The bench won this game for the Pistons as the starters came out lackdaiscal in the first qtr. However Sheed led the 16-4 comeback run to close out the the second qtr. It was good to see that Flip left Amir out there during this close out run to get some burn with the starters. Overall AJ was a +8 and got his usual block and also got six boards and six points.

The bench scored 31 points and we can only hope that Hayes with the 13pts has come out of his slump and Stuckey has gained his composure as he looked decent out there too.

The starters almost blew this one down the stretch as CB had 2 turns and Sheed who was so brilliant playing down low decided to go outside down the stretch and missed 2 of 3 three ball attempts. He led the Pistons with 24 points and was the playa of the night...

Both Billips and Hamilton seem to take the night off and you barely heard Rip's name called all night despite his 15 points.

Believe it or not the Pistons outscored the pacers in the paint 48-36. However the 104 pts given up were largely due to the 12 three pointers that the Pacers hit. We also missed 9 Fts' as our 2 best ft shooters RIp and CB only went to the line 5 times and hit all 5.


Good game, good win for the Pistons...Now 20-0 when scoring over 100 pts..and 20-1 when scoring 100 points or more.. (one loss when the scored only 100 pts to the Magic last Monday. )