Game 4
It's unfortunate that Kid Rock is all that Detroit has to offer by way of big stars right now. Kid Rock and Aretha Franklin, and maybe Eminem if he's not tied up in court. I know I bitched about the celebrity-spotting at Laker games. But there's gotta be somebody else. And not that dude dressed up as Jack Nicholson. Okay, his little rendition of America the Beautiful didn't totally suck.
It is not okay for Tom Tolbert to wear that plaid suit.
I like how, after a brief change in attitude after Game 3, the commentators are all back to sucking L.A.'s dick.
Mason in the Morning was announcing! That's almost as good as Lisa Lisa announcing at the Shock games.
Does anyone from Michigan not get the chills when they start playing that song. You know that song. The Final Countdown by Europe, not that you'd know it by name.
Apparently, Shaq has prematurely jumped at every jump ball in this series. And then he stepped into the lane prematurely on a foul shot. I bet those aren't the only things he does prematurely.
During a commercial break I was thinking that it might be interesting to see co-marketing for NBA teams playing in the playoffs that have WNBA teams in their same markets, when the NBA playoffs are overlapping with the beginning of the WNBA season. And then they show the "Give It Up" WNBA commercial, but this one is different than the one they show during WNBA games. This is the sexed up version. Less basketball action, more girls dressed up and made up. Feh.
Please learn how to pronounce Tagalog before you throw it to the Philippine broadcasters.
I wanna push the gong button.
While the Lakers really needed Kobe's three-pointer at the end of the first half, I wouldn't say it was great. 'Bout time he made a damn basket.
I don't know how Tayshaun Prince does it. He doesn't look particularly ... skilled, but damn if he doesn't pull some amazing tricks out of his hat.
What was that double foul bullshit? John-Boy Luke Walton was totally holding Ben.
I'm sure I've never seen more than one lane violation in an NBA game. And we've had four so far. Good thing Shaq's such a shitty free-throw shooter.
I always picture Rasheed Wallace in a dashiki.
I can't decide if the refs are calling it a little too tight, or if the Lakers are just playing that dirty. Either way, I don't care. Kobe got a technical out of it.
How did Ben Wallace get a goaltend but two different shots that Shaq "alley-ooped" were not?
Not every shot Rasheed Wallace makes in the last three minutes can be "the dagger."
I didn't quite trust us to keep the lead until we went up by 10.
Now I'm gonna have to leave work early on Tuesday night so I can watch the Pistons win the championship. HELL YEAH!
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I'm scarrrrred.
LAKERS!
Why is it whenever I hear the name Ben Wallace I think of Ben Wa Balls?
Yvonne: Fear the 'fro!
JenBen: *snicker* It could be worse, I guess.
what's up with the foul calls being totally in the pistons favor??? And I'm totally not one to bitch about that. BUT SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK?
I fear it, I fear it!!!
I wish we could just hang on to the ball instead of letting them tap-tap-tap it out of our hands.
Shows how sports-minded I am. I thought the season was over back in February.
Congratulaiions. No, really, I mean it. I do. Seriously.
*punches the wall*
Dang, did the Lakers just fall apart at the end there or what?
what was it, like 11 fouls on the pistons, 30 on the lakers? Come on, the lakers were NOT playing that dirty. Admit it!!!! ;-)
You might have a small point there. Maybe. If y'all were making any shots or had any kind of offense at all at the end, it wouldn't matter.
And how many times did we completely ineffectively foul Shaq? A lot. "Hey, Shaq's about to dunk on me. I think I'll tap him on the hand. That'll stop him."
We stopped watching at about 11:45 (okay, watching and listening to George Blaha and Rick Mahorn on AM radio--much better than the ABC goons) and I had so many dreams that we lost. Occasionally I would tell myself that I had absolutely no way of knowing either way, but I still had a horrible sinking feeling when I woke up. That'll teach me to tune out so close to the end of the game.
I am SO glad we won, and it's wonderful to see we're finally getting the kudos we deserve from Sports Illustrated, CNN, ESPN...all over the Web.
Come on, we have normal celebrities! Like ... like the Wings! Stevie Y! Darren McCarty! Drapes!
Um ... Jeff Daniels! He's from here, right?
Oh my God, I've got nothing. Oh! Selma Blair?
Oh yeah! And my junior high band totally played "Final Countdown." The sweet strains of my baritone could be heard throughout the city, or at least in the hallway outside the band room.
Go 'Tons!
Ok, so I wasn't the only one who was confused when they didn't give Ben Wallace the point for the same stunt that Shaq pulled.
And what WAS up with Tom Tolbert and that suit? I sat there going dude, change, I'm getting sick looking at that.
I'm so proud of the boys :) and I gotta agree with you, I heard Europe start playing and I was OMG OMG OMG! my friend who is not a long time Pistons fan had no clue why I freaked. I have to say I'm glad I stayed up and watched the game. :)
Go Pistons!
1) The Final Countdown" is the best! I never knew it had a name. I thought it was an original composition for the longest.
2) Mason is great. He's been doing the games for a while. It reminds me of watching historically black college bands, like the Southern Classic. Did you like how as the game progressed, Al Michaels started going, "B-b-b-b-b-b-Ben Wallace!" And he started talking about ringing the gong after BW scored. Hey Al, they only do that for rebounds (I think).
3) How do you pronounce Tagalog? I couldn't figure it out from the pronunciation key. They didn't need to spend as much time airing the Tagalog broadcast, though.
4) I like Luke Walton.
5) Dashiki. Ha! I can see it!
6) I said the same thing about the dagger!
Em: tah GAH lug.
Yeah that suit needs to go. Sometimes it's NOT good to stand out...like when you stand out so much people puke on you.