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1st half
Again, the Pistons let the other team get off to a hot start. Again, the Pistons cooly withstood the initial onslaught and wound up ahead by 5 after 1 quarter of play. CB is the hot guy tonight, and he has about 18 points so far without checking. He is drawing fouls going inside and hitting from the outside.
Tay has hit a couple of jumpers. Little from Rip. Sheed a bit of offense inside and one made outside jumper. Ben hit his first free throw but missed both later, the first real badly.
Arroyo played about 7 minutes, did not do much, and he was about minus 5. But I would not blame that on Arroyo. Evans was having a bad night. Sure, you think I am picking on him. But he had a bad night. Missed his shots, could not handle the ball, and did not do much good on defense. He was in there battling for the ball but did not give us much for all that. I'll take the energy at least.
Defino got into this game for quite a bit in the first half as compared to earlier games. He hit a couple of shots and seemed to have a pretty good nose for the ball in rebounding. On his defense, I did not see anything to report. Maybe when I review the game this weekend.
The national announcers are being fair in the coverage of both teams, but then again, Collins is pretty good for that toward us.
Dyess has made some shots outside and scored inside strong once too. Marion can't check him. Good to see Dyess have a good 1st half scoring.
No Darko. Nine man rotation. Delfino mostly was subbing for Tay after Evans subbed for Rip.
We got 52 points for the half, but gave up 52 also. Bad defense by us? Nope. This team is hitting their shots with 5 made 3's and lots of other outside shots made. If they cold on their outside shooting, they will be in deep trouble. GO PISTONS!!!!!
game report
Gee guys, no good comments about Arroyo. Funny, but he took us from down 10 to nearly tying it up in the 4th quarter. Good solid play once again by Arroyo going mostly unrecognized on this board. Mostly. Still lots of Arroyo fans. Speak up. Don't let these negative posters shut you down.
This game had three eras. The CB era, the first half, where the Piston road his hot hand. That killer triple to seal it must of course be mentioned too. The 2nd era saw Prince heat it up in the 3rd quarter when we really needed the O. Then the 3rd era. Rip. In the 4th quarter. Anyone remember Rip's first year with us? He would score plenty but be nowhere to be found late in the game. What a difference a couple of years make. Mr. Clutch tonight.
Ben tried a bit too much here and there on offense, but man did he have a game on the boards and on putbacks. Sheed hit some key triples. Dyess did nothing more in the 2nd half. Only Evans joined Arroyo and Dyess from the bench in the 2nd half. Evans hit a shot when they left him wide open on a defensive gaff. (or maybe someone tripped?) Other than that, he simply stayed out of the offense and played D.
Phoenix never cooled at all on outside shooting, but at least their triples quit falling. In the end, they had no inside game to go to though. But really, we won this one on our own hot shooting to a great extent. Yes, it did help though all the times Arroyo attacked the basket and got out O going toward the hoop.
111 points. Gee, out 102 average just went up. This team is scoring. Two great things tonight. CB's first breakout scoring game this year. And, for the 3rd game in a row, Prince took over the offense for a good stretch. Three games in a row is certainly getting to be a trend. And Rip, well, just steady. Its amazing how little love this guy on a poll about who the most talented Piston is. The guy is flat out good.
It might have been bad coaching that won this one for us. Taking Barbosa out for Grant. Got me scratching my head but I won't complain. Another mighty Piston victory. GO PISTONS!!!!!
Last edited by Lee356 : 11-11-2005 at 02:35 AM.
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