I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day of the week. Once again the bench is instrumental in nailing down a win. Is Maxiell a beast or what? If he ever learns to finger roll he's going to be a dangerous man but he's just driven to dunk, I've never seen a player with a mission for mayhem like him. I always feel optimistic when Carlos comes in. In the first half Carlos comes in when the Pistons are down six and they end the half up three, so he played a part. Lindsey Hunter is just aging before my eyes, he brings the offense to a screeching halt with his dribbling and running the clock down. Surely the Pistons can find a back-up PG with some of our trade bait -- Nazr (nice showcase game for him), Flip "nailed to the bench" Murray and even Dale Davis. Dale was deactivated for this game for missing the shoot-around today. Whassup with that? I remember reading an article about Maxey where they quoted his mother about his being driven to be the best basketball player. It was something like "Jason eats, sleeps and craps basketball", I thought that was really such an earthy way of putting it but it seems to be true.