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00:00The Detroit Crestons controlling the tip as Thomas works against Paxson.
00:09Aguirre at the baseline cut off by Grant.
00:15Edwards.
00:16Yes.
00:18And Dale, the move that he made just paid off because they had the double Aguirre
00:23and freed up Edwards for the easy shot.
00:26And Chuck Daly telling us he wants to get Edwards off early.
00:30They have not been able to get him off at all.
00:37Paxson lost it.
00:40And Pippen able to recapture.
00:44Opening minute, 2-0 for the Detroit Crestons.
00:47And apparently, the officials, Joe Crawford and Mike Mathis,
00:56in a discussion regarding the shot clock
01:00just as the Bulls were moving back down court
01:03and they are looking to reset it.
01:06Well, it's interesting that they went to Aguirre first,
01:09but it really paid off for James Edwards
01:11because when Cartwright went down to double Aguirre,
01:15Edwards stepped right at the free throw line and buried it.
01:17And Edwards played only nine minutes in game three,
01:20taking just two shots.
01:21Pippen from long range.
01:25Well, we said they may lay off on that outside shot.
01:28I'm not so certain.
01:29He's been hitting it throughout the season.
01:31Aguirre off the stand.
01:34And the Pistons lead 4-2.
01:40Now Pippen taking it right out of Aguirre.
01:42You were kidding, John Paxson, earlier
01:46about the lack of scoring during this series.
01:50And John said, what are you talking about?
01:51Not getting the shots.
01:56Aguirre hitting on a second.
01:58Pistons lead 6-4.
01:59Chuck Daly is a genius right now
02:01because he started him
02:03and that guy's accounted for all three buckets.
02:05He's made two, made the assist on the other.
02:07Mark Aguirre's done a nice job
02:09coming off the bench
02:10in the three previous contests.
02:13Here is Jordan with his first attack.
02:19Isaiah with the pull-up.
02:25And again, Paxson, this guy gave it up.
02:31Pippen's pass picked off by Dumas.
02:35In this entire series,
02:39the Pistons have led
02:41for a total of 3 minutes,
02:4331 seconds.
02:44They were ahead for all of
02:4516 seconds in the game
02:47on Saturday afternoon.
02:49Out of a possible 144 minutes,
02:51here's Pippen tying the game at 6.
02:54A transition basket,
02:56and I'm sure Chuck Daly
02:57does not want the Bulls
02:58to get into a transition game on them
03:00because they can run and score.
03:01Thomas with the penetration.
03:11Isaiah Thomas provided
03:12the spark on Saturday
03:14to help the Pistons get back
03:16into it after the slow start.
03:19He had 13 of his points
03:20in the third quarter
03:22for the most part
03:22from the foul line,
03:24but he played well,
03:25although we know he is hurting.
03:27A nice move by Pippen,
03:28and he's tied the game at 8.
03:31Again, Chuck Daly worried
03:33about it yesterday,
03:34the fact that Aguirre
03:35would have to guard Pippen,
03:37and that really bothered him.
03:39Pippen has opened up
03:413-3 from the field.
03:43Aguirre got the step
03:44but lost it,
03:45and here comes Jordan.
03:50Michael Jordan
03:51going glass,
03:52and the Bulls take
03:53a 10-8 lead.
03:57On Saturday afternoon,
03:59Chicago opened up
04:00with a 24-8 first.
04:06Dumars!
04:06Oh, yes!
04:10Joe Dumars
04:11has been very quiet
04:12over the first three games.
04:14The Pistons have really opened up
04:15aggressively on offense,
04:17which they haven't done
04:18in the past,
04:18and I think that's the way
04:20Chuck wants them to play.
04:22Here's Cartwright,
04:23and Bill Cartwright
04:25gives the Bulls
04:26a 12-10 lead.
04:31While the Detroit centers,
04:34LaBeer and Edwards,
04:35have been silent,
04:37the combination of Cartwright
04:38and Purdue
04:38have done so well,
04:40but James Edwards
04:41has opened up
04:42by hitting his first two
04:44this afternoon
04:45and the game is tied
04:46at 12.
04:47A fan of defense
04:50from the crowd,
04:52and the whistle
04:53underneath.
04:55Joe Crawford
04:55with the call
04:56away from the ball.
04:57It's a hold
04:58on LaBeer.
05:00We were...
05:01You could see
05:04the play away.
05:05LaBeer's going to put
05:06their bodies on him hard,
05:07and I think the officials
05:08are saying the same thing
05:09they did in Game 3.
05:10We're not going to have it.
05:12And both clubs
05:13have come out
05:14shooting well.
05:15Chicago 6-7,
05:16Detroit 6 of 8.
05:24Thomas for LaBeer.
05:27Beautiful pass
05:28to the cutter.
05:30Here LaBeer,
05:31and the Pistons lead it
05:3214-12.
05:34Pippen,
05:35and he was hacked
05:36by Aguirre.
05:37So Scotty Pippen
05:39will go to the free throw line.
05:43The Pistons are really
05:45pushing the ball
05:45down the court,
05:46and you see something
05:47we very seldom see.
05:48Bill LaBeer coming down
05:49on a hesitation fast break
05:51and lays it in beautifully.
05:53The Bulls were just
05:54asleep on the play.
05:55But again,
05:56at the other end,
05:57we've got a real problem.
05:58Aguirre is having trouble
05:59with Pippen here
06:00early in the first quarter
06:01and staying with him.
06:03And that is the downside
06:05in that matchup.
06:07You know,
06:07Mark Aguirre is in there
06:09to prevent,
06:10as you mentioned earlier,
06:11Chicago getting off
06:12to that early lead.
06:13Detroit needing
06:14the scoring punch,
06:16but at the other end,
06:17he's going to have problems.
06:18In order to get something,
06:20you have to give something,
06:21and that's what's
06:21happening here early.
06:23But I know
06:24that Dennis Rodman
06:26can come in
06:26and do the job.
06:27Right now,
06:28Chuck's more interested
06:28in having a good
06:29first quarter offensively.
06:31Amos tied at 14.
06:32Dumars.
06:39Five minutes gone by.
06:41And Pippen again
06:42for the jump.
06:48Well,
06:48they try to
06:49double up on Thomas
06:50and the blocking foul
06:52called on Pippen.
06:55That is his first.
06:56Timeout has been taken
06:57with 6.54 remaining
07:01in this first quarter
07:03and the crowd responding
07:04to the early play
07:06of the Pistons.
07:07Bulls knock off
07:08the Pistons today.
07:10Michael Jordan claims
07:11that the whole league
07:12will rejoice
07:13over the demise
07:14of the so-called
07:15bad boys.
07:16Strong words for Michael
07:17saying people
07:18want to push
07:18this kind of basketball
07:19out talking to the
07:20Ruff House style.
07:21I don't feel
07:22we're overconfident
07:23but says we want
07:25to kill this
07:26this ball club.
07:28He not only wants
07:29to win the game,
07:30he wants to put
07:31the Piston style
07:32of basketball
07:32in the background
07:33and let's go with
07:34a more open fluid game
07:35and not so much
07:36physical attacking
07:37as the Pistons
07:38have done the past
07:39two years.
07:39What's your feeling
07:40about their style
07:41of play?
07:42Well, it's fine for them.
07:43I don't think it's fine
07:44for the league.
07:45I never have.
07:45I thought it needs
07:46to be open.
07:46Let's give the Pistons
07:48credit.
07:48They deserve
07:49the championships.
07:50Right here's Edwards.
07:53Lame Beer!
07:56And in the early
07:57going, we are
07:58seeing a difference
08:00with the play
08:01of Lame Beer
08:02and Edwards
08:02very much into it.
08:05And the Pistons
08:05have taken
08:06in a 16-14 lead.
08:12Jordan.
08:14Illegal defense call.
08:19I'll check that.
08:20A foul on Dumars.
08:21Joe Dumars call
08:23for the push.
08:24You're going to see here
08:31trying to get
08:32to Michael Jordan.
08:32They hacked him
08:33on the arm.
08:33He was ready
08:34to pass it off.
08:34He wasn't going
08:35to shoot it.
08:35Long range
08:40pop by Jordan
08:42who is a two
08:43out of three.
08:44He has four
08:45and the game
08:46is tied
08:46at 16.
08:48Over the years,
08:49Cotton,
08:49has Detroit's
08:51style of play
08:52bothered you?
08:53Bothered everybody
08:54because they've been
08:54winning.
08:55Nobody wants
08:55to be beaten up
08:56physically
08:57and they don't
08:58want to lose
08:58the ball game.
08:59Not only are they
09:00a physical team,
09:00they're a good team.
09:01They do a fine job
09:02of winning.
09:08And as Aguirre
09:09looked to make
09:10the move to his left,
09:12a push call
09:13on Grant.
09:16Now they change
09:16the call.
09:17It's Cartwright.
09:19Now Cartwright
09:20is hit with his first.
09:23They're really
09:24battling hard
09:24the two big guys
09:25in there.
09:26And that's,
09:26of course,
09:27what Edwards
09:28is going to have
09:28to do to get open.
09:31Now on Paxson
09:32who did not
09:33like the call.
09:37Well,
09:37nobody likes
09:38to run into
09:38Lambeer,
09:39period.
09:40First of all,
09:40not many people
09:41like the guy.
09:42He's an outstanding
09:43player,
09:43but you don't
09:44want to run into him.
09:44He's a big guy.
09:51And Dumars
09:53able to find
09:55Lambeer
09:55through the layup.
09:56Jordan went down
09:57trying to draw the
09:58foul.
09:58The officials
09:59did not go for it.
10:01And here's Michael
10:01jumping it off,
10:02but it was broken up.
10:03Good play
10:04by the pistol.
10:05I get the feeling
10:08I get the feeling
10:08that Lambeer
10:09over the years
10:10has motivated
10:11himself
10:12by his anger.
10:14I don't think
10:14he'd be the same
10:15player if he did not
10:16present
10:17that attitude.
10:19Well,
10:19without a doubt,
10:20Lambeer,
10:22every coach in the league
10:23would love Lambeer.
10:25He is a coach's dream.
10:26He'll do whatever
10:26it takes to win.
10:28And we're seeing
10:29the officials now
10:29really take charge
10:30of this bumping.
10:31Second foul called.
10:34This is the toughest
10:35one of the day.
10:38And Cartwright
10:39finds himself
10:40in serious foul trouble
10:41now and has to stay
10:42on early.
10:43And he lets Mike
10:43Mathis know it.
10:44He doesn't like it.
10:45But again,
10:46that's Lambeer's psyche.
10:48Lambeer will psych
10:49everybody out
10:50until they do foul him.
10:51and Cartwright
10:53sitting down.
10:54Will Perdue
10:54has come on
10:55for the first time.
10:57He's matched
10:57with James Edwards.
10:58Lambeer,
10:59oh, he's got the touch
11:02here in the first quarter.
11:03He has six points.
11:06He had not been hitting
11:07the outside shot
11:09and that had really hurt
11:10the Pistons
11:11in this series.
11:12Detroit leads by two,
11:13just under five minutes
11:15remaining,
11:15first quarter.
11:16Grant
11:22and Edwards
11:25on the box out.
11:29Thomas
11:30put the move on Jordan
11:31and he threw
11:32the foul.
11:36I don't believe
11:37I've ever seen
11:38the Pistons
11:38more aggressive
11:39on offense
11:40than they are today.
11:42I mean,
11:43they're really taking
11:44the ball to the basket.
11:45The only guy
11:46I've seen tentative
11:47on the floor
11:47taking a shot
11:48has been Joe Dumars.
11:49I thought he had a shot
11:50earlier and turned it down.
11:51The rest of them
11:52are taking their shots.
11:54I think Joe
11:55is thinking about
11:56his rhythm
11:56because he has not had
11:58a good serve
12:00as he has struggled
12:01with the outside shot.
12:03Timeout called
12:04by the ball.
12:064.37
12:07remaining.
12:09And this first quarter
12:10hits the Pistons
12:11by three.
12:12Hello, everybody.
12:15Welcome back
12:16to the Palace
12:17here at Auburn Hills.
12:17I'm Ahmad Rashad.
12:19During that last time out,
12:20unlike game three,
12:21where there was
12:22a lot of wild emotion,
12:23the Pistons
12:24were very calm
12:25and collected.
12:25And Isaiah Thomas
12:26told me,
12:26if we can get this team
12:27into a half-court
12:28basketball game,
12:29we have a chance
12:30to win,
12:30which they've got them
12:31in that half-court
12:32basketball game.
12:32Mark?
12:34Ahmad and Isaiah Thomas
12:35on the line,
12:36ready to shoot
12:36his second free throw.
12:38The Pistons
12:39lead it 19-16
12:41with 4.37 remaining
12:43in this first quarter.
12:44So a four-point
12:45Detroit lead
12:47and pressure
12:47by the Pistons.
12:48Isaiah Neely
12:49picked it off.
12:52The Pistons
12:52are alert today.
12:56Pippen off the pick
12:58from Purdue.
12:58And Purdue
13:01was hit on the arm
13:02by Aguirre.
13:04That is the second
13:05personal for
13:06Mark Aguirre.
13:07Prior to the game
13:09here on Saturday,
13:10the Pistons
13:10had won 13-15
13:12against Chicago
13:13here at the Palace.
13:15Bulls winning
13:16the first two
13:16in Chicago
13:17and then the
13:181-13-107 win
13:19on Saturday.
13:21Jordan
13:21and Lambeer
13:23with a quick outlet.
13:25Got to catch
13:26the Bulls
13:27but they got back
13:27two bars
13:28trying to shoot
13:29his way back
13:30into it.
13:35He's too good
13:35a player
13:36not to take
13:37those shots.
13:37He has to keep
13:38taking the shot.
13:44Shot clock
13:45at eight.
13:49Pippen.
13:50Oh,
13:50beautiful move
13:51by Scottie Pippen
13:53off to the fast start.
13:54He has 10 points
13:55and the Pistons
13:56now lead at
13:5620-18.
14:02Pass over thrown
14:04and set it for Edwards.
14:05It will be
14:06Chicago ball.
14:09Never in NBA
14:10playoff history
14:11has a team
14:12come back
14:13from a 3-0
14:14deficit.
14:15is what the Pistons
14:16are facing
14:17here
14:18this afternoon.
14:24Grant getting inside.
14:27Grant on the rebound
14:28and he's tied the game
14:30at 20.
14:31The quickness
14:32of Grant,
14:33the quickness of Pippen
14:34is still showing up
14:36in this series
14:36where they just
14:37get their hand
14:38on the ball,
14:38they play a little
14:39volleyball
14:39and then they get
14:41the rebound
14:41and lay it in.
14:42Iris Grant
14:43comes off
14:43a solid performance
14:4517 points
14:468 rebounds
14:46on Saturday.
14:47Thomas
14:48hitting Detroit
14:49a 2-point lead
14:51with just under
14:523 minutes to go
14:53in this first quarter.
14:57Accident Jordan
14:57in the backcourt.
14:59Pippen, Grant
14:59and Purdue up front.
15:01Nice play at all
15:02and Lambeer
15:03taking a shot.
15:04.