For Starters,One Gets Awayworst Part? Weary Team Could Have Stolen Game
CHICAGO — I must be honest. Before they ever jumped it up Sunday afternoon, I wanted the Pistons to send five YMCA guys out there and let them play the Bulls. Lose big. Why not? I figured Detroit would never win Game 1 anyhow, no way, not after playing so hard Friday night against the Celtics while the Bulls sat around, foaming at the mouth. Let the maniac fans here scream themselves hoarse. Let Chicago win by 400 points. Let the real Pistons rest. See ya in Game 2.
And This Was Just Round 2? Incredible
So that’s it, right? We win the championship?
Huh?
Second round?
The X-Factor Grows Uprodman And Salley Keyed Pistons’ Titles
I don’t want to sound like someone’s grandmother here, but where does the time go? Wasn’t it yesterday we were saying hello to two rookies, John Salley and Dennis Rodman, one a lanky, flamboyant kid from Georgia Tech, the other a complete unknown from somewhere in Oklahoma? Wasn’t it? Yesterday? I remember when Salley first showed up, because he came on a local radio station, did a typical rookie interview, and then, when asked whether he had any messages to the city of Detroit, he said, “Yeah. Tell all the good-looking ladies that tonight, 8 o’clock, I’ll be at . . . “
THE X-FACTOR GROWS UPRODMAN AND SALLEY KEYED PISTON TITLES
I don’t want to sound like someone’s grandmother here, but where does the time go? Wasn’t it yesterday we were saying hello to two rookies, John Salley and Dennis Rodman, one a lanky, flamboyant kid from Georgia Tech, the other a complete unknown...
Typical Game 5 Path: To Hell — And Back
BOSTON — It was hell. As usual.
PISTONS GET GARDEN PARDONDESCENT INTO HELL WAS A REPEAT VISIT BY THE PISTONS
BOSTON — It was hell, as usual. And the Pistons were the guests of honor.It was fans yelling “CHOKE!” and Mark Aguirre screaming at the press table “THEY’RE CALLING EVERY F—— CALL AGAINST US, EVERY ONE!” It was Larry...
PISTONS PUSH BACKON THIS NIGHT, AGUIRRE TRULY LEFT HIS MARK
When it’s time to win, you forget about the talk. You forget about trade rumors. You forget about arguments and reputations. You get dressed, you hit the floor and you try to be the magic. You try to be the man. It was the feeling every Piston had Monday night,...
If There’S Time To Win, Bird Will Find A Way
There is only one person on the Boston Celtics that worries me and that is Larry Bird. You can throw out as many Dee Browns and Brian Shaws as you want. Tall guys? Bring on the tall guys, Kevin McHale, Joe Kleine, Ed Pinckney. Even the old man, Robert Parish — who recently celebrated his 92nd birthday
— even him, I can handle. I need an ax. But I can handle him.
MOTHER’S JOB: GIVING ALL THE RIGHT ANSWERS
” . . . ma . . . ma?” Yes, child. I am your mother. * “WAAAAAAAH!” I’ll get him, honey. You go back to sleep. You have to work in the morning. * “Mommeee . . . I wan’ dum! I wan’ dum!” All right, sweetheart. You...Stay Connected
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