I agree Max. I'm tired of ANY anti-Sheed rhetoric. He's been playing at a high level for the last several games. He's been everything we could ask for from an elite PF who handles his business on both ends of the court.

Yes he has been on a tear the last 3 or 4 games. I credit him as the biggest part of winning the past 2 games.

actually looking at the box Sheed only had 10 points and 7 boards. Does not seem like much. He mainly got the team off to a great start plus he contributed defensivly. Very good defensive game for Sheed.

Plus he sat for most of the 3rd and the scoring opps were not there during the 2nd half of the 4th with Ben getting fouled.

That's always been my point about Sheed. You can't judge the game he plays by the box score. He's the straw that stirs the drink.

wow i agree with lee's post, even the part about cassell goin after arroyo - and even though arroyo had some difficulty defending him, he made cassell play the whole length of the floor and expend quite a bit of energy.

hopefully delfino will finally get some minutes - it helped that tay looked like he was trying too hard tonight to impress his compton buddies. what i really wish, is that during hack-a-ben, we went to the delfino free throw play and have him slam a rebound home off a missed free throw. but the offensive rebound kick-out to chauncey for a 3 was good enough in its place.

best of all, none of the starters logged heavy minutes, we're 10-1 on the road, and pimpin a 15-2 record. there's really nothing to complain about tonight

This team is amazing!

I'm wondering if Ron Harper has helped give them a killer attitude in these regular season games. I remember reading a quote by him when they signed him up that basically said that he thought the Pistons needed to play more like the MJ Bulls teams and never let up.

It may be that Flip is making it fun and Ron Harper is pushing them at the same time.

As far as the game analysis, it is hard to not take the starting 5's accomplishments each night for granted. They are just flat out killing. It is nice to only have 2 losses when everyone is filling out their all-star ballots.

So we talk about the bench. Evans has figured out what it takes to get minutes- hustle, rebounding, defense, and high percentage shots. Delfino looked very comfortable. Arroyo is blending his game and his teammates nicely. He's taking the perfect amount of shots and in the right situations.

It will still be interesting to see if Darko, JMax, or Acker get some opportunities as the year progresses. If we are going to go at the 72-10 pace, then I don't really care. If we slow down, I'd like to see what they have.

Dont 4get 2 wear your colors , my bruddah and dont slack up! We're their in spirit!

oh and kaman could be called for an offensive foul on just about every drive to the basket, he just lowers his shoulder and plows through. brand does it a little bit too but not as often. and it was sweet during the hack-a-ben watching the time left go down and the pistons lead go up slowly but surely

Got in a little Deetroit Basketball with other Piston fans at the game. This game marked the unveiling of Delfino. We have all been calling for it and we got it. The guy can play. Can we get more good games from Evans and Arroyo? They did run at Arroyo on defense with some success which had me worried a bit. Joe has done it again with Davis. He really looked tough out there. The starters actually looked bored. What about Darko? I just saw the 2006 NBA champs tonight at Staples.

@TaShawn - I was thinking the same thing about Harper. If it comes true and the Stones win home court, challenge for the title, he may be the unsung motivational piece.

@Warthog - all good offensive paint players initiate the contact. Anyone who shoots away from contact is considered a finesse player (Ming, Sheed, KG) while the ones who bull their way in (Shaq, Kaman, Curry) are considered bonafide power bigs.

We just haven't seen a player with a legit paint game in the "D" for a long, long time...