deadspin.com - 4/18/2008
—
Over the next few days, Basket Bawful and Free Darko will be previewing each NBA Playoff series. Basket Bawful looks at the Eastern Conference today, continuing with the series between the Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers, which begins Sunday.
This series doesn't seem quite as hopeless as Atlanta versus Boston. Instead of having only a snowball's chance in hell, I'd say the ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
Bunches of playoff previews
Detroit Bad Boys —
... angle. Even if one of their Little LeBowski Achievers manage to pop off for 25 points or more, the rest of them are going to bomb like they never existed. The Pistons will put the lock down, the shut down, and the smack down on the little surprise Sixers. They might be able to sucker the Pistons into a low shooting night, but they’re not going to average over 85 points for the series. Say goodnight, kiddies. It’s time for the big boys to go to work.
Basketbawful @ Deadspin:
This series doesn’t seem quite as hopeless as ...
Eastern Conference playoff previews
Basketbawful —
That's right: We're talking about playoffs! Here's where I predict what's going to happen in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with such infallible and unerring accuracy that you don't even need to watch. Atlanta versus Boston: The Execution Series Philadelphia versus Detroit: The Feel Good Killer Series Toronto versus Orlando: The "Now Here's A Series" Series Washington versus Cleveland: The "LeBron Gets Knocked Out In The First Round?!" Series The Western ...
Worst of the Night: April 23, 2008
Basketbawful —
... Andre Iguodala: Philadelphia's leading scorer (19.9 PPG) has a total of 20 points on 5-for-24 shooting in two playoff games against the Pistons. In last night's blowout loss, he managed only 4 points on 1-for-9 from the field. In my preview for this series, I said: "In the two (regular season) games Philly won, Andre Iguodala scored 22 and 25 points...Iggy's got to score for the Sixers to stay competitive." And what do you know? Last night he didn't score and they couldn't stay competitive. Dismissed as coincidence. Seriously, though, Iguodala ...
Related Content
Please, Please Listen To Us Mo
depressedfan.com 4/17/2008 — Now that the regular season is over, it's time for us to take our first look at the upcoming series with the Detroit Pistons. The first post is going to be about something I've been harping on for a while, but it's something that Mo Cheeks really ...
NBA Playoff Previews: No. 2 Pistons vs. No. 7 Sixers
sports.yahoo.com 4/18/2008 — After 1,230 regular season games, the NBA Playoffs are finally here. (Yes!) KD and I will post our first round thoughts and predictions tomorrow, but for now we turn to the bloggin' team experts. Up next: Matt Watson from Detroit Bad Boys and Jon ...
Slumping Sixers head into postseason (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 4/18/2008
The 76ers are one more four-game losing streak away from heading home for the summer. The four-game skid Philadelphia takes into its first playoff series since 2005 is enough of a concern without Detroit standing there as its first-round opponent. The ...
An NBA Buffet —
Wash Post NBA 4/19/2008
This year's NBA postseason is one with greater promise than any season since 1998, the year Michael Jordan retired from the Bulls.
Gasol Leads Lakers to Victory —
Wash Post NBA 4/20/2008
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 20 -- Andre Miller scored 20 points and Willie Green had a career playoff-high 17, helping the Philadelphia 76ers stun the Detroit Pistons, 90-86, on Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round series.
![Philadelphia Versus Detroit: The Feel-Good Killer Series [NBA Playoff Preview]](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/04/18/philadelphia_versus_detroit_the_feel_good_killer.jpg)
