Slippy-Cap
An impressive win with shades of the Going to Work Pistons - Detroit did a decent job of keeping lebron from getting into the lane and limiting fast breaks. The highlight of the game was the
Brahma in the 1st half. A couple of sweet jumpers and thunderous slams was punctuated with a throwdown on Gooden who got whistled for a flagrant. Sweet. However it was Rip who provided the majority of the pistons horsepower by rebounding, pushing the ball up and feeding tay for all manners of highlight reel goodness.
Blalock got a nice look at the point. I like the way he pushes the tempo and the ball moves more when he's in but still needs to make better decisions...and learn to shoot.
Delfino got some good minutes and rebounded well and played some nice D and got a stuff of lebron that was whistled according to the NBA's superstar rule. But he needs to learn to shoot.
Flip M. did he play?
Rip was the heart of the pistons. He is really aggressive and it pays off in multiple ways. He is a bona fide triple threat now.
Naz i don't remember much of him late in the game but early on he was pretty active. He needs to learn how to hold on to the ball. Had one nice post move. I think he's a great cleanup guy but the pistons don't post/ drive the lane enough to allow him to do those little things he excels at.
Sheed rebounding and interior D was good. 3 point shooting. When he hits its great. I still think he shoots too many no matter if its in the flow of the offense.
I liked Tay at the head of the zone. I think he had a great deal to do with lebron not being able to create havoc in our paint. had some sweet looking blocks.
Chauncey broke the game open in the 4th. The whole team heated up after him and just broke the game out.
We had a dupree sighting. He got a good o-board (was it his own miss?) and a short jumper. But he too needs to learn how to shoot.
The announcers said that the game had no personality and I agree. Both team did "just enough" to stay tight until the pistons were able to open it up. I had the feeling that the Cavs were reacting to us. A good game for pistons fans. And Maxiel needs to learn to shoot (freethrows that is)