I went on a mini-rant about this to my editor a few days ago. One of the guest columnists on Rome is Burning (yes, I know but don't say anything) said that after San Antonio beat Phoenix in Game 1 that we were headed for a Spurs-Pistons final and it would be one of the best of all time. All I could do was groan at both the idea and his opinion. Regardless of what I think about the teams, I wouldn't watch that series until Game 6 or 7. I just have no desire to watch that type of basketball. It's just flat out boring. This is why the NBA needs a 20 second shot clock.
Bars and restaurants have been. Players have beer at their homes. Why can't they go somewhere other than their workplace and drink a beer after the game? I agree. It's not that big of an inconvenience to not allow the players to have beer in the clubhouse.
I don't see why the rest of the Pistons don't just think to themselves, "You know what, we're down 19 right now and we aren't going to win this game. Let's just let Sheed go crazy and get tossed, then we'll regroup in Detroit for Game 5."
His neck was bothering him. Well that's a crappy way to have his hitting and on-base streaks end. They already had ended, hadn't they? I know his hit streak died. Yeah, you're right. I didn't see the box score from Friday.