DET v INDY delayed
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hahah that is a joke continued from my NCAA post... J/K Candy...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&id=2022303
An interesting acticle, yet too long. Here're some pieces.
Believed to be among those Pacers on the team bus who would have preferred canceling the game -- even if it meant Indiana being tagged with a forfeit -- Miller lashed out at the league after Indiana steeled itself for a crucial 94-81 triumph that keeps alive the possibility of an Eastern Conference finals rematch in Round 1 this spring.
Referring to the season-long ban of Ron Artest and lengthy suspensions served by O'Neal and Stephen Jackson, and then blasting the Pistons for what he called "lax" security that continues to go unpunished, Miller said: "The league knows it and the league should be ashamed of it. ... David Stern needs to take a long look in the mirror and think about the way he penalized us and the way he penalized the Pistons."
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O'Neal was asked to sign autographs, shake hands and pose for pictures. Well-wishers told him they were hoping for a speedy recovery from his shoulder injury.
Rewinding through it all, O'Neal wore a contented look as he sat in a courtside seat about an hour before the scheduled start. First he revealed that there's a "pretty good chance" he'll be able to play in a few games before the playoffs begin, saying he hopes to be back at practice early next week. Then he insisted that the Pistons' fans he encountered out on the town want to move forward as much as the players from both teams.
"The one thing that has never changed between the Pacers and the Pistons is good basketball," O'Neal said. "We feel that at the end of day, all that side stuff is [eventually] just going to be side stuff."
Indy's foremost optimist, mind you, couldn't totally dismiss the gravity of the bomb scare.
"You're talking about a bomb threat," O'Neal said. "What did you think when you heard about it? It's something you can't take lightly. Especially when the person calls back and tells you, 'You missed it -- it's in the locker room.'"
An interesting acticle, yet too long. Here're some pieces.
Believed to be among those Pacers on the team bus who would have preferred canceling the game -- even if it meant Indiana being tagged with a forfeit -- Miller lashed out at the league after Indiana steeled itself for a crucial 94-81 triumph that keeps alive the possibility of an Eastern Conference finals rematch in Round 1 this spring.
Referring to the season-long ban of Ron Artest and lengthy suspensions served by O'Neal and Stephen Jackson, and then blasting the Pistons for what he called "lax" security that continues to go unpunished, Miller said: "The league knows it and the league should be ashamed of it. ... David Stern needs to take a long look in the mirror and think about the way he penalized us and the way he penalized the Pistons."
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O'Neal was asked to sign autographs, shake hands and pose for pictures. Well-wishers told him they were hoping for a speedy recovery from his shoulder injury.
Rewinding through it all, O'Neal wore a contented look as he sat in a courtside seat about an hour before the scheduled start. First he revealed that there's a "pretty good chance" he'll be able to play in a few games before the playoffs begin, saying he hopes to be back at practice early next week. Then he insisted that the Pistons' fans he encountered out on the town want to move forward as much as the players from both teams.
"The one thing that has never changed between the Pacers and the Pistons is good basketball," O'Neal said. "We feel that at the end of day, all that side stuff is [eventually] just going to be side stuff."
Indy's foremost optimist, mind you, couldn't totally dismiss the gravity of the bomb scare.
"You're talking about a bomb threat," O'Neal said. "What did you think when you heard about it? It's something you can't take lightly. Especially when the person calls back and tells you, 'You missed it -- it's in the locker room.'"
