Here’s Rasheed’s pre-game analysis for Game Four, after the Pistons dropped game three to the Cavs a couple days ago. The series now stands at 2-1.
“I know we goin’ win. I know we goin’ bust they ass. Tomorrow night is the last game here in this building this year. Y’all can quote me, put it back page, front page, whatever.”
Well, that’s… that’s not good news for the Cleveland Cavaliers. That’s probably about the last thing they wanted to hear. Historically, when Rasheed has guaranteed things, the Pistons have cranked up the intensity… and if Detroit’s intensity is anywhere near the same as Cleveland’s, Cleveland can’t win. They just can’t.
I actually feel like the only reason that Milwaukee was able to take a game against the Pistons, and Cleveland took a game against the Pistons… is because the Pistons are a little too good. They didn’t play well in the first half of Game Three, but they were still up by 8 or 10 at the half, and they thought they could cruise. They pretty much put themselves to sleep. Cleveland’s best chance to win Game Four is to let the Pistons get out to an early lead, and then pretend to give up for a while.
Anyway, back to the Rasheed quote… that sort of thing doesn’t happen enough. Who doesn’t love that? Even Cavs fans can get behind that, because they can sit back and say, “Alright, bring it on, bastard.” It just puts a little more spring in everyone’s step.
Rhondda Nunes
& if the Cavs can bring it against a ‘guaransheed’; we really have a series.
Unfortunately(for the Cavaliers); history is on the side of a need4sheed.
& Big Ben throwin’ down in the predictions only adds to the confidence:
“There’s only 1 team out there, 2 teams tops, that can really give us that good challenge,that it’s like, ‘All right, we know we can’t make no mistakes against those teams,’”Ben Wallace said…
“The Cavaliers aren’t such a team?”(ESPN reporter):
“Nah”….Ben Wallace said.
May 15, 2006 at 4:32 am
Unsilent Majority
without sweet st. lou the cavs have no hope of slowing down the piston’s perimeter game.
May 15, 2006 at 8:44 am
John
This is off topic, but could someone tell Avery Johnson to keep the ball out of Jerry Stackhouse’s hands in the final minutes of a game? First he passes on a game-tying layup to take a contested 3 that he airballs, Mavs lose. Then, in game three, he gets fouled with two seconds left, Mavs up one, and after bricking the first FT, all he has to do is hit the rim, the clock runs out, game over. But no–he proceeds to miss the rim, giving the Spurs a chance to win with a 2pt FG. Though the Mavs pulled it off, WTF is that guy thinking? Again, sorry this is off topic, I had to get that out.
May 15, 2006 at 9:31 am
Retarsheed
Wow..what a punk chump-ass front runner. He is such a loser that reminds me of the dunces in pick up games that won’t try hard if they have to be the leader and will become dicky if they are on a team that is way too good.
May you live as long as your soul is deep.
May 15, 2006 at 10:51 am
Adam
Poor LeBron…I’m going to miss him.
May 15, 2006 at 11:28 am
reasonable man
That Ben Wallace quote was actually said by Sheed. I saw him on TNT saying it.
May 15, 2006 at 12:03 pm
Rhondda Nunes
No, I think you’re confused because the quotes are so similar…see detroitbadboys.com; or need4shhed.com; don’t just accept TNT as gospel.I certainly don’t.
May 17, 2006 at 4:14 am
Rhondda Nunes
& my bad, reasonable man; you’re right ‘Sheed did say that, perhaps I was hoping that Big Ben woulda thrown down too for more guarantee.
Still don’t trust what I hear on TNT,(do you?)
May 17, 2006 at 4:44 am