No more 2nd quarter letdowns from the starters…
All I have to say is Mike Curry is funny!
-John W. Davis
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FROM THE DET NEWS:
Being ready
Pistons coach Michael Curry joked after the game Saturday that he would put five stationary bikes behind the bench for his starters to ride while they were out of the game, if that meant there would be no more lulls in the second quarter.
In the last six minutes of the second quarter in both games, the Pistons have committed 12 turnovers — eight Saturday against the Wizards while blowing a 16-point lead.
“It’s happening when the starters come back into the game,” Curry said. “Those guys aren’t used to sitting out for long stretches and when they go back in, they aren’t into the game right away and they are turning the ball over. It is something they are going to have to get used to.”
Richard Hamilton , who has eight turnovers in two games, said the stationary bikes weren’t necessary, just more time.
“We’re all used to playing a certain way, getting more minutes in the first half,” Hamilton said. We just have to adjust to sitting for six or seven minutes of the second quarter and then going back in. We just have to find a better rhythm with that.”
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John November 4th at 1:11 am
We Talkin’ Bout Practice
“Its easy to talk about, its easy to sum it up when you just talk about practice. We sittin’ in here, I’m supposed to be the franchise player, and we in here talkin’ about practice. I mean listen, we talkin bout practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game. We talkin bout practice. Not a game, not a, not a, not the game that I go out there and die for, and play every game like its my last. Not the game. We talkin’ bout practice, man. I mean how silly is that? We talkin’ bout practice. I know I’m supposed to be there, I know I’m supposed to lead by example. I know that, and I’m not shovin’ it aside, you know, like it don’t mean anything. I know its important, I do. I honestly do. But we talkin’ bout practice, man. What are we talkin’ bout? Practice? We talkin’ bout practice man. We talk… We talkin’ bout practice. We talkin’ bout practice. We ain’t talkin’ bout the game, we talkin’ bout practice, man. When you come into the arena, and you see me play, you see me play, don’t you? You see me give everything I got, right? But we talkin’ bout practice right now. We talkin’ bout practice. (crowd laughs) Man look, I hear you, its funny to me too. I mean, its strange, its strange to me too. But we talkin’ bout practice man. We not even talkin’ bout the game, the actual game, when it matters. We talkin’ bout practice.”
-Allen Iverson