[P33r~]

Originally Posted by maKINGSofgreatness

The Kings are going to lose, and they have played poorly, but I can see now that Detroit has 0 chance of repeating. They get these calls every game? This would be the worst officiated game all season if it weren't for the Dallas, Chicago, and G.S. games. We played Miami with more players healthy, and they were much, much better than this. Without all the calls they get they would be the 4 seed in the East. If/when they play Miami, if it's called failry, Miami will win in 5 games I bet. They only won the Championship last year because the Lakers exploded and Indiana was injured.

ANY commited defender can shut Peja down.

Detroit fans gave no ovation to Williamson, classy, very classy, just as they were reputed to be.

Have you even watched any other Pistons game this year? I don't normally complain about the calls but since you brought it up, a lot of the calls this year have all being going against Detroit with the ridiculous amount of touch fouls. The game today wasn't even that badly officiated. You guys got loose ball fouls while we had our starting point guard ejected for arguing a call the refs obviously missed. If anything I'd say that factor should have benefited you much much more than the amount of loose ball fouls against you, especially with our bench guards struggling so much recently

Pistons have already given Williamson an ovation. We aren't going to give him an ovation every single time he comes on the court afterwards.
Looks like someones really sour about the loss. Just because the kings lost by 20, you can't deny the pistons last years championship.

Anyhow to the rest of the Kings fans good game. The final score shows this game as practically a blowout but it doesn't show how you guys hung in there until the final minutes. We've been struggling without our coach, but it was still a good game considering Skinner was out for you guys.

[Pejavlade]

Originally Posted by P33r~

Have you even watched any other Pistons game this year? I don't normally complain about the calls but since you brought it up, a lot of the calls this year have all being going against Detroit with the ridiculous amount of touch fouls. The game today wasn't even that badly officiated. You guys got loose ball fouls while we had our starting point guard ejected for arguing a call the refs obviously missed. If anything I'd say that factor should have benefited you much much more than the amount of loose ball fouls against you, especially with our bench guards struggling so much recently

Pistons have already given Williamson an ovation. We aren't going to give him an ovation every single time he comes on the court afterwards.
Looks like someones really sour about the loss. Just because the kings lost by 20, you can't deny the pistons last years championship.

Anyhow to the rest of the Kings fans good game. The final score shows this game as practically a blowout but it doesn't show how you guys hung in there until the final minutes. We've been struggling without our coach, but it was still a good game considering Skinner was out for you guys.

Thanks for posting in the Kings fourm, you guys played great and didn't let us captilize down the strectch.

[SpursFan16]

U's lost me my 340 points.

I usally enjoy watching the kings play but i didn't then. anyway.

GO SPURS

[Pejavlade]

Pistons cruise as Kings sputter

[Pejavlade]

Originally Posted by SpursFan16

U's lost me my 340 points.

I usally enjoy watching the kings play but i didn't then. anyway.

GO SPURS

Did you watch Kings game vs Philly that was beauty.

[SpursFan16]

Yeah it twas awesome, was good how Webb got the standing ovation and SKINNER!!!!

Best match i have seen in about a month.

Love Peja too, awesome shooter.

[Pejavlade]

Pistons Repel Kings

"Chauncey (Billups) is one of our main guys, and when he went out everybody else had to step up," Hamilton said.

"The third quarter was the key to tonight's game," Sacramento coach Rick Adelman said. "They got their lead up to 10-15 points and it was just too much for us to overcome."

"They made a run at the end of the (first) half," said Hamilton, who had eight assists. "They got a lot of calls and we had a couple of (technical fouls). Before the third quarter we talked about how we had to play like we did in the first quarter."

"We just tried to run our sets on offense, get some stops, and try to get to the free-throw line," he said. "If you execute the way you're supposed to, good things are going to happen."

"I was mad at (Billups) at first. He should know better than that by now," Hunter said with a laugh. "I'm going to play hard all the time, whether I'm in the game for five minutes or 30. I'm not going to change the way I play."

"Lindsey brought a lot of energy, created some turnovers, knocked some shots down and ran the offense well," Prince said. "That's how it has to be when somebody goes out."

"It seemed like everybody stepped up," Heard said after his bench outscored Sacramento's, 29-16. "I have to give the bench credit tonight. Guys came in and really played well."

"Mike was the only guy who was hitting his shots in the second half," said Kings forward Peja Stojakovic, who finished with 15 points but just three after halftime.

"A lot of it was us, but a lot of it was them, too," tojakovic added. "It seemed like they just kept coming at us. They have a lot of great defenders on their team. They are a championship team. They know their advantages and they know how to use them."

"It'll be good to get all the pieces back for the stretch run," Wallace said. "Then we can focus on basketball, and we won't have to answer all the questions about when he's coming back."

[SpursFan16]

BTW

give us Bibby

[Pejavlade]

Originally Posted by SpursFan16

BTW

give us Bibby

The Kings floor General! I dont think so.

[SpursFan16]

We'll give ya ummmm.

Draft Pick #2

[Pejavlade]

Yeah and how about you waive Duncan and we sign him.

[SpursFan16]

Duncun for Bibby

[maKINGSofgreatness]

P33r, to answer your question, I watch the Pistons when they are on national TV, and in my experience, they get T's because they complain about not getting calls that they shouldn't get, but are used to getting. I'm not doubting they're champioship, every champion is subject to the circumstances of their particular season, but I am not alone in thinking they were extremely fortunate. There have been threads about it on the main board, the Pistons get away with murder out there. I didn't just make a history of the Pistons treatment by the refs up because of one game.

And I went in to this game knowing the Kings would probably lose, and they played poorly. At no point did I say Detroit didn't deserve to win. If I'm bitter it's because the Kings played poorly, not because the Pistons played better.

The officiating wasn't bad? The outcome was not determined by it, but were you even watching this game? It was awful. Billups deserved to be kicked out, and it was a clean strip. Even if the call was wrong, it wouldn't have evened the other calls out.

[mavsman]

I keep seeing Piston fans complaining about officiating. Apparently they are not aware that the rules have changed and thier mugging of the opposing players will no longer be allowed.

They tried to come out in the Dallas game and intimidate the Mavericks with extremely physical play in the 3rd quarter and they were called for a number of fouls. Of course the Pistons fans thought that game was also poorly officiated. I guess anytime someone calls a foul on a Piston it must be a bad call.

The real answer is that all the holding and use of hands that the Pistons were able to get away with last year is no longer going to be allowed. And personally I think that makes the game better. Nobody wants to watch a bunch of holding and grabbing. The game has a better flow when that kind of crap is rightfully called a foul.

The Pistons and the Piston's fans are going to have to adjust to the different style of play allowed.