You could say this one was lost in the third quarter, but actually I am going to say it was before the game when the players, just like the fans thoughtb it would be an easy victory because Ben Wallace would be watching from the locker room. I thought it was lost in the second qtr when the Pistons had a chance to stretch 32-27 lead up to seven, but the five bench players in at the time missed 5 or 6 possession/buckets in a row and allowed the Bulls to hang around. Heinrich got hot and scored 10 pts to close the half and beating Billups around the floor like a drum.

Instead of being up 10 at the half, they were only up 1. The second half they come out cold as ice and the Bulls grabbed all of the long rebounds and hit jumpers, 3 balls, dunks and layups on their way to a 32-16 third quarter and 54% shooting for the game.

Meanwhile Piston lay an egg in the second half scoring only 35 points. How many layups did the Pistons miss...a bunch

If someone was to say that the Pistons lost by 18 pts to the Bulls without Big Ben and Little Ben, I would have to say that we must have played without are starting five....well other than Sheeds 4 three balls and Billups 9 FT's the starters were a no show. Tay and hotheaded Rip only had 2 buckets between them and even without ben, they out boarded the pistons 48-32

Are we sure we want to meet them in the post season?? They can't shoot 54% all the time, but if they do it IN 3 games they could take it...and based on the way the Pisotns played tonight the two blowout losses could be mental and affect us the next time we play them. This was not a meaningless loss or game IMo. it was a statement game for the Bulls and an embarrasing nationally televised loss for the Pistons.