cavs definitely aint the bucks. that's why this series is knotted up 2 all instead of 3-1. that said, the game was still close all the way to the end, and it could've been 3-1 at the end of this game as opposed as to 2-2, but since it's knotted up and i like the pistons too much, i'm sitting here shaking my head.

lbj was nothing short of spectactular tonight; his long-range jumpers were falling, and eric snow was really good tonight. while lbj was the catalyst of this game's victory, everybody was hitting jumpers. so much about pistons being this tough interior defensive team.

whoever wrote on espn that the pistons are still primarily a jumpshooting team is right. i think this is what makes their offense not 100% dangerous. i think it can help them a bit, because it can help them stay injury-free. and when they get hot, you can't stop them. but it also gets rid of the ability to create shots when your jumpers can't fall. and when they went cold, as they did tonight, it hurt them.

prince needs to work on his post-up game into baby hook and go back to it as his main weapon; i thought when the pistons were controlling the game offensively was when they stopped going for jumpers and letting prince get in and give lbj fits on the defensive end. prince's in-close, post-up game is better than some ppl realize. i think the biggest way the pistons are going to get better offensively is how well prince becomes on his post-up game.

this is one TINY thing i'm holding against the pistons this year compared to last 2 years. yes, their offense is better, and yes, that does lead to a slight dip defensively. but larry brown had this "asian mentality" when he coaches you(remember your mom which hammered you in high school about that 1 B you got in a flurry of A's on your report card?). you could execute 90% of your plays to perfection in a game, and he would hammer you about the 10% plays you didn't after a game. i really do get the feeling that this year, the pistons have a "flip the switch" mentality; let's turn it on when we're down 10, as opposed to flipping it on before a game and breaking the switch off. and it's kinda helped by the fact that flip is a laid back coach. i see their lockdown defense only coming out in spurts as opposed to all 48 minutes. they're not focused all 48 minutes of a game.

basically, what i'm saying is that those 5% plays you didn't execute to perfection in the 1st quarter will come back to haunt you in a close game in the 4th. it's EASY to blow off those plays when you blow the opponent out. but basketball is such a high scoring game, that you really shouldn't have that mentality at all(t-mac goes for about 12 in 1 minute? miller gets 6 in about 8 seconds?). and tonight, that was the case when the pistons played against the cavs. if you took away 5 plays where the pistons tried to nail a jump shot and replaced them with situations where they let prince post up, or just take it in instead of a jumper, or some plays where they did not double when defending james, the outcome of this game could've been different.

but hey, i don't play the games; i just watch them. i COULD be wrong.

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so, this is what i'm speculating: if larry brown leaves the knicks(didn't expect this to happen, but i would guess this is the most likely scenario), he will end up as the kings' new head coach. and why not; kings are becoming a much more physical team than in the past, relying on hustle and defense to win games more. and who better to bring in than that guy? they even stated that they were going to pass up don nelson.

(personally, i would like larry brown to coach the warriors; mike montgomery is a bit too laid back on the warriors, which may be why they suck so much defensively, and don nelson is not known for being a defensively genius, but bringing in rick adelman wouldn't be a bad idea either)

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i think that if you're not an asian, you believe the stereotype that ALL asians can't drive. lemme correct this, and say it's not ALL asians. just the ones which have kids in the back and are FOBs. i guess every one of my taiwanese/korean acquaintances knows this, but i had to say it. ever see them drive 20 miles/hour slower than everybody else?

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i REALLY should try to get rid of as much on my cpu as soon as possible onto cds and defragment this sucker... it's almost unbearable opening a program. problem is i keep finding online stuff to keep.