PISTONS STOP SUNS STREAK AT SEVEN

Pistons win 110-105 OT


Pistons get win #50 for the sixth straight season by disposing of the streaking Suns who had turned it around after a rocky start after the Cactus-Matrix trade.

The game was barnbuner from the start with the Pistons holding a 1 point lead at the end of 1 and at halftime. The Pistons extended the lead by 3 at the end of the 3rd with Stuckey leading the charge into the 4th with key jumpers. The lead was extended to 83-75, before Nash entered the game and led the Suns comeback as they actually took the lead 94-90 before the Pistons woke up and scored the next six before allowing the Suns to tie it. The Pistons had a chance to win in OT, but a missed shot by Tay was wide.

Billups took over in OT after the Suns went up 103-102 as he acored nine of the Pistons 14 OT points. the Pistons finished the game on a 7-3 run win

Despite CB 1-7 from beyond the arc he lead the Pistons (in Rip's absence) with 32 points including 15-16 from the FT line (if you recall he did not go to the line at all last night in the loss the wizards). SHeed made up the slack from beyond the arc hitting 4 in the first half and one key one down the stretch. He finished with 23 points.

Despite Mr Bigshot heroics, Stuckey really showed why he was Joe's # 1 pick hitting key jumpers from all over the floor. His drives cam up short, but his 30 mins of PT tonight should guarantee 15+ mins in the post season. Alf started in place of Rip and did play some good D on Nash when they were out there together. Hunter returned to slow down the offense in the second, but came back to play some decent D in the 3rd and hit a three ball.

Meaningless stat time
Pistons now 31-1 when scoring 100 pts or better and 31-0 when scoring over 100.

Only 19 assists tonight...in an OT game.

Second time in the last week that we allow a team to shoot 50% or better and still win (Nuggets last week).

Pistons have now swept at least 4 of the western contenders this season including the Spurs, Suns, Hornets, and Warriors. oh yeah 2 game losing streak ended and