what i like is the pistons' play in crunch time. like max, they are executing beautifully, forcing the other team to make mistakes, and closing out games. last year we'd often get huge leads and then just coast through the rest of the game, and we weren't really tested.

dumars is doing a lot more watching this year from what i can tell. my seats are half a section over (and the first row in front of) the suite that he sits in to watch games. he's been there every game so far, whereas last year i don't even remember her watching all that much ... or i just never looked heh.

also, it was fun seeing chauncey take several hawks players to school. especially zaza.