Pistons stumble in opener

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 Pistons stumble in opener
-- Boredom has not settled in. Heck, it's only the first game of the playoffs. And like they've said in past playoff runs, the Detroit Pistons insisted there's no need to hit the panic button following their 90-86 loss to the upstart Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of a best-of-seven playoff series on Sunday. [link]

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Detroit Pistons deep Sixed, Rasheed Wallace takes the blame
Published 4/21/2008 by Dave Dial at Detroit Pistons Full-Court Press - MLive.com
The first game for the Detroit Pistons in the NBA playoffs did not go as the team, coach or fans had hoped. April 21, Daily Dime: "We expected a tough series," Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. "We're disappointed, we're upset, we're mad, all those things. They way we play, not turn the ball over, grinding things out -- we should win those games; we didn't. They played hard. I thought that we're extremely aggressive and it's not that we lost the game, they beat us. There is no question about it." The Pistons led the Sixers by 13 points at halftime, and the game seemed to be ...

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Published 4/21/2008 by Brian at Depressed Fan
What they're saying... Stephen A. Smith takes a little 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 ...

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