Game 3 - Tuesday, June 14 at 8:30 p.m. (ET)

For Game 3 on Tuesday, June 14, Wonder will perform both the U.S. national anthem and his new single "So What The Fuss" from his highly anticipated album A TIME TO LOVE.

Awesome. Wish I could be there. Lets hope there are no riots.

Hooooraaaaay! Im hoping I can get tix.

Why would there be riots?

That's cool! A Stevie Wonder performance at the NBA Finals, combining two of my favorite things. I envy Detroit residents. You have a phenomenal team that understands the importance of TEAM and not individual players. Shaq understands that, but unfortunately Dwayne Wade will have to mature to that point. Detroit and San Antonio will be one hell of a series because they are the two best TEAMS in the league.
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Yeah. Detroiters are extremely proud of the Detroit Pistons! Its like PistonsMania right now!
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Stevie


GO PISTONS!

Sorry San Antonio, you're next!

dreamfactory313 said:

Anyone going to this?

GangstaFam said:

I wasnt able to get any tix.

dreamfactory313 said:

I'm not sure how proud everyone is after that first game...embrassing. At the very least Stevie will rock the Palace for Game 3! I'm proud of him!

Last night's game was a disaster. The Pistons got out to a 13-4 lead in the first quarter and by the 2nd half, our offense totally shut off! They looked tired and sluggish. There was no energy, no offense from the front court! Where was Sheed? Where was McDyess? Needless to say, Im disappointed. The Pistons will get some rest, make adjustments and they'll be back for Sunday night's game 2. Im very confident.

By the way, I thought Will Smith's opening act performance was awful. He is so corny.

i hope, well i know he will do better than umm was it anita baker last year. she was looking and sounding a hot mess, imo. at least she didn't get booed like destiny's child did in 2001 at the philly/lakers game. that had to be embarassing.

anyone remember this http://users.rcn.com/pkat...llewis.mp3 i'm not sure if it was at a finals game or all-star game or what but he sounded horrible. i listen to it whenever i need a good laugh.

dreamfactory313 said:

i missed the performance but i agree. will is definitely corny.

Tonight's the night!!

Stevie will be performing with the Detroit Symphany Orchestra tonight.
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Though, i am a MAVS fan i have to stick with guys down the interstate GO SPURS!!! 3 Cheers for STEVIE

Pistons gave the Spurs the ass wipping they deserved! Too bad I missed Stevie's performance (I was working). What did he do? "What the Fuss"?

Did he stay and watch the game?

Stevie's performance was good but the lack of energy from the crowd made me really mad. It disturbs me that the people from my hometown don't recognize a musical genius when it's in front of them.

Thye didn't wake up until that first Ben Wallace dunk and while they should've been awake for that, it seemed disrespectful to a legend of Detroit.

Slave2daGroove said:

What exactly is your gripe with the fans?

Stevie was great!

dreamfactory313 said:

I bolded it so you would be able to read it. Next time I'll type slower.

After talking to others about this, I guess it's just me who understands who Stevie Wonder is and what his contribution to society and music is.

I SAW THIS LAST NIGHT.


I was waiting for Stevie to sing after (what I thought was) his "harmonica intro"..
but he just kept playing it.. & playing it..!

by the time he got to the "whose broad stripes" part,
it occurred to me that he probably was NOT going to be singing any part of the anthem..


to me it seemed.. STRANGE to play a harmonica rendition of the National Anthem-
even for someone as BRILLIANT on the harmonica as Stevie is.

in a few parts, it seemed like Stevie & the orchestra were not playing on the same rhythm- or maybe I'm imagining that.


still..
I ended up.. liking it!
it was VERY unique. DEFINITELY the most UNIQUE version of the Star Spangled Banner that I've ever heard.


by chance, has anyone located a version - audio &/or video - of last night's Anthem???
if so, PLEASE let me know.

mrwigglesdaw1rm said:

Slave2daGroove said:

You know, I didnt notice that the crowd wasnt crunked. It seems like they gave him a standing O and applauded wildly when he was done. Sometimes the technicians mute crowd noise a bit and bring up the mics that the talking heads are using so that may have been some of the problem that you were experiencing. For example, when I listen to the games on the radio, the crowd sounds incredibly loud compared to the tv, so loud that the announcers have to yell into the mic just to be heard. The Palace is known for being the loudest arena in the NBA.
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dreamfactory313 said:

Nice. put a damn logo right in front of stevie...