Pistons go up 3 - 1

Pistons take it 88-80.

While perusing the freep for news on tonights victory (I didn't find any), I came across this memory-lane article: Where are the Bad Boys?:

Now, as many of them are graying and pushing 50, the Bad Boys are back in the national spotlight while the Pistons battle for another title. Since their playing days in short shorts ended, some members of the championship teams have remained household names; others have disappeared from public life. Many remain friends.

Whatever the outcome of this year's NBA Finals, Pistons fans never will forget the swaggering, hard-fouling, team-taunting squad of the late 1980s, especially those former players who remain in the Detroit area.

Addendum: Albom sums it up...

"Do you guys feel like it's over?" someone asked Jackson.

"They don't feel it's over," he said. "They just want a fair shake. They want an even break from the refs. They want to feel like they're not playing uphill."

Folks, when they start blaming the referees, it's over.

And Phil knows it.