NewOrleans At Detroit - Tuesday April 4 7:30PM

TV: FSD
Radio: WDFN

Thread bump - this is not a gimmie game especially without Sheed.

I do agree with the coaches decision to start DD instead of Dyess. Don't want Dyess logging in too many mins and getting injured weeks before the post-season.

Pistons win #60 101-93
http://www.nba.com/games/20060404/NO...scoreboardhome

Davis to start and hopefully, we can finally see Cato in this game. Would be nice to see Big Ben take on West defensively.

Hopefully, we can see a lot of our bench tonight since they did not play much in the Suns game other than Dice. Hunter shall play Paul tough on D when Billups take some rest. Hope to see the starters play not more than 35 min.

DETROIT BASKETBALL!!!

I'm looking forward to this game for just simply to see how this team plays without one of the starters. I think it is a good thing that Sheed gets some rest and sit back and see other guys step up and play good minutes. Along with Davis maybe we will see Cato in the game, it maybe a long shot but it might happen tonight.

NOK comes into the game playing good basketball, still having playoff hopes and need to win this game, which why I thought this game would be pretty hard for the Pistons to get. NOK will play hard and come out with some energy and give a good game, I think the Pistons are on cruise control and they really like to see how teams play them first and than they make adjustments and go for the kill.

This will be a defensive game I do believe and look for the score to be around the same when the teams met in early January back in Oklahoma.

The Pistons win 93-84 Dice and Rip will have the big games in this one I think. GO PISTONS!!!!!!

Ps 101
Hs 89

Same old Pistons. Slow to start the game and will finish with some lock down D. It`s becoming old, but I love it!

I don`t think we will get behind by double digits, but a slow start is a gimmie.

Who is going to shoot those 3`s or be our PIP man with Sheed not playing? If we try to go straight up "perimeter" with NO it will be closer than I`d like.

Good game for Flip to play everybody if the score dictates!

I hate to say this, but . . 'Sheed being gone might lead to higher FG%. Kidding. Lately he's been sticking around in the post. I'm thinking Chris Paul will start slow, end hot. Lindsey will get some valuable PT, as will Delfino. Pistons 89 Hornets 77

Welcome aboard. Ol' Roscoe won't get to shoot the trey bomb tonight, but he will be eating some Doritos and watching the game.

CHAT IS OPEN!

I don't get this one on the boob tube, so I'll see y'all in the chat (it should start to fill around 7:30).

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Everyone is welcome.

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Was Mcdyess trying to tell Flip/Joe something in this game. He was flat out awsome. Sheed go ahead and get your T's bud Antonio has your back.

I thought Dale looked decent for someone who'd been rusted to the bench for eight months. Cato didn't play, but looks huge in his warmups, which I guess should come in handy if the Pistons have to deal with Snaq in the postseason.

Dice was completely and utterly fantastic until he started to tire at the end. Delk gets away with a ton of offensive fouls when he's creating space, but "gets away with" are the key words. Good shooting night from the Toaster Oven. Delfino and Evans were fighting in a race to the bottom, apparently, as each of them sunk to new lows in their levels of play. I think Evans won; Delfino's almost useless but Evans isn't even an NBA caliber player at this point.

Other than that - a bit of a step backwards to the "low intensity" basketball of a few weeks ago, with not much energy or great play from any of the starters but Tayshaun - who continued his hot streak - but a win's a win, I guess, and this one's #60.