Unfortunately, the Wiz wanted this more than the Pistons as our guys gave up at the end of the first qtr. You knew we didn't care when Sheed was out there shooting FT's left handed.

VT your thought of having da Bulls and the Cavs in our bracket has merit, but unless the Raptors come back and win tonight (Bulls up 10 at HT as I am writing this) it will be the Bucs and possibly the Wiz again if the Cavs defense cannot stop Arenas, Jamison and Butler. Obviously we have not been able to figure out how to stop them.

The last thing we need is a our guys to be so arrogant that we let the Bucs extend us to 6 games and Wiz beat the Cavs and we have to face a confident Wiz team that has beaten us 3 times this year short handed or not.

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I only saw the second half but ditto on Delfino.

Maxiell was brutal on the bricked free throws but the guy is a beast in the post.

Delfino was pretty spectacular in the first half. Hit a couple threes, but he had a couple VERY nice plays. On one he drove from halfcourt straight through the lane and threw it down (pic below). On another he grabbed an impossible rebound, then did a fake behind-the-back pass (ala Chauncey in the Finals) and layed it in. It was sick.

Here's the dunk...

Thanks...saw a couple on replays. Dude has mucho talento. Exciting player.

is better than evans without a doubt. he played great today. i love the fact that he will get in there mix it up and rebound. he's a great passer and ballhandler i think acker let him run the point for the last part of the game. i wish some of the guys had converted his passes.

maxiell is a beast. the guy is going to be great and his free throw percentage will go up. his shot is just too nice for his percentage not to go up. he also plays the type of game where he will get a lot of free throws to practice his shot. i'm so happy the playoffs are about to begin.

Ok.....is time

ciao a tutti from Venezia

nene has a little trouble with English, but he sent me a message and I will do my best to give you the gist of how he feels.

That's from Italy's #1 Pistons fan. A really nice guy.

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They are the archetype for dominance. They are the gatekeepers of the conference. They are the Detroit Pistons.

Ok, I have seen enough of the bench and losing. Time for the real party to begin. Time to step it up. Let our starters get back to work and show what they can do. Now is the time to notch another ship and get another ring. Let this Piston juggernaut role over anyone who gets in the way. Let the doubters be silenced! Pistons in 2006!

I second that. At least no one got hurt....

Not exactly a stellar showing for the young prospects tonight - but thats why they call them young prospects.

Another great game from Delfino, making a series push for some post-season PT. Hunters getting into playoff shape. Thats about it from that game.

"beast" seems to be the most common adjective used to describe JMax.