This game was lost because all the offense was going through Rip. He took quite a few bad shots he made poor decisions with the ball. He took too many shots in the context of the game. He was on the court with the 2nd unit in the 2nd quarter and for some reason looked like he was going to do all the scoring out there. Portland went on a run and Flip ended up putting the starters in. Tay with 42 min, Sheed with 41 min, and Rip with 40 min. Bench didn't stand a chance in this game. Sheed was slacking off on defense too. Pistons couldn't cut off the penetration. That led to 55% shooting by Portland. Mohammed was dreadful. Flip was his usual self.

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