I originally wrote this article last May—one of the high points for Detroit sports in the past year—and decided to post it here. Here’s a look back:What an afternoon for Detroit sports! This time of year always seems to provide some great moments for the Motor City and yesterday was no different, with the Wings, Pistons, and Tigers all posting victories.
Yesterday afternoon's Wings-Sharks game was another thriller. The Sharks scored early in the 1st, but the Wings—as they have done before—found a way to battle back.
The main reason for the win was the spectacular play of the Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom line, which combined for a total of eights points. It's amazing how much Homer was missed. You really don't know what you have until it's gone.
Losing Mathieu Schneider for the duration of the playoffs really does sting, but this team has dealt well with adversity all season long. It sounds like Brett Lebda will be back in the lineup after suffering an ankle injury in Game 5 of the Calgary series. He doesn't possess Schneider's shot but it will be a big boost to have him back.
Hopefully the Wings can finish off the Sharks tomorrow night and get ready for Pronger, the Niedermayers, and the rest of the Anaheim Ducks.
I didn't get to watch the Pistons game as it was not broadcast here, but the 95-69 final score was a much wider margin than I had anticipated, given all the great defenders in the series.
It was great to see Jason Maxiell contribute with 12 points off the bench. I've heard it said before, but this team certainly seems much more prepared for the playoff run than last year's team. It's encouraging to see and hopefully they can keep the momentum going against Ben and the rest of the Bulls.
To top off the day, the Tigers defeated the Royals 7-5. Joel Zumaya was injured though, which put a bit of a damper on things (hopefully he hasn't been playing Guitar Hero again!). I didn't see this game either, but I did get to see them beat up on the Royals again this afternoon. You know it's a good day when Neifi Perez hits a three-run homer!
I even heard some good things from the Lions mini-camp. Johnny Baldwin sounds like he is going to be the steal of the draft at MLB. I guess I shouldn't get ahead of myself; we need to wait until we actually see what they can do. But we can still be optimistic!
Hopefully there will be many more days like this in the near future for our Detroit sports teams. I'm looking forward to celebrating multiple championships this year!
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