Wow, I remember this Piston team back in the days, because when I started watching the NBA they were the first team I really became a huge fan of and Hamilton was my fav player😄
@AreYouAMorP How common? Name a squad that prided itself on not allowing more than 70 pts/gm. That team was the basketball version of 2000 Ravens defense. 90-100 pts./gm sounds more normal. Even then, you wasn't getting many buckets on that team.
@@lukamagicgod It is 100% about the defense. 2001-2004 was a time frame when hand checking was still legal but the illegal defense rules were taken away. The rules at the time were the most favorable to defenders than the 80s/90s or the 2010s/2020s. After hand checking was taken away then scoring and shooting efficiency started to go up. People thought the NBA was getting boring to watch because it was being dominated by balanced defensive teams (Spurs and Pistons) rather than exciting offensive superstars. So the league changed the rules to limit the impact of defenders. Which led to a more offense-forward game.
As a Sixers fan, I had just turned 13 years old a few days prior to this game. That Pistons defense was stifling. But this was an absolute heartbreaker. When Eric Snow of all people hits a clutch 3-pointer for the lead, you have to win that game. This is where our 2nd-round losing streak began. 2003. Fast forward to 2022, it continues. 🤦🏾♂️
Big Ben had the complete defensive skillset: defensive rebounds, post defense, intimidation, shot blocking, interception, help defense and switchability.
I grew up watching NBA of this era. NBA players today are no doubt so much more skilled and versatile and I love watching them, but they seem to be getting all the more similar to each other. NBA might be even more exciting if there were (more) players that are fun to watch although not good at three pointers, euro steps or step back jumpers.
During this era players had varying skillsets, thats what made it fun to watch you got pure scorers, passers, shooters and elite defenders. It was like a chess board with different pieces and the coaches had to play them perfectly. Nowadays most players coming in are so versatile and well rounded they all sort of blend into one.
That’s when the boring ass pistons and spurs era began. Low scoring bullshit scores. 2003 finals was a snooze fest. As was 2004. 2005. 2007. All spurs and pistons crap
Entertaining basketball and the final score is 78-77 Hmm I wonder why players today are more efficient and have higher stats? Faster pace? Less defense? More focus on getting 3pt shooters on your team? Hmmm 🤔
Faster a team gets the ball up the court the more likely to score, also the leagues much softer now in calling flagrant fouls and “normal” fouls which lead to much more points. Also if an individual player can shoot above a certain percentage from 3 it’s a better value than shooting a 2. These factors all contribute to more points generated.
Larry brown thinking “oh yeah this my next team right here😂”
I am already going through it as a 76ers fan, now y’all got to bring this up 😢.
When they uploaded the Raptors GW again, like we're in healing right now 😭
We allergic to the 3rd round 💀
@@BrennanDipippo yeah everytime i watch thatim getting hurt
Y'all noticed that for the 2nd time in 4 seasons that we were eliminated from the playoffs on May 12th? And my birthday is on May 10th. 🤦🏾♂️
That pistons team was great.
Never in my life would I thought I'd hear "Eric snow hits the 3 for the lead"
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Sixers fans been through some shit
Snow has more balls to shoot a 3 compared to Ben Simmons who passed an open layup to advoid getting fouled.
Damn this when I was in high school. Super classic and great days in Detroit.
Wow, I remember this Piston team back in the days, because when I started watching the NBA they were the first team I really became a huge fan of and Hamilton was my fav player😄
It is weird looking at 77 to 78 now sometimes it is 140 points scored by a team
Yeah those Pistons teams had one of the best defenses ever.
@AreYouAMorP How common? Name a squad that prided itself on not allowing more than 70 pts/gm. That team was the basketball version of 2000 Ravens defense. 90-100 pts./gm sounds more normal. Even then, you wasn't getting many buckets on that team.
More skilled, 3 pointers, faster pace etc. 80s have very fast pace thats why they also scored 110+ points. Its not about the defense.
@@lukamagicgod It is 100% about the defense. 2001-2004 was a time frame when hand checking was still legal but the illegal defense rules were taken away. The rules at the time were the most favorable to defenders than the 80s/90s or the 2010s/2020s.
After hand checking was taken away then scoring and shooting efficiency started to go up. People thought the NBA was getting boring to watch because it was being dominated by balanced defensive teams (Spurs and Pistons) rather than exciting offensive superstars. So the league changed the rules to limit the impact of defenders. Which led to a more offense-forward game.
I like how Vangundy called Atkins Billups two different players clearly Billups was on the sidelined injured The good days lol
“Iverson who is 5 of 25” 😳 got damn AI😭
And they say he better than curry
@@AngeloSevillano-z1o curry has shot just as worse buddy
@@terrencetaylor8851 ignorant , u crackhead , curry the best shooter ever lmao 🤣
Detroit Pistons were goated, 2000's babies have no clue
Damn allen 5/25 is crazy
Ong, when I first heard that I was like wtf😭
He was their only scorer, one of the best defensive teams ever. They probably just hawked him all game, plus this was the med of his prime.
That was regular for him
@@boonebeasley9622 no it was not
@@terrencetaylor8851 look it up yes it was
Eric snow foot was on the line
As a Sixers fan, I had just turned 13 years old a few days prior to this game. That Pistons defense was stifling. But this was an absolute heartbreaker. When Eric Snow of all people hits a clutch 3-pointer for the lead, you have to win that game. This is where our 2nd-round losing streak began. 2003. Fast forward to 2022, it continues. 🤦🏾♂️
Bout to get bounced by Boston in 2023
@@bobbyjohnson9409 You're very weird, fam.
Of all the players on the floor, Eric Snow shoots the final 3 pointer of that game. PLUS look at the scoreboard, those points were hard earned.
Iverson got scared of Wallace down 74-72 when he had the lane and tried to pass instead of shooting the ball
Sixera Goaltending of a lifetime
Big Ben had the complete defensive skillset: defensive rebounds, post defense, intimidation, shot blocking, interception, help defense and switchability.
Favorite team all time
I grew up watching NBA of this era. NBA players today are no doubt so much more skilled and versatile and I love watching them, but they seem to be getting all the more similar to each other. NBA might be even more exciting if there were (more) players that are fun to watch although not good at three pointers, euro steps or step back jumpers.
Same
During this era players had varying skillsets, thats what made it fun to watch you got pure scorers, passers, shooters and elite defenders. It was like a chess board with different pieces and the coaches had to play them perfectly. Nowadays most players coming in are so versatile and well rounded they all sort of blend into one.
Iverson 5-25 speaks for how great this Detroit defense was..
5-25 is just a normal game for AI.
Naw he was a inefficient volume shooter Detroit was great tho
Bro chill. This is a playoff game, AI has many games like that. He is only 40-42fg% shooter for his career.
No lol iverson did this regularly
So crazy to have a game be in the 70s for both teams at the end of the 4Q
Tayshaun Prince is the real SLIM reaper
its rare to see a final game with score less than 80 points
That’s when the boring ass pistons and spurs era began. Low scoring bullshit scores. 2003 finals was a snooze fest. As was 2004. 2005. 2007. All spurs and pistons crap
Pistons will be back here soon, just wait and see what Cade does.
Ben Wallace. Top-2 defenders all-time.
Narrative of Self is the result of a feedback loop between “Separate Self” & Cosmos🎈
DAMN... that was crazy looks like Philly will never win! XD
Then year after that Larry Brown won a chip with the Pistons. Lol
Was this the last time the 76ers were in the second round with Iverson?
yeah! AI only made another playoff appearance with the sixers in 2005, which was a first round exit also against the pistons.
@@inexpugnabilis this was prob the end of his prime sixer days. To bad he couldn't ever get another solid scorer.
Man did I love Jon barry
Cade bringing this back
Indeed
6 straight Conference finals/ 2 NBA finals appearances! Detroit Pistons had more success than Philadelphia with Allen Iverson😄
Pistons were a team Philly was Iverson or bust.
@@jasonmellone8902 yeah Pistons we’re clearly supreme for a long period of time
Detroit tough😤
WE NEEED MOOORREEEEEE
19 Years Ago
They should've started the process from here 🤣🤣
damn 🤣
The score is 77-78? Wow what a great game
Yup, back when defense actually existed, on top of it, the filtering out of baby soft calls.
It's ok philly fans, let it out
They did get rid of Dikembe
76ers whole offense was give it to Iverson and pray.
AI 5/25 FG?! damn he played horrible
5 for 25
That was chucky Atkins
If they had billups they would have been won
damn yall gotta beat a dead horse huh :(
Now that is a bad roster! Larry brown ruined that roster and left after that year and won a chip with the pistons
What’s wrong with the points man
Nothing defense was played
What if AI hit that last shot
You deserve to lose coming up short while Chauncey Billups was in street clothes.
Silly Philly
Ahhh Derrick Coleman was a great player who would really do good in today’s league too but goddamn he sold his team there
The ball was already bouncing in, Coleman didnt change the outcome
@@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0 why did he goaltend if it was going in?
When I was young I thought Philadelphia and Detroit are the same team
Entertaining basketball and the final score is 78-77
Hmm I wonder why players today are more efficient and have higher stats? Faster pace? Less defense? More focus on getting 3pt shooters on your team? Hmmm 🤔
Faster a team gets the ball up the court the more likely to score, also the leagues much softer now in calling flagrant fouls and “normal” fouls which lead to much more points. Also if an individual player can shoot above a certain percentage from 3 it’s a better value than shooting a 2. These factors all contribute to more points generated.
@@Coolhand69 right but not necessarily better player than another
2nd
78-77 final. What a joke.
Box score reader, what a joke
A joke is today's nba 120 points easily is sad
why is the video quality so trash lmao. it looks like 70s footage
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