We have finally beaten Chicago, but not Ben Wallace. This Chicago team was very weak on interior D. Yet Dyess still managed to take 10 outside shots, even though he only hit one. Did his 10 rebounds make up for it? I guess, but you can't call that a very good game for Dyess. Pretty much the last thing the team needed was him bricking a ton of shots. If he had gone inside, and still missed 10 shots, and picked up a few fouls, that would have really helped. CB had them in some serious foul trouble just on his own efforts to a large extent. Man, he could have used some help.


CB had a great game, picking up 10 points in each of the first 3 quarters. Don't fret. Its not like he had a bad 4th. Stuckey played most of that, doing just fine, handing Billups a lead (about 8 points) when Billups finally returned with about 4 minutes to go.


Rip and Tay also had 20 point plus games. A lot of fire power. Theo looked good chipping in 10 points himself with plenty of rebounds and blocks. Just a ton of fire power, and yet this was a close game to the end. CB had to win this one three times over. Why is that? Dixon was allowed to play for some reason. He did hit one shot in each half but otherwise was nothing more than a hole in our defense. We had a double digit lead in the first half that evaporated largely from Dixon's bricks and his non-existant D.


Hayes also hit a shot in each half. Fortunately for him, they were mostly picking on Dixon tonight.


Tay was getting his points inside and out. Rip mostly midrangers. Billups was getting to the line a lot and nailing triples. Theo did his damage mostly with hook shots. Nice to see an inside game. Kind of strange though not seeing him shoot jumpers. Anyone still remember all those in the lane jumpers he use to bury for us? Well, now they are all hooks.
Amir played plenty. His highlights were a pair of dunks. One on a fast break and one on a half court set. Jason played even more than Amir and had a fine night both scoring and on the boards. I think all his work was inside tonight. Can't remember him taking an outside shot.
In case anyone missed it, Sheed sat out with that ankle sprain again. They say he will be back Wednesday vs. Philly.


Tay went down from what turned out to be a funny bone injury. Somehow it got yanked on while the ball was being scraped out of his arms. All it really seemed to do to him is hone his shot from that point.
We had a couple of calls go against us, including an Amir block that was called a foul.


So how are we doing on getting ready for the playoffs? Amir playing. Check. Maxiell still getting all the minutes he can handle. Check. New guy Theo playing and looking good. Check. Stuckey still getting lots and quality minutes. Check. Afflalo. A huge not checked. Bad news. I can hardly belive we managed to win this one without Afflalo playing. But hey, with several of our players on fire, we can actually win without playing any D. I would not suggest it as a routine.