After taking both Atlanta and Cleveland to 7 games and failing to win a single road game, everyone began to doubt the Celtics as legitimate contenders. As a result, when Detroit stole game 2 in Boston after shooting their brains out, everyone in the world thgought the Celtics were finished. What people failed to consider was that Boston had reached rock bottom while still winning. They are the best team in basketball, and sooner or later they were going to win some road games. People were looking at the Celtics thinking " man, they suck, they can't win a road game". They should have been thinking "man, as soon as Boston wins a road game, everyone else is f#cked." Well consider Detroit f%#cked. The Celtics not only beat Detroit on their home court, but they beat them badly. They now have all the momentum in the world going into game 4, putting Detroit in a must-win situation, because you know they aren't losing two straight in Boston.
While I am happy for the Celtics, most of my joy stems from the fact that I no longer have to here the idiots in the media babble about how great the Pistons are. The Pistons suck and here's why:
Everyone thinks the Pistons are the quintessential veteran ball club. They talk about them like they are the Spurs. Hardly. They are mediocre at best. Just because they have made it to the conference finals in the East 6 straight years, doesn't mean they are good. The East sucks. Since they won in 2004, they have choked almost every time and get worse every single year. The 2004 team had Ben Wallace in his prime, a deep bench consisting of Lindsay Hunter in his prime and the big Nasty Corlless Williamson. Oh, they also had Larry Brown at the helm, only one of the greatest coaches ever. Today's version of the Pistons is hevily watered down. Their bench is shallow. Flip couldn't coach his way out of a paper bag. Sheed is older than he used to be and Chauncy is banged up. The fact the Celtics have been treated as under dogs in this series is a joke. The Celtics Spanked them during the regular season, and they are spanking them in the playoffs. The only reason the Pistons won in game 2 was because they played perfect. The Pistons are washed up.
Now that the Celtics have the road-monkey off their back, I see them seizing control over this series and taking the Pistons out in 5 or 6 games. Tonight, the PIstons should bounce back, but don't count on it being enough to win. The Celtics have hit their stride at exactly the right time. Since the Pistons are the streakiest, most lethargic team in the league, they are more likely that they implode than win. Celtics are winning and I garen-sheed you that.Source URL: https://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2008/05/celtics-win-road-game-detroit-is.html
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