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I like the back-court matchup, but up front we'll kill them.

Pistons lead the league in scoring at home? 109.6!
Pistons lead Nba in 3pt fg%? 42%
3rd in FG%.......10th in FT%...
wow, my bruddahs!

i think TP was trying too hard last game to show he was better than dunleavy...he should be more relaxed at home and i expect him to have a big game

2nd time we are playing them. Know what to expect from them already. Just watch out for their guards, that's about it, especially Richardson. Can't let him get on fire like he did in San Francisco.

This is a game where our bigs should be more aggresive on the offensive end. Sheed should play the inside game more. Billups should direct the offense where the bigs should 'go inside' more. Draw a lot of fouls on their bigs.

Should be a 'W' in the bag.

Merry Christmas and Cheers....

The only thing standing in the way of a W is our anticipation of playing the Spurs.

Only Davis and Fischer seem to stand up well on the road, while the production of everyone else falls off significantly. According to the stats Baron becomes more of a scorer and less of a facilitator on the road.

GS is on a 3 gm loosing streak. If we don't allow ourselves to become distracted things should work out well.

With Rasheed Wallace in doubt to play tonight with the death of his cousin, I would expect McDyess to get the nod and Dale Davis to be the third big man.

In that scenario, you could see Dice picking up fouls on Murphy, forcing Flip to go deeper and allow a Darko sighting during meaningful minutes tonight.

Without Rasheed, this is a game we could easily drop tonight. The players will say they are not looking ahead to San Antonio, but you know they are. The only team the Pistons are paying attention to at this point are the Spurs.

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

COnsidering the circumstances, I hope Rasheed does not play tonight. I hope he gives himself time to grieve. Family is important. With that said, Maybe we can see some production from Maxy, Dale or Darko. It's still a win win situation.

WDIV just said Sheed is 50/50 whether he plays or not, he was not at practice. I don't think he will play.