Oh well. A game where the Pistons appeared to be just going through the motions tonight. Probably to long of a lay off between the those impressive back to back wins over the Mavs and Magic. Now we have another two days off before Saturdays home game vs the nets.

A lot of forced shots by Rip and Billups and not enough shots by Prince and Sheed. Even the two 3's that Sheed hit seem like an afterthought for him. All that talent in Sheed, Tay and Dice and we get only 30 pts in the paint.

O'Neal dominated our bigs and Tinsley seemed to penetrate at will and Jackson and Granger got key baskets when needed.

Dice and Delfino shoot 1-10 from the floor and 6-6 from the FT line.
We fall to a tie with Cavs as they hold off the Bobcats and only percentage pts behind the magic as they lose their second in a row falling to the raptors. A win tonight by Pistons would have put them at the top of the EC standings.

We are 0-2 within our division and the Pacer announcer indicated that this was the first time the Pacers had topped 100 vs the Pistons in 24 straight games. Is the defense that has held the Pacers at bay for the past 4 years finally crumbling now that ben as left the building?? Lets hope not.