I am also glad they are keeping their mouths shut. It looks like Rip was correct when he said that he was getting T'd only when he planned on it.

There is nothing to review here. Just one word to describe what's happened so far including this game - DOMINATION!!!

Hell yeah, that was a great game. Loved to watch it, that was simply good basketball.
Billups was everywhere. He must have had the ball in his hands for about 80% of the Pistons ball posession overall. The Bulls tried to double him, tried to force TO's, but no chance. Hit key 3's and got his teammates involved.

Hamilton:
As the broadcasters mentioned, he's become way better at shooting off the dribble and creating his own shot. Also some key 3's and his usual running that makes one thing he has the lung of a horse.

Prince:
Loved to see him running the point or at least bringing the ball up. Makes the team far more versatile with alternatives to Lindsey and Flip. Good ballhandling, brought the ball up very solid. Besides JMax, he's the dunker on the team. His vertical leap is quite underrated but it's one of the main reasons why he's able to compete despite being that extremely skinny.

Sheed:
Sheed is stretching the offense and the Bulls have no answer for it. Tonight, he took only good shots from the arc and worked the boards very well. If he wants to, he can be a very good rebounder as he showed yesterday. Did what he had to- remember when he entered the 4th quarter for the red- hot Webber. I thought the Pistons would slow down a little bit but Sheed made a nice two handed slam at his first posession. That set the tone to continue the way the Pistons played with Webber, simply with Sheed instead.

Webber:
What can I say? Sure, he's lost his explosiveness. But as he showed, he's still a lowpost thread. He works his jumphook to perfection and makes his shots even if he gets fouled, simply because he knows how to work with his quite big frame. So where he lacks athleticism, he compensates with foodwork and strength.

Delfino:
Played quite a bit, did nothing special but played his usually solid D and worked the boards. It was very important that he didn't commit any really bad mistakes and that he can be trusted in.

Hunter:
Had a harder time against Hinrich than Billups, but managed to bring the ball up front which was the most important thing.

Dyess:
He's a rebounding machine. Still, it's sad, but one has to admit that his offense is simply weak. He has that one fade away shot that isn't very reliable and that's it. There where some posessions at which the old Dyess would simply stuffed it home but at times, it's still obvious that this guy's afraid to get into the paint.

Maxiell:
Yesterday, Maxiell was part of a 4-bigs- rotation and he played on one level with the others. One nice outlet pass, some nice shots from mid range and surprisingly good work on the boards. Love to see him battling Ben Wallace when he got that technical. He looks even stronger than some months ago. Not afraid to take the hard foul and altering many shots.

Overall:
Good execution, the fouls are a problem. The Pistons are forgetting about Ben Wallace and offer too many open looks inside for the Bulls guards. Last night, the fouls problem for the bigs wasn't such a big matter because of the big lead, but if the lead's smaller, one has to wonder if DD and Nazr could provide what is needed.
FUnny to see FLip working what everyone else worked against his team last year. Playing 4 on 5 and sometimes trust into Ben's offensive weakness. Remember his undefended airball right under the basket?

For the Bulls, Tyrus Thomas is a monster. That kid has a huge upside and he could be a key since PJ Brown and Ben Wallace are almost ineffective on the offensive end.

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Wow is all I can say. I was beginning to doubt this team could turn that intensity back on again. We haven't seen it other than in flashes since about February of last year.

Ditto to everything said above and...

- Rip leads the team in rebounding. All right, he didn't have much competition with Sheed only playing half time, but still he stepped up and went after the ball. If the Pistons guards rebound the team is almost impossible to stop.

- Note to Tyrus Thomas - Buy a game face.

- Note to JMax - See if you can unload one of your old game faces to Thomas for some bucks. You gotta love grabbing Deng by the head and tossing him aside and not even looking back as he walked away.

- 10 and 7 for Sheed in eighteen. He's had weeks that averaged that playing 34. The man is ready to play. And getting some really goofy fouls called against him.

- Nice prep job by the coaching staff getting the team ready for the Bulls press. The Pistons turned the ball over a lot last night, but by and large not against the press. Chicago expended a load of energy and didn't have much to show for it. (They got some turnovers in the frontcourt because the Pistons took more time than usual getting the ball up and rushed some stuff, but that's a secondary benefit from the press. If you're not getting steals in the backcourt, you're just wearing your guys down.)

On to Chicago. I thought the Bulls might take a game there, but now...

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They probably will shoot better at home and continue to get some generous calls, but I don't see much chance of them stopping the bleeding on the glass. The Pistons' height advantage at every position, plus the intensity of their effort, isn't giving the Bulls anything on the boards.

Effort-wise, if the regular season showed anything, it's that the Pistons are a lot less likely to let down on the road then they are at home. That's not to say that they're going to play even better in Game 3 than they did in the first two games (hard to imagine), but it does mean that we should have plenty of confidence in their ability to keep up the intensity away from the Palace.

I think a key thing last night was the Pistons sticking to their guns and not countering pressure defense with pressure in return.

It was as though they were saying, "Pressure us all you want, we're not going to let it affect us".

Some of CBill's best games come with mid-teen scoring and near double digit assists. He doesn't have to be the mad bomber. He can be a capable floor leader.

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Only bad stats from tonight's game = 21 Turnovers. Is that the team high this season? Definitely a playoff high.

Did someone say "mad bomber"???

Made me think of Leslie Rockymore...

There is no way this Bulls team is gonna run away and hide, in my mind. Skiles won't let it happen. That team has SOME pride. I expect a tight contest in Game 3.

The Pistons, at times, really played out of control on both offense and defense. Many turnovers and many fouls. It just goes to show how bad the Bulls shot and rebounded. Frankly, I thought the second half of the game was tough to watch.

I don't like how Delfino settles for that outside shot either. He never has enough time to get set and ends up launching something that seems to always go high off the back rim. He should ball fake and take it to damn hole. He is gonna be quicker than a lot of guys guarding him. Also, he never gets the call on charges. He might as well start trying to strip the ball.

Doug Collins said something about Lindsay Hunter being able to knock down open shots. Uh, no. Sometimes Lindsay gets into an unbelievable groove, but he is clearly a streaky shooter. His shots are usually bad ones.

McDyess looked lost on offense to me, but I know his grandmother (who raised him) is ill so I guess I'm not surprised.

I loved how CWebb played last night on the offensive end. Tay, too. Our 1, 2 and 3 are killing their 1, 2 and 3.

This whole thing about Sheed playing better when he's pissed: That is short-lived. Bad Sheed sometimes overcomes Good Sheed.

If Flip wants to do some good coaching, he should show the team lowlights of last year's Cleveland series, when they dropped three in a row after being up 2-0. That'll keep 'em motivated.

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