I was inspired by last night's comeback victory over the Celtics to write about how excited I am about this year's Pistons. First of all, I love that they still seem to be using the "we get no respect" thing as motivation. They appear to be set out this year to prove Larry Brown was not the reason for their success. I thought that they took Flip Saunders because he was best available, but he is already having an impact on the team.
"L.B. is a more technical coach, who wants you to run your sets, but Flip says that if we see an opening, we should go ahead and attack." - Rasheed Wallace
"I started to feel it, so I got aggressive. This is absolutely due to Flip's style. Just look at what we can do when we start forcing turnovers." - Chauncey Billups
I picked up on the Celtics game in the third quarter right as the Pistons started their comeback. Chauncey had a monster game, but Rip and Rasheed also scored over 20 points. The team is hot right now, hopefully they won't cool off.
Look for the Pistons to have a little trouble in December. They have a four game road trip early that could give them problems and they finish out the month with games against the Spurs, Heat and Cavs in the last week. I predict they will finish the 05-06 campaign with the same record as last year's Suns: 62-20.
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You're right... they've faced easy teams. Their seven opponents' combined record is 21-33 and only one of them (Philadelphia) has a winning record. The Raptors have yet to win a game. But isn't it still fun to watch them beat up on easy teams?
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