Pistons Win Ugly and Clinch Divison

Pistons 85, Heat 69

The Pistons played uninspired ball the first 22 minutes of the game and trailed at the half by 2.

Either the Pistons Defense took over after the break or the Heat D-Leaguers finally showed their ineptness scoring only 34 points in the second half. It was obvious that the starters were more concerned about hanging out wherever Rip was than playing against some guys they didn't recognize. There was no Shaq, no Wade, No Zo, No Haslem, No white chocolate...the Pistons would have been more lively if they had been playing the MSU Spartans. 10 day guy Brain Ahern led the Heat with 15 points including 13 in the first half when he kept the heat out of the reach of a Piston lead, but was a -18 in the second half. He contributed to the Heat miserable 2-15 shooting beyond the arc.

Alf was the playa of the game playing good defense and scoring a career high 15 points and was a +25. Sheed, Billups, and Alf were all 5-9 from the floor and Sheed hit the only 2 three balls of the night for the Pistons. Max had his best game in weeks and Tay had one of his worst shooting nights in a while.

Stats of the night
Dice played 30 mintes and only got 2 boards
Fabio played less than 2 mins and scored 2 pts
Hayes played 13 mins and scored 0 points