
(What’s this about? Read this.) Pistons fans are everywhere, they just need to find each other! If you know where fans in and around Los Angeles get together to watch games without feeling outnumbered and/or having to argue with the bartender to change the channel, tell us in the comments. If…
May 11, 2008, 07:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Rashard has a little Chauncey in him
Rashard Lewis speaking after Saturday’s 90-89 loss: “We had our chance and let it slip away. For some reason, I feel we’re still the better team,” Magic forward Rashard Lewis said. “We just made too many mistakes at the end. “It was our mistakes, nothing they…
May 11, 2008, 07:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons go up 2-0 on Magic
I have all sorts of stuff from last night’s game going up at FanHouse this morning. Before the game, Rashard Lewis told me that the brewing war of the words between he and Theo Ratliff was over and done with: “I’m a basketball player, I go out there to play basketball and not to…
May 11, 2008, 07:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons/Magic tensions spill into the media room
From Chris McCosky’s blog Friday afternoon: So I go on this talk radio show down here Thursday afternoon. I thought they wanted a Chauncey Billups update. But no, this guy — I don’t remember his name — says, “Now that the Magic have control of the series…”…
May 11, 2008, 06:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Phil Jackson says Carlos Boozer is still pushing guys
SALT LAKE CITY — Before heading up here, Phil Jackson was asked about getting fined by the NBA for criticizing referee performance at Utah Jazz home games, and he smiled and said: “I have amnesia about that situation.” Perhaps that moment in the final minutes of the game Friday…
May 11, 2008, 01:30 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Another coach's take on Brown's system
I had a long chat Friday with an NBA assistant coach about how Larry Brown and his priorities would affect the Bobcats, both collectively and individually. This guy’s team uses a variation of the defensive system Brown prefers. The assistant’s...
May 11, 2008, 01:15 AM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell
Lakers lead Jazz at the half, 63-49
LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant might be the NBA’s most valuable, but a few other Lakers showed in the second quarter how valuable they are to the team. With Bryant on the bench for the first six minutes of the second quarter, the Lakers maintained a double-digit lead on the Jazz and led, 63-49, at…
May 11, 2008, 01:15 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Game 5 scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Pacific time
The Celtics’ Game 3 loss in Cleveland ensures there will be a Game 5 in that series to be played Wednesday night before Game 5 in the Jazz-Lakers series … so TNT will have a doubleheader that night with the Lakers’ game at Staples Center starting at 7:30 p.m.
May 11, 2008, 01:00 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
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