THE DETROIT PISTONS: YOUR 2004 NBA CHAMPIONS!!!!

[Honolulu_Blue]

CONGRATS, BOYS!!!

JOE D, AMAZING WORK!!!!

[MrBug708]

Lakers choked :)

[Neuqua]

Nope, they didnt belong on the same court my friend.

[MikeVick7]

What up Laker fans? Sorry...had to do it.


And I'm glad that Karl Malone didn't care about winning a championship anymore...so this loss probably didn't hurt him too much. He just wants to compete ...that's why he played tonight..........

[Dutch]

Watching the NBA was soooo 2003....

[NoMyths]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!

[ice4277]

Bless You Boys!!!

Detroit, Home of the Champions once again!

PISTONS WHAT!!!!!!

:D :D :D :D

[MikeVic]

Awesome... Malone and Payton must feel sad, knowing that a guy like Darko has a ring at 19 years old...

[Neuqua]

Awesome... Malone and Payton must feel sad, knowing that a guy like Darko has a ring at 19 years old...

Lol!

[Eaglesfan27]

Awesome... Malone and Payton must feel sad, knowing that a guy like Darko has a ring at 19 years old...

That is great.

[Ragone]

So when people riot in detroit and tear crap up tonight.. will the city of detroit apologize to jimmy kimmel?

[hoosierdude]

Satisfying. Very satisfying. Detroit showed that they wanted it more.

Congrats to the Pistons, and Larry Brown. Nice to see the good guys win for once.

:)

[mckerney]

Awesome... Malone and Payton must feel sad, knowing that a guy like Darko has a ring at 19 years old...

Actually Darko doesn't turn 19 for another 5 days, which might make Malone and Payton feel a little better about that.

[JeffNights]

Way to go boys!

Champions yes!

And hey by the way, you can really kiss my ass with the riot comment.

gee, seems to memory that everybody was saying that it was gonna happen during the blackout as well..hmm...nothing happened. so you can go to HELL.

DETROIT PISTONS...CHAMPS!!!!

[Schmidty]

I am so unbelievably happy!!!!

Wish I was back home right now partying with my fellow Piston fans. :(

[Honolulu_Blue]

I am so unbelievably happy!!!!

Wish I was back home right now partying with my fellow Piston fans. :(

You and me both, Sparty. :)

[ice4277]

I'll take some pics at the parade and email them to you guys :)

[ice4277]

dola

Channel 4 just interviewed Kid Rock; totally trashed, it was hilarious :D

[EagleFan]

Congrats to the Pistons and their fans.


So what is the over-under on property damage?

[DeToxRox]

LA had some good riots in 2000.

But you know, we tend to forget that.

[davidlando1]

I am suprised, I'll have to admit i thought Lakers in 6..Glad I was wrong. :)

[SFL Cat]

I'll take some pics at the parade and email them to you guys :)

ahhh...idyllic scenes of rape, pillage and plunder.

[DeToxRox]

Ahh everyone knows that Detroit ALWAYS riots.

Sorry if we're rusty, it's been a while since 1984.

[ice4277]

ahhh...idyllic scenes of rape, pillage and plunder.
You are confusing Detroit with Kobe's rape trial.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Ahh everyone knows that Detroit ALWAYS riots.

Sorry if we're rusty, it's been a while since 1984.

Been a while.. Plus what is it? 5 major championships since then?

[cmp]

Damn, I have to admit, I was completely wrong in predicting this series. I thought the Lakers would be much better. I had them losing to Detroit in 6, not 5. Ah, this is frickin awesome! The funny thing is my old friend Buttercup called this championship last year already.

[Chief Rum]

Big congrats to Detroit. Other than Rasheed Wallace, I can't think of a single guy on that team I don't like.

As usual, most of us got carried away with the media hype, although to be fair, it's hard to bet against a team with four future Hall of Famers (assuming Kobe's knee doesn't just give out in the next year or so, or he gets sent away for something... ;) ).

I still don't really like Malone, and after an initial warming to Payton, he really burned his bridges and returned to being the utter dick he has been his whole career. Not all that sad to see either of those guys go out without a ring (well, Payton for sure isn't done yet, but you know what I mean).

Detroit was certainly the better team. Gotta give them their due. I never would have thought Chauncey Billups would be a key to an NBA Finals, nor did I think Rasdheed Wallace could actually work within a team concept. But they did, and a team of terrifically talented athletes may be embarking on a new era in basketball.

Back to the Lakers for a sec. I hope they break it up. I'm really sick of this bunch, and I am sick of Jackson, too. They had their run. It's time to try something new.

CR

[rexallllsc]

Lakers just didn't have an answer for the Pistons. Pistons had too many weapons, and played too well.

Dumars put together a helluva team, and Larry Brown is one of the best in the biz.

If the Lakers are to challenge next year (and in reality, they prob. shouldn't have gotten by the Spurs, and the T-wolves were weak)...Payton and Malone need to shove off, and the Lakers need a top shooter.

Congrats to the Pistons and Pistons fans.

[Router Help]

Haha! We just absolutely kicked their ass! I love it.

[kingnebwsu]

I got it right, they won in 5 games...uh yeah...the Pistons is who I guessed...that's the ticket... ;)

[Bad-example]

Maybe the title of this thread should have been Time to Hand the Lakers their Asses :)

[rexallllsc]

By reading this thread you'd think some of you guys actually PLAYED in the game. lol.

[LionsFan10]

Way to go Detroit!! My dad and Uncle were at the game today, he took some digital pics maybe if I can get a chance I'll put them up somewhere.

[TLK]

I'm still amazed..... go Pistons.... :)

[Honolulu_Blue]

Reading reports now and by all accounts there is great revelry in Detroit. Good, sweet fun! No burning. No rioting. Maybe some celebatory gunfire, a handful of arrests for rowdiness. But none of that nonsense that happens in other cities like Denver, LA, and others.

Good to see the city of Detroit do itself proud again. There were no riots or burning when the Wings won in 97, 98, and 02 either.

Apparently there was some burning. A Laker's jersey. That's nothin' :D

F*ck you, Kimmel and all the rest of 'em! Live in the now, folks. :p

[Honolulu_Blue]

More "riot" info.

Here's how they celebrate Championships in Denver and Los Angeles, respectively:

http://www.cnn.com/US/9801/26/denver.riots/

http://www.seanbaby.com/news/riot.htm

Yes, there were riots in 1984 won the Tigers won. And perhaps a little bit here and there back in 1989 and 1990 won the Pistons won back-to-back titles. But that was 15-20 years ago. Since then we've seen the Wings win three Cups and now the Pistons.

[Bad-example]

Yes, there were riots in 1984 won the Tigers won. And perhaps a little bit here and there back in 1989 and 1990 won the Pistons won back-to-back titles. But that was 15-20 years ago. Since then we've seen the Wings win three Cups and now the Pistons.

There is no cannibalism in the Royal Navy. :)

[Alf]

Congrats to the Pistons.

I am sad I have been away last week and too busy this week to follow any game live... I'll be sure to watch the "replays"

[McSweeny]

i think the big thing here is the fact that Red Auerbach's record still stands

[Ksyrup]

Been a while.. Plus what is it? 5 major championships since then?
Six! Three Pistons, three Red Wings, right?

[ahbrady]

I was thrilled to see the Pistons win. I'm a Razorback fan, and I played a game against Corliss Williamson when he was a sophomore in a high school game. I realize that he wasn't a major factor in their championship, but he was a hero in Arkansas while he was growing up, so I'm happy to see him with a ring. Derek Fisher seems to be a pretty good guy too and is also from Arkansas, but he didn't go to U of A, and he's already got plenty of rings.

I like Larry Brown, and I think he did a great job with the Pistons this year, but the only thing I didn't enjoy about the Pistons winning is that Carlisle didn't get to win it. I thought he got the shaft in Detroit. I thought it was a really classy move on Brown's part to mention Carlisle and talk about the contributions he made. Congratulations to all of the Pistons.

[EagleFan]

Been a while.. Plus what is it? 5 major championships since then?


There was rioting after the first two Pistons' championships, that makes only the Red Wings' so I don't know how you can include them in your arguement.

Welcome to the club. How many times do I hear people talk about Philly and Sant Clause and that was like 30-40 years ago.