I gotta give Flip some real credit here. AA got zero run tonight, zero. But I ain't mad about it (AJ and Delfino fans should take note). Flip did something really cool, he went big on the perimeter playing Tay and Hayes at the same time. No way the Hornets guards would be able to guard both of them in the post and it worked. The lineup of Lindsey, Hayes, Tay, Max, and Dyess/Sheed was pretty effective, I cant wait until Stuckey replaces Lindsey in that equation, we will really be something to reckon with at that point.

Going with Hayes instead of AA was pretty smart as this team needed the scoring of Hayes more than they needed the things that AA offers us. This indeed was one impressive win. On the road vs a really good team, offense not really clicking, mostly the whole teams shot was off and not to mention that whole 4 games, 5 nights in 4 cities on the 2nd night of a back to back......IMPRESSIVE!!!!!

Also one other thing. This team started out playing bad early - nothing us Pistons fans haven't seen before, a slow start. Tonight however we did not have to wait until the 4th qtr for this team to pull out the win. This team got the game under control in the 2nd qtr and never relinquished it, that might be the first time I've seen them do this under Flip.

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