Pistons and Sixers kick off the playoffs

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Pistons vs. Sixers Bullets
Published 4/21/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... On Detroit Bad Boys, after last night's loss to the Pistons, the comments got a little out of hand (PG-13!) with people calling for the heads of many people on the Pistons' payroll, but mostly Flip Saunders. LawyerBoy, however, was one of several to call for calm: "Do you guys remember the '03-'04 Pistons? You know, the ones that won an NBA title? Remember those cats? Do you remember what happened to them, at home, in the first round? They dropped a close Game 2 to the Milwaukee Bucks after Rasheed fumbled the pass out of bounds that could've ...

Playoff Links
Published 4/21/2008 by Brian at Depressed Fan
... while to get to it, but does give the Sixers some credit for the win. Leading off the Daily Dime. Passion & Pride, still in disbelief, loving every minute of it. Ricky from Sixers 4 Guidos, just as shocked about Reggie as we all are. TrueHoop hits below the belt. Philly Friar has three keys for game 2. The 700 Level breaks it down quarter by quarter Interesting comment thread over on Detroit Bad Boys Need4Sheed, not exactly loving Sheed's late-game antics. ...

Detroit Fans Reaction to the Game 1 Loss
Published 4/21/2008 by Dannie at Recliner GM
... Priceless! PistonsNationblog is clearly shocked evidenced by the title of their post game recap - Ehhh…what? That made me laugh out loud when I read that. But, kudos must go out to them for giving the 76ers the credit they deserve: “Hats off to Philly’s D. They really turned it up in the 4th holding Detroit to 16 points on 28% shooting. They played free and with nothing to lose and were the better team.” There was a great game thread over at Detroit Bad Boys. Just following their fans comments ...