NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The quiet notes will take quick looks at what is going on in the NBA.
The top teams are:
(in no particular order)
San Antonio Spurs (now with Kurt Thomas) until proven otherwise in the playoffs
Detroit Pistons now with added youth
Boston Celtics with the 3 amigos
The hottest team:
Houston Rockets with an energized T-Mac and best center Yao
Biggest question?
Who will play better? Cleveland with Wallace or Chicago with Gooden?
As always, any NBA Basketball related comments are welcome.
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It was supposed to be a great ball game.
ABC had the Phoenix Suns vs. the Detroit Pistons at 2:30 pm Eastern time for all of us Piston fans.
A blockbuster battle of the team of no stars vs. the Shaq Suns.
Just how would Steve Nash direct Shaq in the half court?
Your intrepid author mistimed his afternoon nap and woke up in the 3rd quarter. My Pistons had a 30 point lead.
30 points? Ok, you knew there would be problems getting Shaq into the Phoenix run …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Pistons were able to play defense on one guy.
Uhh, one guy?
Yeah, they held Dwight “Superman” Howard to eight points on 2 for 9 shooting with 5 turnovers.
Nice, what happened?
The Pistons lost to the Magic 103 – 85.
How could they lose?
They forgot to play defense on the other 4 guys.
“I am disappointed, (the players) are disappointed and the fans are disappointed,” coach Flip Saunders said after the Orlando Magic came into The Palace on Wednesday night and laid a 103-85 whipping on the Pistons. “We didn’t …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Jason Maxiell danced to victory against the Bobcats

The Pistons are hot again and looking like a championship team.
Taking 24 three-point attempts was probably not the way the Pistons figured they’d beat the Charlotte Bobcats on Sunday night.
But they started falling early, when Tayshaun Prince made four of five in the first quarter, and they never really stopped, as the team finished 12-for-24 from long range in a 113-87 victory at the Palace. source
The Pistons set the tone early with defense.
The Pistons (37-13) held the Bobcats to 13 points …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Your intrepid author has been warning you that it is a long season.
It is much too early to hand the crown over to the Boston Celtics.
Now with the Western Conference top teams adding Shaq, Weber, and Gasol and the Spurs healing up and adding Stoudamire, it is even more reason to not hand over the NBA Title to the Boston Celtics.
Not that we should give up on the Lucky Green men, but take a look at this recent quote from Detroit Pistons GM Joe Dumars:
On the Boston Celtics …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Rip Hamilton scoring over Dwight Howard

The Pistons destroyed the Orlando Magic.
It was a no contest.
Rasheed came out to show Orlando and Dwight Howard what an NBA All Star veteran can do and he did it early and often.
By the time the first quarter was over the game was hard to watch.
First Quarter score Pistons 39 – Magic 18
Final Score Pistons 101 – Magic 93
Rasheed was a +24 while he was on the floor. That means

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Rashard Lewis – We beat the Pistons!
Young teams have to go through a growth cycle and it appears that the Orlando Magic took a big step in that growth cycle.
The Magic beat the Pistons 102 to 100.
The Pistons had pounded the Magic on a regular basis
It had gotten to the point that some of the Magic were tired of the losing and some of them half expected to just lose again.
This is the growth cycle.
You must overcome the psychological hurdles that the great teams can throw at you. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron James knows he must improve for Cleveland to win
It is not often that LeBron James is humbled.
It is even less often that the King is shown to be at a deficit with his hoop skills.
The Cleveland Cavaliers surprised a lot of teams last year, but unless LeBron and the team improve, they will fall behind the Pistons, Celtics, and probably the Magic.
And right now LeBron is behind Kobe in his ability to finish a game.
In last year’s Championship, the San Antonio Spurs took LeBron and basically punished …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Rasheed says – You will now be eaten alive!
Rasheed is the reluctant superstar.
At times, Rasheed is as dominant as any player on the floor and at times, Rasheed just seems to disappear.
When Wallace disappears, he can do it quietly just as well as he does it loudly. Most of us remember the loudly, but long time watchers also notice the quietly.
But like a sleeping Bear, beware when Rasheed wants to be the dominant force. He will wake up and eat your team alive.
The Rasheed that showed up in …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Teammates?
Can you see it?
Rasheed Wallace joking with Shaq before the game?
A front line of Tayshaun Prince, Wallace, and Shaq?
Yeah, you are right; it probably has a zero chance of happening. But how cool would it be, if it did?
Just think of the next time the Celtics rolled into the Palace to play the Detroit Pistons and Kevin Garnett had to look up to Shaq and then see Rasheed needling him, standing right next to Shaq.
Shaq could help. The Pistons have a serious flaw on their team and it …read more