[diamond6]

Okay, you got me. The Pistons are very worthy champions. They worked their tails off and executed Larry Brown's game plan to perfection. I really admire Brown as a coach. I wish he was coaching my alma mater, because he acts like an old school '50s style coach, like in Hoosiers. And he's humble. He reminds me of my alma mater's last great coach.

All that being said, I was disgusted with the Lakers' performance. They came in overconfident and didn't work hard for at least two of the first three games. By then, the Lakers had been psyched out by the Pistons, and the entire mindset of the series had changed. The injury to Malone hurt also, but the worst thing was the way the team tore themselves apart by dissension.

[L.N. Smithee]

Thank you for your response.

I don't begrudge the teams themselves. If you're the best, you're the best. What I hate is the arrogance. Thanks for having the class to turn it down a notch after a defeat, something that Yankees fans had trouble doing after losing to the D'backs.