Ozark, no one in LA saw the game either unless they were at the Staples Center seeing it live. There was no TV coverage here either and the only cameras turned on were the ones showing the fans in the crowd and the 2 or 3 Clipper highlights up on the jumbotron. I did see Blaha and Kelser doing their play-by play for the delayed taping back to Detroit, and Eli Zaret doing his in game up dates.

Once again as was in the games I attended in Orlando and Dallas, the Pistons fans were out in full effect in Piston apparel chanting Deeetroit Basketball from start to finish.

A quick game summary, Rip came out hot and scored 15 of the Pistons 27 points in the 1st quarter. The Clips hit a three to tie the game at 27 a couple of minutes into the second before the Pistons stretched it out to 10. As per our usual motto, we decided to let the Clips back in the game as they came with in one at 44-43, but CB hit a 3 ball to end the half and a cheer went up as if they were playing at the palace.

The Pistons started out the third in a defensive mode and a 14-1 run. A hard push non-foul on Magette that kept him on the floor for 3 minutes got Dunleavy thrown out midway through the 3rd qtr.

Dice who did most of his damage in the second and fourth qtrs (17 pts) made most piston fans in attendance forget about Sheed who was probably at the beach (it was 92 today) or at the Playboy Mansion in the grotto with Hef and the girls.

With Rips 15 in the first qtr, you thought he was going to put up at least 35, (he was 10/12 from the floor) but they went away from him in the middle two quarters and beyond the arc and delivered 12 assists.

Tay missed a lot of jumpers including three 3 balls trying to impress the family and some old girlfriends...Although Flip jr had 4 assists he was just abysmal when it came to shooting either missing bad shots or turning it over.

Looking at the Laker game right now and they are currently down by 30 so no local teams to shout about today in Lala land. Although USC and UCLA get in the big dance, they both were blown out in their pac 10 tourney games. Also the camera just showed Jack, Dyan,Penny, and Tobie. I scanned the floor with my binoculars earlier and iIsaw NO celebrities there for the Piston/Clipper game. I guess when it was announced that Sheed was suspended, none of our superstars were worthy of any celeb stars showing up to watch the Pistons

Well that's 3-0 in road games I have attended. That's it for me this year unless the Pistons play the Lakers or Clips in the finals