We came out doing pretty good. Unfortunately, Flip decided to continue his experiment of making a player out of Mo Evans. Did not work. Our scoring pretty much stopped. But depite us barely scoring while he was on the floor, we just missed getting 50 for the quarter. In case anyone thinks Arroyo was the problem, think again. Arroyo was playing with a minefield on the floor. Named Evans. The ball goes to Evans, the offense dies. Kind of hard to play under those conditions.

Delfino came in from the left on a fast break and slaughtered one down thru Okafor. Pretty impressive. In contrast, Evans got fouled driving in, but missed the layup by a mile. That was not from the foul mind you. And the announcers had the gaul to say that was Evans strong point, driving in. Show me he can make a simple layup before you tell me he can drive in.

Tay had yet another sky slam from a pass from Rip. CB continues to hit triples and everything else he throws up there. Sheed hit a triple. Can't recall Rip doing a whole lot of scoring yet in this one. An excellent defensive half, a few points off our record and a new record low for Charlotte. (In less than 2 years.)

Once again, Carlos Delfino finds himself in the rotation. But once again, no Darko. Dale Davis did get 2 minutes at the end of the half. Sheed has not rested much after having high minutes for us last night. Hopefully, we can finish this one off fast. Still got 2 games to go in this 4 game in five night stretch. Next team is Memphis too at Memphis. GO PISTONS!!!!!

Rip, who had not done much in the 1st half, heated up in the 3rd quarter. Our lead never shrunk much nor grew either during the quarter. Dyess played a bunch of it as Sheed rested for foul trouble. Dale Davis came in too for more foul trouble. Evans again came off the bench before Delfino, but again, Delfino played plenty. This time, he did hit a triple, and he also actually dribbled the ball a dribble or two and pulled up and hit one. Thats is a little better. Still, pretty much just missed shots from him in this game and little more.

We ended up with a good deal of garbage time due to 2 straight assists from Delfino to Ben for dunks on fast breaks. That put the lead up to 25 with about half the 4th quarter to go. Darko and Maxiell got in the game. Nothing from JMAX. Darko got a fast break dunk and also got an assist on a fast break. And a block on May. Arroyo did a fancy between the legs pass to Evans to set Evans up for spin dunk on a fast break. Anyone notice how often Evans benefits from great passes from Delfino and Arroyo the last few games? They must like him helping them with their assist numbers. If only Evans could handle the ball as well as shoot.

Well, that game should not have tired our starters out too much. Memphis is next Monday night at Memphis. That should be considedered a quality opponent. GO PISTONS!!!!!