Jzchen's prescription for our Detroit offense in Game 3 sounds pretty good to me. Also, I am so impressed that until this round 3 Miami he hasn't even been able to see the games where he is in Malaysia. Round 1 and 2 he was getting up in the middle of the night or on line at work to join us for games this playoff season. Acclimades and accolades to jzchen.

As for myself, I just want to say "More please." So last game to see Ben get touches and score, and to see Chauncey and Rasheed wake up some from their long scoring slumber. I'm not a numbers cruncher fan yet, but common sense tells me that if Rip and Tay are our only steady scorers we can count on game in and game out, it's an uphill road all the way.

I hope Sheed's ankle is working itself out the way Rip's did.

And I hope Chauncey will drive to the basket again, get some midrange scoring again, and build some kind of offensive flow and success for himself.

I'd really just like to see some consistent execution of our offensive game. Something we could build on for the rest of our run, no matter how long it lasts. It would be reassuring to me as a devout fan as we go forward. Plus I wouldn't be so freaked out about Flip.

BIG BEN! RASHEED! CHAUNCEY! OH MY!
BIG BEN! RASHEED! CHAUNCEY! OH MY!
BIG BEN! RASHEED! CHAUNCEY! OH MY!

Flip brought up something very interesting. What if we started scoring assists like in hockey, the pass that leads to an assist, I think that a pretty good way to calculate "Ball Movement" on offense. IMO a 2 man game with Sheed and CB that gets Sheed a trey is not indicative of good ball movement. Hopefully we'll see some really great ball and player movement where guys make the extra pass to get us some really high percentage shots.

I couldn't agree more. I think the biggest letdown of the post-season is the new one-on-one game. When the Pistons play like everyone else, they lose. When they play like the Pistons, they can't be beat by a super star or two.

Excatly. I don`t know if this has been mentioned but during the post game interviews Wade was sulking like a baby. He remarked, "I`m not going to be like them, I am going to give them credit" We don`t need your credit you little beotch!

That is an indication that the Pistons and the media are getting in his head. What a punk!

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Absolutely KGreg! I couldn't agree more emphatically.

That Chauncey - Sheed 2 man game has its place, as do the post-up ISO's when there is a mismatch. But they are just like certain spices -- use them, but use them sparingly or they wreck the food. The most powerful Piston offense is the one that exploits the fact that four of the five starters are scoring threats from just about anywhere on the floor, and the fifth (Ben, I mean) will punish you with lob dunks and put backs if you double up to control the others. Everybody moving without the ball, the ball moving without hitting the floor: that's what makes us impossible to defend, generates high assist numbrs (and low turnovers) and high shooting percentages (including from beyond the arc). Anything that freezes the guys on the floor makes them into non-threats and then we are pretty easy to defend.

Chat is open!

I've got to lay down for a bit, so if I'm not in there, GOOOO PISTONS!

This is THE GAME for me. I will gage this as whether or not we go on to win the Finals!!!

im new but i wanna get more chat points to chat,,,i cant chat and i feel so lost

I didn't think it would be possible for Chauncey Billups to irritate me any more. I was wrong.