The Raptors have been in a bit of a freefall the last month and they needed the game tonight more than Detroit. Sam Mitchell coaches a lot like Flip Saunders only worse if you can believe that. Mitchell is in love with TJ Ford for some reason and his selfish play almost put the team in the tank for the season.

Jose Calderon went to the coach and told him to start TJ to help with the team chemistry and it worked. I did notice that Chauncey was having a field day scoring over TJ.

There were lots of positives for Detroit and that's Stuckey looking like he fits in the rotation really well and he can score and even play D. Amir was pretty awesome on the defensive end and he held his own and got some key minutes. Arvis was missing his J tonight but he didn't get many open looks at the basket and Tay played his usual steady game.

The Pistons are just playing out the string until the real season starts and I my best guess is Philadelphia is going to take on Detroit in the 7th spot.