The Anti-Raptors!

That's right, your Detroit Pistons are now 7-0 after a come from behind win against the Boston Celtics, who I still hate by the way (just for the record).

I told my friend in class as we watched the Pistons go down at halftime just before we left to go home that we would rally and win it in the second half.

The Pistons flat sleepwalked right through the first half. How else do you explain Boston shooting 66%?

Strictly effort.

The Pistons may not go to work every night like they used to, at least not for the whole game. But against most teams, they won't have to.

The John L. Smith "WHERE'S YOUR COACH!!!?" Award of the...Night, I guess, goes to Doc Rivers (or should I just call him Dopey?).

The Celtics' resident mastermind put DAN DICKAU of all people on Chauncey Billups in the second half. Not surprisingly, Chauncey abused him and ended up with 24 and 10 assists. I know the Celtics don't have many options at the point, but putting Dan Dickau on Billups is pure idiocy.

Of course, it's Danny Ainge's fault for signing the likes of Dickau and Brian Scalabrine in the offseason for no apparent reason. But the Rivers-Ainge combo is right up there with the all-time worsts, such as....

hmm..

oh yeah, Millen and Mariucci. Should I go on and list more? Nah, I think you get the point loud and clear.

Back to the reason why I hate the Celtics. Ricky "Just rolled out of bed, smoked two blunts and now I'm gonna shoot at my own basket to get a triple-double" Davis is one of them, but Paul Pierce is the primary one.

The guy is the embodient of everything wrong with the NBA. Talks a bunch of noise, this time about Tayshaun Prince of all people, goes out and eventually helps his team to a nice lead, acts like the game's over, and then proceeds to end up losing and completely changes his attitude to one of quiet resignation by the end

He shows up for about half of the Celtics' 82 games, the other half of the time he spends jacking up shots and honing his anti-ref glare.

How about the play in the fourth with the game still in the balance, where Pierce slashed in and got swatted by Ben Wallace? The insant Ben's paw hit ball, he was glaring at the refs.

The Pistons broke out and got a dunk before he could even stop his bitching.

Priceless. It's a great time to be a Pistons fan.

Perhaps if Detroit can put together a 60-win regular season and keep this winning streak going for a little while, they will finally get the respect they deserve as a special team by the media.

Come to think of it, one of the reasons they've never been perceived as such is because the most wins they've had in the Joe D era is 54.

They could win 60, the question is, do they want to? They might have to with Indy breathing down their neck.

Or not, considering the way they turn it up in the playoffs.