blame the loss on my friend's mom - she's gone to 2 games this year and both were losses. the crowd was there tonight - actually showed up, it was mostly a sellout, and maintained excitement throughout the game.

unfortunately, the pistons had other plans. we lost this game because we didn't play defense, and the explanation is no simpler than that. complacency and laziness have set in - the pistons could have won this game if they played hard the entire 48 and they know it. but the problem is, they DO know that, and slacked off thinking they could turn it on. they're no longer wanting to kill teams like they did during the big win streak. if this continues, dumars has to step in.

sure stuckey's defense was bad, but it wasn't a matter of individual skill, it was a matter of not knowing how to defend the pick-and-roll with dyess. they were not on the same page, but it's correctable. but still, stuckey needs to be more selfish - he's there to be a game-changer, not a playbook-follower. hopefully saunders isn't trying to get him to play like the rest of the starters, because that's not going to fly.