Got the MSG crew on League Pass and they can run rings around the Pistonites in spite of Clyde who talks like he's swallowed a thesaurous. they are very truthful, call it both ways(I actually thought McDyess committed that delayofgame penalty against Knicks..they called it right saying it WAS Francis) and fuss at their OWN team. Blaha is not as amusing anymore in this world of League Pass. He's probably headed to Heinsohn-territory.

What's the deal with CB? Dumb shots (3's) and dumb fouls. It looked like he threw the game. 2 for 14 shooting 3's in the back-to-back...4 for 23 overall.

Even though he takes WAY too many 3's, I can excuse it as a shooting slump. But he made two really stupid fouls down the stretch. It doesn't look like his head's in the game lately.

WHAT?!! Blasphemy!

Do you think his impending free agency is having an impact?

I've never really bought into the "contract year" talk, but who knows.

Yeah, our crew dropped a notch in my book for swallowing their whistles, err microphones on those fouls.

I didn't see the whole game but a loss was predictable beforehand with big games coming up. With New Jersey and Ny, we have been going through the motions defensively as players both nights were getting easily into the paint. It is the regular season and can't make too much of it. A good yardstick is if the opposition scores more than 90 points, then we are usually not as intense.

Good to see Dice and Nazi and Delfino do well. Where is Maxiell?

Billips is on one of his Mr. Point Guard modes. He needs to get into an offensive rythym early both for himself and the team.

Big games coming up with Indiana and Phoenix.

Hope to see our defense return.

Actually, it's BLAHAsphemy!

Nice no call by the refs late. That's no excuse though. The Pistons could of easily put that game away, but didn't. Chauncey is doing bad right now, he'll bounce back and have a good game on Friday against the Pacers. Rip was amazing today. Unfortunate loss, should of been a win. I was pissed at the no call, that may have changed the outcome but the Pistons still choked away leads late.

6th game in a row or so that i couldn't watch. bummer. but hey, everyone said at the beginning of the year that if we sacrificed wins to develop our players, they'd be fine with that. well look at what happened:

- dice getting his groove back, posting a double-double.
- nazr getting his 2nd double-double of the season, got experience in crunch time, and did well.
- delfino got crunch time minutes, made big time plays, and gained confidence.
- blalock got some more development time.
- flip murray is being pushed out of minutes and that's a good thing. he's shooting under 40% this year, under 70% from the line, and his season-high is only 15 points. delfino's shooting % is just as poor, but he's a much better defender, might as well give him the minutes.

and look on the bright side, if chauncey has more games like this, it won't cost so much to keep him next year

was going to stay up for this one. kind of sorry and glad i didn't at the same time.

hmm, pistons used to be the masters of winning in OT, remember that streak a couple of seasons back?

trivia: (not that i know the answer)
but what is the pistons record in more than 1 OT games?