remember we have an offensive minded coach who got his first look at how his plays run by a great starting 5 are defended by SA. Don't you think that next time Prince will be told how to pass out of the double teams better, and Rip will add a new wrinkle or two game. I think that we are in for a war come playoff time, but i think were going into the battle with a coach that is going to adjust better to whats being done to us then LB. That is the one fault i have with him in the two years was the ability to change offensively. He was great at changing things up defensively. I believe that he never had a team that was able to do the things we could and thus maybe had never been able to make the type of changes that were needed at that level of NBA playoff basketball. And maybe, just maybe if he hadn't been awol most the year, we would be talking about a 3 peat just now.

wow that was long winded....

need to add our bench will be just fine against all comers come playoff, our starters minutes were just fine yesterday. They will give us enough rest to keep the starters rested.

'Sheed moment: After Rasheed Wallace was whistled for a foul on Rasho Nesterovic, Sheed told an official. "Tell him to hit the weight room, that's all."

You gotta love the guy.

Nice post turnout for this game.

To me that was a classic getting back to the roots kind of win. Pistons fell back on their D and rebounding which is a proven formula.

That game showed me that when the chips are down the Pistons know what beats great teams. And you can throw all that poor rebouding out the window that game. 2nd chance points made the difference. That was what got the win.

I hope so. We were bottled up too many moments in the game. I don't look at the final score. They were in the game with us and with Ginobli--they would have scored a bit more. I am not comfortable with how easy they seem to stop Rip. We need Rip for our offensive balance. I stated before the game that Tay posting up on this team was a waste. They want teams to go baseline and are ready to collapse the defense. Tay got nothing last year doing this against SA. Tay's biggest shot was the three in the 3rd quarter when we looked dead offensively. We need for Tay to take the quick look and operate from near the top against them. Notice how open Sheed was on the kick out for the three in the fourth quarter. These guys can be had but not by pounding the ball in on them offensively--not the strength of our guys vs them. Sheed was effective down low only on the offensive boards. We should take what their defense gives us. Even Chauncey threw up some wild shots on his drives in the second half. We need to go 3-4 passes against these guys and it will open up.