New year, same result?

The Pistons, who won the NBA championship in 2004, have appeared in six straight Eastern Conference finals. Here's where they stood on New Year's morning each of those seasons compared with this year.

SEASON JAN. 1 PCT FINAL PCT
2002-03 20-10 .667 50-32 .610
2003-04 19-13 .594 54-28 .659
2004-05 15-13 .536 54-28 .659
2005-06 24-4 .857 64-18 .780
2006-07 18-11 .621 53-29 .646
2007-08 24-7 .774 59-23 .720
2008-09 19-11 .633 -- --

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Not bad with the trade, no McDyess, new coach, several starting line ups, trying small ball, etc.....

Naw man Curry sucks. He be da worst coach in da NBA.

/sarcasm

Honestly the team has really come on of late. The rip injury could be a blessing in disguise. This is a better team with Stuckey and AI running the 1 & 2.

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Originally posted by JROLLA:
Naw man Curry sucks. He be da worst coach in da NBA.

/sarcasm

Honestly the team has really come on of late. The rip injury could be a blessing in disguise. This is a better team with Stuckey and AI running the 1 & 2.

What are you talking about, they were running the 1 and 2 before rip was injured too.

The good thing is we have a lot of growing to do as a team. We haven't peaked yet which should make this season a fun one to watch.

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Originally posted by Rodney Stuckey:

quote:

Originally posted by JROLLA:
Naw man Curry sucks. He be da worst coach in da NBA.

/sarcasm

Honestly the team has really come on of late. The rip injury could be a blessing in disguise. This is a better team with Stuckey and AI running the 1 & 2.

What are you talking about, they were running the 1 and 2 before rip was injured too.

I think the key is to not have Tay at the PF.

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The good thing is we have a lot of growing to do as a team. We haven't peaked yet which should make this season a fun one to watch.

What you should say is they haven't peaked in stretches of games. But i think its fair to say they have peaked in some games this year. Against the Lakers was one of them games where they looked like they could not be beat.

I guess it proves the theory of some people that say that losing early makes you better because it exposes all of your weak areas, while winning creates a false overall picture of the team.

Of course the data is not to get too exicited and draw conclusions, but lets hope that becomes our lucky charm, like the spurs odd years....

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Originally posted by Rodney Stuckey:

quote:

Originally posted by JROLLA:
Naw man Curry sucks. He be da worst coach in da NBA.

/sarcasm

Honestly the team has really come on of late. The rip injury could be a blessing in disguise. This is a better team with Stuckey and AI running the 1 & 2.

What are you talking about, they were running the 1 and 2 before rip was injured too.

Yes but they had Rip at the 3. I'd like Rip on the bench before rolling him out there at the 3.

With rip and A.I u have a good or great player going to the bench.. In rip u would get a great backup at 2 and 3.. With A.I u would get a great backup 2 and 1 guard.. Either way if they are willing this team would be extremely deep this yr.. And then this would be equivalent to the sheed deal in 04.. That's 17 or 18 points coming from ur bench.. Along with dice 10..