Ben Wallace Injured And Possibly Out

by **Matt** on Mon Apr 07, 2003 8:54 pm

yep, what a blow this is to the team

looks like and early playoff exit

Pistons lost to the Spurs by 6.........not bad since they played w/o Billups, Atkins and had Wallace for only 18mins (in which he had 10 reb, 2blk)

YouTube · by **Andrew** on Mon Apr 07, 2003 9:25 pm

The news might not be as bad as it appears. The Pistons will likely face either Orlando or Milwaukee (or possibly Washington) in the first round - they could probably still have a good shot at winning without Wallace. He might then be available for the second round and beyond, since there's six games left in the regular season he could sit out and a maximum of seven in the first round (in fact, the new playoff format might prove to be beneficial here).

If the injury is going to force him out any longer than that, it's probably going to be hard for Detroit to advance past the second round, but giving up won't do them any good. Hopefully further reports will indicate the injury is not as serious as expected.

by **jerrygildner** on Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:11 pm

The worst news iv heard in a while.

This sucks!!! without Ben for the first round we wont see the second round :cry:

Maybe if i scream at the tv a little louder this time round they might get bye

by **Boyk** on Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:27 am

DAMN IT!!!!!

This sucks!!
well i hope the pistons can still play well, who do they have backing them up, Okur?? Rebraca?? thats a big loss

by **TheBob** on Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:59 am

If he doesn't play in the first round I can see a team like Orlando or the Bucks destroying them.

by **Rens** on Tue Apr 08, 2003 6:52 am

TheBob wrote:If he doesn't play in the first round I can see a team like Orlando or the Bucks destroying them.

Those are exactly the kind of teams that would not destroy them due to their lack of an inside presence that would need to be defended by Wallace. Teams like Indiana, New Orleans and to lesser extent Philadelphia and New Jersey are who they'd want to play as late as possible, Robinson can't do it all alone.

by **TheBob** on Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:38 am

Dan, Wallace doesn't only play post defence but is also a great help defender and shot blocker. Tmac will eat them up with no Wallace. Furthermore, Detroit is 24th in rebounding with the league leader in the lineup just think how they'll do rebounding without him.

by **scubilete** on Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:32 am

Orlando can beat anyone and the Bucks are not that bad, unless they let the Wiz play instead I think the Pistons are in a bad position. I agree the Pistons still have a good team but Wallace was the only scaring guy in the post like TheBob said.

However, like Andrew said, there's still few more games to go and a 1st round would last another 2 weeks hopefully so if the series extend to the maximum, the Pistons might still have a chance to get Wallace on time. I'm not saying they are disq. but obviously those 2 teams can give them a very hard time.

by **Stevan** on Tue Apr 08, 2003 5:02 pm

ain't timing a bitch...

YouTube · by **mp3** on Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:58 pm

Stevan wrote:ain't timing a bitch...

thats the nba for ya :lol:

when the knicks went to the finals against the "twin towers" ewing died on then after being a power house in the playoffs, when the knicks had no right been there in the first place.

as for big ben, i hope he gets back in time for the playoffs. if not then i think there will be a first round upset

by **Boyk** on Wed Apr 09, 2003 1:50 am

Big Ben clock tower is out for 2 weeks

not as bad as i thought
will prolly miss game 1 and 2 of the 1st rnd

by **scubilete** on Wed Apr 09, 2003 9:51 am

Stevan wrote:ain't timing a bitch...

YouTube · by **Andrew** on Wed Apr 09, 2003 1:00 pm

Big Ben clock tower is out for 2 weeks
not as bad as i thought
will prolly miss game 1 and 2 of the 1st rnd

Then I'd say my analysis was correct. Who knows, I might be able to make a prediction for ROY now...nah, I'll still say Amare/Ming as co-ROY. :wink:

by **Brave Sir Rubin** on Wed Apr 09, 2003 1:31 pm

well...the effects of the Benjiless decease are starting to show...dominated by the sixers tonight....(yay

)

by **Brave Sir Rubin** on Wed Apr 09, 2003 1:38 pm

as for big ben, i hope he gets back in time for the playoffs. if not then i think there will be a first round upset

same here...the east is very competitive...the 8th seed can beat the 1st seat without much worries, and vice versa......the east is practicly built on injuries....the team with injuries doesn't progress...[/quote]

by **Matt** on Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:29 pm

well D got Rebraca back and he's been aight in his first 2 games........since Wallace went down Okur is getting more PT (45mins a team high vs Bulls) and is real important to the teams success. He's the teams second best rebounder, he can score (from everywhere) and he plays D which is what the team is based on

oh well, these kinda things happen....just gotta deal with them because every team goes through key injuries

by **Boyk** on Thu Apr 17, 2003 12:12 am

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Big Ben will be back to start the playoffs!!

Lakers vs Pistons in the NBA Finals

by the way, whos seen the power rankings at Espn.com.....man talk about biased towards the East teams.
Top 5 are all West teams.
Pistons should be there, they've shown they can win without there best defensive(maybe even best) player.

by **Dert** on Thu Apr 17, 2003 1:26 am

Yeah... going to over time with the BULLS and beating the CAVS by ONE point really shows how strong they are with out Ben...

by **Boyk** on Thu Apr 17, 2003 1:40 am

geeeee, i guess the sixers suck after they got there asses handed to them by the bulls today.

A wins a win, who cares how much it was by??
if its game 7 of the nba finals and you win by a point, does it really matter in the end?
the point is you won!

by **Colin** on Thu Apr 17, 2003 9:56 am

Dert wrote:Yeah... going to over time with the BULLS and beating the CAVS by ONE point really shows how strong they are with out Ben...

and needing OT to beat the Grizzlies

YouTube · by **mp3** on Thu Apr 17, 2003 10:03 am

the pistons are nothing without ben wallace, well not nothing , but close to nothing

by **air gordon** on Thu Apr 17, 2003 12:46 pm

i believe wallace will healthy for the playoffs. they are my favorite in the east. billups is the 'marbury' of the eastern conference...

geeeee, i guess the sixers suck after they got there asses handed to them by the bulls today.

give the bulls some credit, big country bryant fan. bulls have a better record at home then the celts and sixers.

by **Boyk** on Fri Apr 18, 2003 4:36 am

i do give bulls credit, but whats ugly is that they are like 3-38 on the road.
they will be in the playoffs next year people. Eddy Curry gettin shit goin, Chandler, Williams hopefully gets goin.
there lineup will be very interesting next year.
crawford played superbly well late in the season.

by **air gordon** on Fri Apr 18, 2003 5:42 am

in my book...

geeeee, i guess the sixers suck after they got there asses handed to them by the bulls today.

doesn't sound you are giving the bulls credit in that statement

hmm to say the bulls will be in the playoffs next year but also to say teams sucks if they lose to the bulls... oh nevermind

by **Colin** on Fri Apr 18, 2003 9:07 am

limpdilznik wrote:in my book...

geeeee, i guess the sixers suck after they got there asses handed to them by the bulls today.

doesn't sound you are giving the bulls credit in that statement

hmm to say the bulls will be in the playoffs next year but also to say teams sucks if they lose to the bulls... oh nevermind

Any team that's basically in contention for the number 1 spot in the east and gets "their asses handed to them" by a sub-500 means the team played an absolutley terrible game, or they've been only playing the cavs and nuggets this season. However that's only in my book

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